One image shows why top companies should be ashamed of their online security
The recent Sony Pictures hack might be the most talked-about cyber attack of the Christmas season, and one of the biggest online data heists to date, …
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How the Sony hack felt from the inside
Even though the recent Sony Pictures hack did not affect as many individuals as the Target or Home Depot hacks, the cyber heist is still one …
Staples confirmed hackers stole more than 1M credit cards in significant data breach
Staples on Friday confirmed that some of its stores were hit by hackers this year, who were able to steal up to 1.16 million credit …
Experts detail the virus North Korea used to hack Sony
Sony Pictures suffered one of the largest cyber attacks in history, with attackers having stolen no less than 100 terabytes of sensitive data, including employees’ personal …
Premiere of Sony’s controversial comedy ‘The Interview’ canceled following threats from hackers
Sony’s The Interview, a comedy in which reporters are hired by the CIA to assassinate the president of North Korea — and which prompted North …
Hack reveals 20 movies Sony will release from now through 2017
Sony has recently been the target of one of the most important hacks in history, at least considering the amount of data that was stolen …
FBI: Sony hack so sophisticated it can penetrate 90% of net defenses, challenge government sites
The Sony Pictures hack saga is far from over, as more and more details come to light about the massive data breach the company suffered …
Sony counterhacks its stolen digital goods to prevent illegal downloads
Sony Pictures has been the victim of an elaborate cyber attack, with hackers having been able to steal 100 terabytes of data from the company’s …
FBI says North Korea not behind devastating Sony hack
Even though many fingers were unofficially pointing to North Korea, as the origin of the massive Sony Pictures hack operation, the country denied at least at …
Hackers ask Sony to pull ‘The Interview’ from theaters
Hacker group Guardians of Peace (GOP), which attacked Sony Pictures stealing more than 100 terabytes of information, and revealing some of it online, have asked …
Hackers threaten Sony employees in wake of ’unprecedented’ cyber attack
The investigation of Sony Pictures’ massive data hack continues, as the company is yet to draw final conclusions, but Re/code has obtained an internal email …
The latest big leak in the Sony hack is a huge file directory for passwords… called ‘Password’
Sony Pictures recent data breach might be the biggest yet even though it might not affect as many people as recent credit and debit card …
Iran hackers might be launching in extensive cyber attack on targeting top companies
Iran-based hackers are believed to have infiltrated some of the world’s “top energy, transport and infrastructure companies” from various countries over the past two years, …
Hackers leak unreleased Sony Pictures movies after massive data heist
Hackers hit Sony Pictures last week and managed to find various assets in the studio’s network — including high-quality screener copies of various movies that …
Hackers breach State Department’s unclassified computer network
Hackers breached computers belonging to the State Department, The New York Times reports, making it the fourth attack targeting government computers in recent weeks. While …
Mysterious cyber attack breaches White House computer network
Following the many data breaches that have hit U.S. retailers, financial institutions and even the government, the White House has also confirmed that an unclassified …
Is Staples the latest retailer to get hit with a huge credit card breach?
Brian Krebs, the man who originally reported the Home Depot data breach earlier this year, now believes that Staples has been subjected to a data breach of …
Obama’s new order: U.S. government’s credit card security must be improved
In the wake of the numerous sophisticated cyberattacks that managed to steal credit and debit card data from various retail stores in the U.S., President …
Hackers perfect a new way to steal money from unsuspecting basic tech users
Smart hackers who understand how always-connected devices work — and who know how to exploit the various security bugs found in operating systems — are …
The ultimate ATM heist still works, has netted hackers ‘millions of dollars’
In early January, and then again in March, reports detailed some smart ATM attacks that allowed hackers to steal money from malware-infected ATMs without requiring …
Home Depot appears to be the next victim of massive credit card theft
Home Depot might be the next victim of a massive cyberattack, Krebs on Security and The Wall Street Journal report, although specific details have not …
JPMorgan and other banks hit with mysterious ‘sophisticated cyberattack’
JPMorgan and at least four other unnamed U.S. banks have been targeted by hackers, The New York Times and Bloomberg report, although it’s not clear …
Is your data really safe? These are the 8 worst security breaches in history
Can your online data ever really be safe? Not when malicious hackers are lurking around every virtual corner, constantly developing devious new ways to steal …
Russian hackers have stolen an astonishing 1.2 billion login credentials
Less than a dozen young Russian hackers have “audited the Internet,” as one security researcher told The New York Times, and have stolen a massive …
AT&T confirms inside job responsible for customer data breach
AT&T late last week confirmed that three employees of one of the company’s vendors accessed personal data belonging to some of its customers for almost …
P.F. Chang’s reverts to old-school imprint system following big credit card breach
Following Target, Neiman Marcus and Michael’s Stores, all major retailers which have been targeted by hackers in the past months, restaurant chain P.F. Chang’s China …
This is what it’s like to be an Internet spy
Nefarious hackers are lurking around every corner of the Internet, constantly working on new ways to beat Web security and steal our data. Some methods …
eBay thought user data was safe, but 145 million accounts were compromised in massive hack
EBay initially thought that user data was safe following the security breach it fell victim to recently. As it turns out, that wasn’t the case …
Hackers can digitally hijack your iPhone and hold it for ransom
If it wasn’t our devices and data at risk, it would be pretty fascinating to see the creative new ways hackers find to attack various systems. But …
You’ll never guess the critical resource the FBI needs to successfully fight cyber crimes
Weed. Apparently marijuana is the key to a bright, cyber crime-fighting future for the FBI, according to statements made on Monday by FBI Director James B. …
