December 8, 2015 Anonymous wants you to troll ISIS on December 11 Hacker collective Anonymous has declared December 11 an ISIS trolling day, saying it'll be "a day they will never forget," and it wants you to join in.
December 8, 2015 Here are some of the hot tech trends for 2016 and beyond Consumers envision a time when internal sensors in our bodies will become the norm, social networks become the preferred way to communicate an emergency and homes are wired to monitor everything from mold outbreaks to water leaks.
December 5, 2015 Stop skimmers from stealing your money One of the more successful tools of 21st century crooks is the skimmer. Thieves attach these sneaky gadgets to steal your credit or debit card’s magnetic strip information at ATMs, gas pumps and other places where you swipe your card. The thieves use this information to make a clone of your card, and then they use the clone to drain your bank account or run up huge bills and trash your credit.
December 5, 2015 Hackers target Israel with millions of attacks as Hamas rockets continue to fall Even as Israel fends off relentless rocket attacks from Gaza, government and private websites are under siege from hackers, who have mounted 44 million cyber attacks in less than a week, the government said.
December 3, 2015 'Anonymous' hackers launch cyberattack on Israeli sites Israel's media is reporting that the country's websites are under cyberattack, but most targeted sites do not appear to have been affected.
December 3, 2015 Lawmakers want details of hacked digital toy maker VTech's data collection Lawmakers have requested details from hacked digital toy maker VTech about its child data collection and protection.
December 3, 2015 Toy maker hack exposes data of 5 million – including personal info of children The personal information of about 5 million people – including the photos and profiles of more than 200,000 children – has been exposed following a hack of the electronic toy maker VTech.
December 3, 2015 Here's how much your stolen data is worth on the Dark Web While most people associate the “Dark Web” as a murky underworld where users can easily buy and sell anything from drugs, counterfeit passports, and even advanced weaponry, it’s also proven to be a popular destination for users to traffic in stolen data. From banking information to online streaming credentials, the extent to which our private and financial data is readily available to anyone willing to pay for it is downright scary.
December 3, 2015 How the Dark Web's favorite anonymity tool got hacked Ask any hacker about the best ways to stay anonymous online and they’re very likely to mention something called Tor. Tor (a.k.a., The Onion Router) is free software that keeps your online activity anonymous by routing your traffic through several different servers before sending it through to your computer.
December 3, 2015 Probe shows Chinese address as source of cyberattack in South Korea Investigators have traced a coordinated cyberattack that paralyzed tens of thousands of computers at six South Korean banks and media companies to a Chinese Internet Protocol address, but it was not yet clear who orchestrated the attack, authorities in Seoul said Thursday
