October 22, 2015 'Heartbleed' vulnerability prompts need to monitor web use, DHS says The Department of Homeland Security on Friday warned Internet users to monitor their online use of banks and other sensitive websites after a computer bug targeting popular and trusted web encryption became known earlier this week.
October 22, 2015 Angry Birds site hacked after surveillance claims Angry Birds creator Rovio says the popular game's home pages have been hacked, two days after reports that the personal data of its customers might have been accessed by spy agencies.
October 22, 2015 Russian teen misidentified in Target breach, expert says A Russian teenager was incorrectly fingered as the source of malicious software used to steal 70 million Target customers' credit card numbers, security expert Brian Krebs told FoxNews.com -- but the teen may not be off the hook just yet.
October 22, 2015 Grand jury indicts 13 members of Anonymous A federal grand jury on Thursday indicted 13 members of the Internet hacking group Anonymous for allegedly carrying out cyber-attacks worldwide, including targets that refused to process payments for WikiLeaks, the anti-secrecy website founded by Julian Assange.
October 22, 2015 FBI can remotely activate microphones in Android smartphones, source says Law-enforcement officials in the U.S. are expanding the use of tools routinely used by computer hackers to gather information on suspects, bringing the criminal wiretap into the cyber age.
October 22, 2015 SIM card flaw opens millions of phones to attack Even though it's one of the simplest components in a cellphone, older SIM cards are still vulnerable to attack, leaving approximately 750 million users one exploit away from being compromised, according to German security researcher Karsten Nohl.
October 22, 2015 Online game servers full of security holes It's bad enough that hackers could compromise multiplayer servers for a number of popular first-person shooters, but it's potentially even worse that they could use the same knowledge to infiltrate the U.S.
October 22, 2015 Some Tumblr accounts appear hacked by infectious worm A number of Tumblr accounts appear to be compromised and are now filled with offensive, spam blog posts. Buzzfeed has screenshots of the mayhem.
October 21, 2015 Health insurer Anthem says database of customer, employee info hacked Anthem, the second-largest health insurance company in America, said late Wednesday that a database containing personal information of approximately 80 million of its customers and employees had been hacked.
October 21, 2015 Programmer behind webcam-snooping website replaces site with a job ad The programmer behind a webcam-snooping website that hit the headlines last week for showing live streams from inside people's homes has replaced the site's content with, of all things, a job ad. The post Programmer behind webcam-snooping website replaces content with a job ad appeared first on Digital Trends.
