October 21, 2015 Facebook will now alert you if your account is targeted by 'state-sponsored actors' While the chances of nation-state agents breaking into your Facebook account must surely be pretty slim, the social networking giant has nevertheless put in place measures that mean you'll be the first to know should it uncover any such nefarious behavior.
October 21, 2015 Trump hotel chain confirms year-long data hack The Trump hotel chain has confirmed a data security breach involving malware that the company says was on its payment systems for just over a year.
October 21, 2015 How to check if an account was exposed in the Ashley Madison hack Impact Team, the morally inclined Ashley Madison hackers who compromised the personal information of over 36 million users of the extramarital site, lived up to their name and their threat made last month to expose the dirty details of the unfaithful on the dark Web.
October 21, 2015 Venom could pack a deadlier bite than Heartbleed According to a report released by the security firm CrowdStrike, millions of datacenters around the world could be victims of a new vulnerability that affects the software which manages floppy disk controllers on virtual machines.
October 21, 2015 Samsung TV security hole opens door for hackers In the latest round of the security story that never ends, the voice recording on Samsung smart TVs is even less secure than previously believed.
October 21, 2015 Tech Q&A: Car insurance pitfalls, booking flights, teaching Siri and more Kim Komando answers your questions on insurance programs that let hackers into your car, what the best day is to purchase airline tickets, how to teach Siri to pronounce names correctly, and more.
October 21, 2015 Crisis consultant warns of more cyber attacks on business The devastating cyber attack on Sony Pictures may just be a preview of things to come, according to the crisis management firm Preparis.
October 21, 2015 Former Sony employees sue the movie studio following ‘nightmare’ security breach As if Sony Pictures doesn’t have enough on its plate just now, two former employees are now suing the company for failing to do enough to protect personal data on its computer systems, a situation that made it possible for hackers to nab a ton of sensitive information last month.
October 21, 2015 FBI warns U.S. energy and defense firms over hacking threat Large-scale hacking attempts are once again hitting the headlines, and now the FBI is warning energy and defense companies in the U.S. about serious threats emanating from Iran: Reuters reports that the Bureau is telling firms to be on the alert based on information gathered from its own online activities.
October 21, 2015 Hackers are threatening the US economy While high-profile incidents such as the Sony Pictures hack may mark a trend in new, highly destructive attacks, there are also plenty of less high-profile threats that could damage the American economy.
