So, one of your closest friends just emailed, warning you that someone’s posting very, very bad things about you online. Whatever you do, though, don’t click that all-too-tempting link in the body of the message. Why not, you ask? Because your pal probably...
Worried that hackers may have scooped up your personal info and passwords in the wake of recent attacks against Sony, Citibank, PBS, and even the U.S. Senate website? I don’t blame you. Lucky for us, an online security expert has come forward with a free service...
Yep, this is getting a little nuts. Starting around 6 p.m. ET, the CIA.gov website slowly but surely ground to a halt, and the hacker group LulzSec—which just a day ago managed to sneak into the U.S. Senate website—is claiming responsibility. “Tango down –...
Hackers have declared open season on the biggest online companies, with the latest target being Citibank—you know, only one of the largest banks in the world, and it appears that Citigroup knew about the break-in since last month. Wonderful. As Citi execs and federal...
Nancy writes: I appreciate your info on the cloud. Doesn’t storing so much of your data in the cloud mean hacking it is easier? Greetings Nancy! Yes, you’re right: theoretically, any time you put data on a Net-connected server like Apple’s upcoming...
What do Sony, Yahoo!, PBS.org, and the White House all have in common? They’ve all been victims of coordinated, sophisticated, and somewhat successful attacks by hackers and phishers intent on stealing your private information: think your home address, your...
Sony had said it would re-launch its weeks-shuttered PlayStation Store by the end of this week, and the company made good on its promise late Wednesday, with thousands of games, add-ons, wallpapers, demos, and movie rentals available for purchase and download for the...
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