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Month: December 2013

Hacker Tries to Sell Access to BBC on Christmas Day

Hacker Tries to Sell Access to BBC on Christmas Day

NewsPosted on December 31, 2013
by BryonT

The world’s largest and oldest broadcaster, the British Broadcasting Company (BBC), became the next victim of cyber attack as their servers were accessed by a…

Insight: How to Detect and Prevent Attacks

Insight: How to Detect and Prevent Attacks

NewsPosted on December 30, 2013
by BryonT

In a recent article published by Security Week, Michael Callahan of Juniper Networks, runs through a number of  “alternative” methods for detecting and preventing “brute force attacks”…

NSA Paid to Gain Access to Devices, Computers

NSA Paid to Gain Access to Devices, Computers

NewsPosted on December 30, 2013
by BryonT

RSA Security, LLC. has been paid approximately $10 million by the U.S. National Security Agency (NSA) to “install bugs into the company’s encryption software so that…

Target Says PIN Data Safe After System Hacking

Target Says PIN Data Safe After System Hacking

NewsPosted on December 27, 2013
by BryonT

The retail company Target announced that customer personal identification number (PIN) information “had not been breached” after 40 million customer credit and debit card records were stolen recently,…

Google Sees Rise in Info Removal Requests

Google Sees Rise in Info Removal Requests

NewsPosted on December 27, 2013December 27, 2013
by BryonT

A  “Transparency Report” released by Google shows an increase in the amount of requests from the federal government to “remove information from their services“, according to articles…

Security Firm Uses Hackers to Test Server Vulnerability

Security Firm Uses Hackers to Test Server Vulnerability

NewsPosted on December 26, 2013
by BryonT

The San Francisco-based security company CloudPassage recently offered a $5,000 prize to any “hacker” who could successfully gain access to web-based servers – like those used by…

Fed Group Posts Suggestions About Private Data Access

Fed Group Posts Suggestions About Private Data Access

NewsPosted on December 26, 2013
by BryonT

A group called the Review Group on Intelligence and Communications Technologies, established by the federal government after the National Security Agency’s (NSA) questionable foreign intelligence practices…

Money Laundering Link Puts Web Host at Risk

Money Laundering Link Puts Web Host at Risk

NewsPosted on December 20, 2013
by BryonT

LeaseWeb, a Netherlands-based web hosting provider, has been warned by The Federation Against Copyright Theft (FACT) to disable the streaming video website TheShowDepot.com or be charged as an accomplice…

Analysts Say Unix Will Fade from Data Centers

Analysts Say Unix Will Fade from Data Centers

NewsPosted on December 20, 2013
by BryonT

Researchers at the analyst firm Gartner believe that the Unix operating system is “on a path to insignificance” and report that many of their clients have begun…

Feds Quickly Expand Cloud Adoption Despite Concerns

Feds Quickly Expand Cloud Adoption Despite Concerns

NewsPosted on December 19, 2013
by BryonT

A recent study conducted by Tripwire, a security and compliance solution provider, found that United States government agencies are quickly proceeding to expand their existing…

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