The FBI uses situations like terrorism as a pretext to enter the private lives of Americans. It shows the US government has lost sight of the meaning of privacy, John McAfee, of McAfee Antivirus, former Libertarian candidate for president, told

Lisbeth Salander, the unlikely heroine of the Millennium series by Stieg Larrson, is a hacker—and a crack one at that. In the fourth book, which was written by David Lagercrantz after Larrson’s untimely death in 2004, Salander hacks into the

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission sued a U.K. man it said hacked into online brokerage accounts of several U.S. investors, placed unauthorized stock trades, and within minutes made profitable trades in the same stocks in his own account. A

Accepting a connection from somebody you do not know on LinkedIn may help hackers steal your company data. This is according to research from Intel Security, which has revealed that Brits will let people they do not know see their

Google has announced it is expanded its set of security alerts in Google Analytics. Now the software will alert site owners if their site has been hacked for spam, leaving it in violation of Google’s Webmaster Guidelines. If your site

A wide ranging spy dragnet emanating from Russia successfully hacked into the Clinton Foundation’s email system, Bloomberg News is reporting. The Clinton campaign was made aware that it had been the target of hackers with links to the Russian government

According to one fresh study, Web surfers visiting free livestreaming online sites for enjoying video films can encounter different security risks, in particular, scams, theft of personal information, or malware infections. To be more specific, the study substantiates that over

Annapolis, Md., officials spotted malware on parking garage servers that may have compromised customer payment information. On June 11, SP­+ Municipal Services, the company that owns the servers, launched an investigation after suspicious activity was detected on servers that handle

There’s no way to pull aggregated data from all security vendors and have an overall look at the infosec industry in regards to malware infections. Fortunately, once in a while, a security firm provides us with a glimpse into their

Several FireEye Labs researchers have uncovered a new methodology being used by criminals utilizing the NSCpuCNMiner32.exe mining malware where the infection vector is an HTML document embedded inside another HTML document. The new version was spotted after FireEye observed that

Researchers at Trend Micro recently discovered new Android-based malware called Godless, which targets devices running Android Lollipop or earlier. As Trend Micro points out, that covers almost 90 percent of Android devices. “Based on the data gathered from our Trend

The EU referendum campaign, as rough and ugly as it has sometimes been, is the best thing to have happened to British politics in a generation. Sure, the debates have been lame, the fearmongering out of control, and if I

Google‘s reign as one of the most popular web companies is often unparalleled. From search engines to email engines, Google has dominated much of the Internet and everyday tools that users rely on. However, even Google has had difficulty with

At least two Abilene businesses have had their phone systems hacked, according to Better Business Bureau President Steve Abel, a warning shot for other entities that use such voice mail systems. “A phone hacking scam is a form of fraud

In the month since activist hacking group Anonymous pledged to target banks across the world, senior officials have said the public websites of the central banks of both Indonesia and South Korea have been hit by cyber attacks. In response

Major tech companies are pressuring on Congress to block a change to federal criminal procedure to allow government-run hacks on multiple computers with a single warrant. The Justice Department is trying to smooth over the consternation with an education campaign.