10 Coolest Movie Hackers
Hackers have been a part of Hollywood’s movie-making tradition for decades, and while real-life ones tend to have bad reps, Hollywood counterparts are often depicted as heroes whose valiant efforts save the world and humankind. To get in touch with your inner geek and to celebrate the release of “TRON: Legacy,” here is a top [...]
Global Defense Technology & Systems, Inc., a provider of mission-critical technology-based systems, solutions and services for national security agencies and programs of the U.S. government, has announced it will participate in the 10th Annual Raymond James Government Services & Technology Summit. Held Jan. 6, 2011, at the Four Seasons Hotel in Washington, D.C, the event [...]
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A new Trojan affecting Android devices has recently emerged in China, and security researchers say the malware can compromise a significant amount of personal data on a user’s phone and send it to remote servers. Dubbed “Geinimi,” this Trojan is the first Android malware in the wild that displays botnet-like capabilities, according to smartphone security [...]
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A 36-year-old Ohio man has been sentenced to 2.5 years in prison for selling more than 35,000 illegally copied computer games online between 2005 and 2009, according to the FBI. Qiang “Michael” Bi pleaded guilty July 28, 2010, to one count of mail fraud, one count of copyright infringement, and one count of aggravated identity [...]
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The Office of Personnel Management is considering creating a separate career track for federal cybersecurity professionals, according to a report on Federal News Radio. Now, most government cyber workers are under the auspices of a career track for IT management, the 2210 series, because a separate classification for cybersecurity doesn’t exist. But, OPM’s Chief Human [...]
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Hackers have broken into the website of New York tour company CitySights NY and stolen approximately 110,000 bank card numbers, according to news reports. In a Dec. 9 breach notification letter published by New Hampshire’s attorney general, CitySights NY said the intruder had used an SQL injection attack on the company’s web server to upload [...]
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White House Deputy Chief Technology Officer Andrew McLaughlin is leaving his post to launch two new start-up endeavors, according to The Washington Post. McLaughlin, who previously served as Google’s chief of global public policy, was responsible for numerous White House’s Internet policy initiatives, including the controversial net neutrality rules. He landed in hot water earlier [...]
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When ads for Russian brides and motivational speakers temporarily appeared on Swedish Foreign Minister Carl Bildt’s blog, the minister commented it was the work of hackers. “There is apparently some hacking going on,” he told news agency TT when asked if he had started selling ad space on the blog, where he comments on foreign [...]
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More than half of Chinese web users believe online transactions are unsafe, which has had a significant negative impact on China’s e-commerce development, according to industry experts. The China Internet Network Information Center said a recent survey found 50.3 percent of Chinese Internet consumers said they do not believe in making online transactions, and 50.8 [...]
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Hackers have gained access to an email list of 2.2 million Honda owners, leading the automaker to warn customers about the possibility of the list being used to extract more personal information from them, The Columbus Dispatch reported. “American Honda Motor Co., Inc. recently became aware of unauthorized access to an email list used by [...]
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