REDMOND, Wa. - Forget e-mail. Criminals are making old-fashioned phone calls and offering free security scans in order to gain access to people's computers, according to Microsoft. To run the con, criminals pretend to be PC security experts from legitimate companies, CNET News.Com reported. They call their intended victims, warning of a risky security threat
SAN FRANCISCO - Some of the most popular applications available for the iPhone and Android handsets suffer from serious security issues, a recent study from security firm ViaForensics has found. According to the security firm's appWatchdog study, a slew of companies, including Foursquare, LinkedIn, Netflix, and Wordpress earned a "fail" rating on storing sensitive data
SAN FRANCISCO - Almost a week after hackers posted a trove of customer information stolen from various Sony businesses' Web sites, Sony Pictures has more details on the attack. Today the company posted a statement saying that personally identifying information of 37,500 customers had been exposed in the breach, CNET News.Com. "We are continuing to
SAN FRANCSICO - A new burst of hacks has left companies and government organizations picking up the pieces. The Hacker News reported it had received a message from hacking group Pakistan Cyber Army, claiming the PCA had hacked an Acer Europe server and stole sensitive information. The publication posted a screenshot of the data reportedly
SAN FRANCISCO - China may be behind the hack of RSA's SecurID database and defense contractors that depend on the SecureID token for secure remote access by employees, according to security analysts. The RSA breach was carried out using an advanced persistent threat (APT), and China is known for using the APT attack method, Rich
JINAN, CHINA - Google Inc. said Chinese hackers targeted the Gmail accounts of hundreds of prominent people in a fresh computer attack certain to intensify growing concern about the security of the Internet. The victims, including senior U.S. government officials, military personnel, Chinese activists and journalists, were tricked into sharing their passwords with "bad actors"
DETROIT - Comcast is expanding its free Constant Guard anti-botnet service for Xfinity customers to add identity fraud detection to its anti-malware and secure backup service. The Internet service provider launched a trial of Constant Guard in 2009 and took it nationwide last September, alerting customers when their computers appear to have been compromised by
SAN FRANCISCO - Malware surged, spam fell and threats targeting the Symbian and Android environments grew significantly in Q1, according to the latest McAfee Labs Threats Report. With six million unique samples of recorded malware, Q1 2011 was the most active first quarter in malware history. The report revealed many of the trends that had
TOKYO - Sony has made good on its promise to offer PlayStation Network and Qriocity users a free way to keep their identity safe, CNET News.Com reports. Subscribers to those services can go to a new page that Sony has set up and input an e-mail address to start the process of joining AllClear ID
CUPERTINO, Ca. - A new version of rogue antivirus malware that targets the Macintosh operating system does not need victims to type in their administrator passwords to install and infect the machine, a security company reported. The latest version of the malware has been overhauled to look like a native Mac OS X application and