What Google does when a government requests your data
In a 'frequently asked questions' page, the search giant explains what exactly happens when a government agency or law enforcement requests your personal or private data.
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Ryan Naraine
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Dancho Danchev
Dancho Danchev is an independent security consultant and cyber threats analyst, with extensive experience in open source intelligence gathering, malware and cybercrime incident response.
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Pentagon to boost cybersecurity force numbers: report
Faced with rising cyberattack numbers and becoming the target of Anonymous heckling, the Pentagon has decided to boost its cybersecurity team.
Anonymous re-hacks US Sentencing site into video game Asteroids
The U.S. Sentencing Commission website has been hacked a second time. A code distributed by Anonymous "Operation Last Resort" turns ussc.gov into a game of Asteroids.
US Sentencing website hacked into video game "Asteroids"
The U.S. Sentencing Commission website has been hacked a second time. A code distributed by Anonymous "Operation Last Resort" turns ussc.gov into a game of Asteroids.
Anonymous hacks US Sentencing Commission, distributes files
Late evening Friday, January 25, U.S. Sentencing Commission website was hacked and government files distributed by Anonymous in what the group calls "Operation Last Resort." UPDATE: site restored.
WordPress releases version 3.5.1, fixes 3 security issues
Yesterday's release of WordPress v3.5.1, fixes 37 bugs, including three security issues.
Whoops: Google indexes more than 86,000 HP 'public' printers
The search engine turns up tens of thousands of publicly available printers connected directly to the Internet. Hackers, however, could launch never-ending printing attacks.
U.S. is a hotbed of botnet activity, says McAfee
Two unlikely suspects emerge from a list of global botnet control servers: the U.S., and for some reason a small British-owned island in the Caribbean.
Italian-language page at MSN redirects to Cool Exploit Kit, serves ransomware
Last week, security researchers from AVG's Web Threat Research Group detected a malicious JavaScript on an Italian-language page at MSN that was dropping ransomware on the affected hosts. How trusted are high profile "trusted" Web sites?
'Cyber 9/11 imminent' warns DHS chief; suggests CISPA-like laws
Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano suggested Congress should pass legislation similar to CISPA, in order to avoid a calamitous end to American civilization.