Tag: INTERNET SECURITY

The White House has tapped cyber consultant Melissa Hathaway to conduct an extensive review of US Internet security. She will now be tasked with analyzing the effectiveness of programs she helped foster as the point person of former President George W. Bush's effort to check an increase in breaches of military and government sites in early 2007. The nascent Obama administration's unprecedented ...

Perhaps having seen the latest Die Hard movie a few too many times, a bunch of hackers have quite promptly hacked their way into computer systems in various cities, attacking the grids and cutting their power. The goal? Anarchy. Or, who knows, maybe just free donuts (assuming Krispy Kreme doesn't have a backup battery for their security system). The CIA believes the goal was extortion. "We have ...

We've said it before and we'll say it again: Never trust an e-mail, especially one carrying attachments, regardless of where it says it comes from. Still don't believe us? Check out this latest example, an e-mail purporting to be from the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) that supposedly is notice of a complaint posted against you, the recipient. The attached complaint is, of course, not really a ...