Todd Feinman spent more than a decade breaking into the computer systems of Fortune 100 companies. Not for his own nefarious purposes, though. The former director at PricewaterhouseCoopers was paid to test corporate security systems. He succeeded in breaching them 80% of the time.
If the word 'cybercrime' conjures up images of computer geeks trying to crash computers from their mothers' basements, think again.
Social networking Web site Twitter was unavailable for roughly two hours Thursday morning after being hit by a denial of service attack.
Mac computers are known for their near-immunity to malicious computer programs that plague PCs.
Very few of the esoteric funds touted during the last boom protected investors from the severe downdraft of 2008, but some stumbled far less than others.
The increasing use of the Internet by political campaigns presents hackers and spammers with growing opportunities for abuse, according to two Internet experts.
A New Zealand teenager has been questioned in connection with a scheme by hackers to remotely take over more than 1 million computers worldwide and use them for criminal activity, New Zealand police and the FBI said Thursday.
Most computer users live with the knowledge of online scammers and malicious code. But what about cell phone users? Handsets, after all, are getting more advanced all the time. As the tagline for Nokia's N95 smart phone suggests: "It's what computers have become."
There's an old saying in the news business that says if your mother tells you she loves you, check it out.
What began as a ninth-grade prank, a way to trick already-suspicious friends who had fallen for his earlier practical jokes, has earned Rich Skrenta notoriety as the first person ever to let loose a personal computer virus.
Todd Feinman spent more than a decade breaking into the computer systems of Fortune 100 companies. Not for his own nefarious purposes, though. The former director at PricewaterhouseCoopers was paid to test corporate security systems. He succeeded in breaching them 80% of the time.
If the word 'cybercrime' conjures up images of computer geeks trying to crash computers from their mothers' basements, think again.
Social networking Web site Twitter was unavailable for roughly two hours Thursday morning after being hit by a denial of service attack.
Mac computers are known for their near-immunity to malicious computer programs that plague PCs.
Very few of the esoteric funds touted during the last boom protected investors from the severe downdraft of 2008, but some stumbled far less than others.
The increasing use of the Internet by political campaigns presents hackers and spammers with growing opportunities for abuse, according to two Internet experts.
A New Zealand teenager has been questioned in connection with a scheme by hackers to remotely take over more than 1 million computers worldwide and use them for criminal activity, New Zealand police and the FBI said Thursday.
Most computer users live with the knowledge of online scammers and malicious code. But what about cell phone users? Handsets, after all, are getting more advanced all the time. As the tagline for Nokia's N95 smart phone suggests: "It's what computers have become."
There's an old saying in the news business that says if your mother tells you she loves you, check it out.
What began as a ninth-grade prank, a way to trick already-suspicious friends who had fallen for his earlier practical jokes, has earned Rich Skrenta notoriety as the first person ever to let loose a personal computer virus.
Monster.com waited five days to tell its users about a security breach that resulted in the theft of confidential information from some 1.3 million job seekers, a company executive told Reuters Thursday.
Chinese police have busted up two criminal organizations and seized pirated software worth half a billion dollars, the culmination of two years of work with the FBI
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The nightmare begins early in the morning with an innocuous-looking e-mail on your mobile phone instructing you to check a specific Web site for information about repairing your credit score.
Internet pirates have begun to turn away from traditional attack modes such as viruses and worms and are increasingly using targeted emails and other techniques to swipe critical personal information, according to an Internet security report released Monday.
A disgruntled hacker with a personal grudge against Symantec, which provides anti-virus software to leading Fortune 500 companies, could be behind a new, crippling computer virus that's already hit a division of at least one big U.S. corporation on Thursday.
Stocks were barely changed Monday as jitters ahead of the Federal Reserve's two-day policy meeting countered a flurry of merger activity and a drop in the price of oil.
Stocks turned narrowly mixed Monday as investors were hesitant to carve out positions ahead of this week's Federal Reserve meeting and a number of economic readings later this week.
Stocks steadily moved higher Monday following a flurry of merger activity and a drop in crude oil prices, but investors remained reluctant as they faced a glut of earnings and economic news later in the week.
Falling oil prices gave stocks a lift early Monday afternoon, but gains were limited ahead of a busy week for company earnings and economic news.
YOUR NEW ISSUE OF FORTUNE MAGAZINE: Okay, I'll admit it. It's amazing! Brilliant! Perfect even! Cover story on the how drinking red wine will let you live forever (or close), and the amazing biotech company that's racing to create miracle drugs that extend life from an ingredient in, well, Pinot! Um, that's good...We also have a great lineup of big thinkers and CEOs to tell you all about what's going to go down in 2007. Serious heavy hitters who are a bit undercover like Vinod Khosla, Peter Chernin, Linda Kaplan Thaler, David Rubenstein, Sean McManus. (Funny, as a business magazine, we didn't feel compelled to call up Louise MacBain.) Other terrifc reads: Newt Gingrich's comeback trail bid for the White House by Nina Easton, a coolio story on Second Life by David Kirpatrick, and even an interview with one of Disney's hottest properties: Hannah Montana. ("You get the best of both worlds. Chill out take it slow. Then you go rock the show!") Just don't tell my achy-breaky heart---how many of you get THAT?
Stocks swayed near midday Tuesday as investors welcomed falling oil prices, but kept an eye on further signs of a weakening economy and some negative corporate news.
Stocks struggled Tuesday morning as investors welcomed falling oil prices and lower Treasury bond yields, but showed caution amid a weak reading on manufacturing and some discouraging corporate news.
Apple computers have long been prized for being virus-free. But as more people use Apple products, experts say the company is increasingly becoming a target for cyber pranksters and criminals writing viruses and other forms of malware.
Justice Department officials Tuesday said computer software maker Oracle has agreed to pay the government $98.5 million dollars in a procurement fraud settlement stemming from multiple federal contracts with the firm's PeopleSoft software sales operations.
Security software vendor Symantec unveiled a new strategy and rolled out a set of souped-up products Tuesday as it faces increased competition from Microsoft.
When it comes to cell phones, the smarter they are, the harder they fall - for viruses.
How badly did Wall Street want Hewlett-Packard to make a software acquisition? Listen to the tale of the tape: Despite paying a 33% premium for Mercury Interactive in a $4.5 billion deal, HP shares rose 42 cents - or 1.4 percent - on Wednesday.
Despite seemingly endless stories of identity theft and virus attacks, the makers of software designed to keep computers secure have struggled this year.
When Darragh Marmorstein's computer crashed, the freelance wardrobe stylist had to shell out $1,500 - more than the cost of many new computers - to recover her data, which included numerous family photos as well as her professional portfolio.
SAN FRANCISCO (Business 2.0 Magazine) - Burst.com, a two-person Internet video company, has sued Apple, claiming that its iTunes and QuickTime software violate Burst's patents. Techdirt says the move was expected after Apple filed suit earlier this year to have the court declare Burst's patents invalid. Last year, Burst brought a patent-infringement lawsuit about Internet video delivery against Microsoft, settling the case for $60 million after alleging that Microsoft tried to crush the company. Both Burst and Apple have hired big legal guns, setting this up to be a case the likes of which we haven't seen since NTP sued Research In Motion over the BlackBerry.
The rise in online scams such as identity theft and phishing is bad news for consumers -- but is it good news for investors in companies who make products designed to stop these attacks?
Security is never far off the mind of most people, and the companies that make money from fear are here in abundance at the CeBIT technology trade fair.
After a mock rap video by actress Natalie Portman from NBC's Saturday Night Live hit YouTube and other websites, NBC lawyers launched a cease-and-desist campaign to prevent the clip from appearing anywhere besides nbc.com. The move followed an earlier push to fight copyright infringement of SNL's "Lazy Sunday" video. Those were boneheaded moves, say authors Ben McConnell and Jackie Huba on their Church of the Customer blog. Limiting SNL videos to NBC's own website and to official sales channels like iTunes, they argue, kills the viral effect that prompted hundreds of thousands of Web users to download and share them -- a phenomenon that has given the venerable-but-tired SNL new buzz.
Cybercrime is on the rise -- and today's attacks are often silent, hard to detect and highly targeted, according to a new survey.
Nokia Corp. ranked as Fidelity Magellan Fund's top holding as of Dec. 31, replacing General Electric Co. , which fell to fifth place, according to Fidelity Investments.
Internet criminals want your computer, your money and your identity. And their tactics are becoming increasingly refined and organized, according to security experts.
Internet criminals want your computer, your money and your identity. And their tactics are becoming increasingly refined and organized, according to security experts.
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This flu season the most dangerous and costly sickness could strike your desktop.
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Ugly.
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