Most people wouldn\'t leave a recording on a home answering machine telling callers they\'re on vacation for a week, but users of social media think nothing of posting real-time vacation photos on Facebook showing themselves on beaches hundreds of miles from home, or sending out automatic e-mail messages that say, \"I\'m out of the country for a week.\"
More bad news on the security front for the Smart Grid: The Wall Street Journal reports that the electric utility industry is negotiating with a defense contractor to determine whether spies from China and elsewhere have already hacked into the U.S. power grid.
Wesley McGrew runs into hackers online all the time and usually turns a blind eye. However, in the case of \"mentally unstable\" security guard, Jesse William McGraw, he took action and contacted the FBI. McGrew was afraid McGraw was planning a virtual attack that might compromise public safety. He was arrested last Friday and due in Federal Court.
Securities regulators are investigating potential insider trading of Global Gaming Factory ahead of its announcement of plans to purchase The Pirate Bay. AktieTorget suspended trading in Global Gaming a week before the announcement as trading volume and share prices jumped without public news to account for it.
You already know that if you want to lock down your Wi-Fi network, you should opt for WPA encryption because WEP is easy to crack. But did you know how easy? Take a look.
An ATM vendor has succeeded in getting a security talk pulled from the upcoming Black Hat conference after a researcher announced he would demonstrate a vulnerability in the system.\\rBarnaby Jack, a researcher with Juniper Networks, was to present a demonstration showing how he could “jackpot” a popular ATM brand by exploiting a vulnerability.