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Zappos Breach: 8 Lessons Learned

InformationWeek Internet News  Tue, 01/17/2012 - 11:30

Security experts rate the shoe retailer's response to hack that exposed data on up to 24 million customers.


 

Hacked Sesame Street YouTube Channel Served Porn

InformationWeek Internet News  Mon, 10/17/2011 - 10:40

Security experts said that the Children's Television Workshop's password was likely hacked or phished.


 

Potential Lulz: Security Experts Think UK Police Tricked Into Ar...

Techdirt  Fri, 07/29/2011 - 02:08

Police in the UK recently reported that they had arrested a hacker who goes by the name Topiary, and often acts as the spokesperson for LulzSec. There's just one problem.


 

Microsoft Security Report Released

Redmond Developer News | News  Fri, 11/06/2009 - 15:37

Security experts commented on Version 7 of Microsoft's Security Intelligence Report, which was announced this week.


 

Turning clouds into crackers: $45 a password

Linux Today  Fri, 11/06/2009 - 04:34

Cloudy News: "Security experts recommend long, complex passwords because they require a super computer’s power to hack into a system.

So what happens now that a super computer is available to anyone with a credit card?"


 

First WEP, Now WPA Encryption Falls

Linux Today  Fri, 08/28/2009 - 01:03

InternetNews: "...to be secure, wireless networks should use the more powerful protocol called Wi-Fi Protected Access, or WPA.

Now security experts say they've proven that WPA can be breached just as easily."


 

Defying Experts, Rogue Computer Code Still Lurks

Linux Today  Thu, 08/27/2009 - 08:02

New York Times: "Like a ghost ship, a rogue software program that glided onto the Internet last November has confounded the efforts of top security experts to eradicate the program and trace its origins and purpose, exposing serious weaknesses in the world’s digital infrastructure."


 

Adobe's Reader Fix: Disable JavaScript, For Now

Redmond Developer News | News  Fri, 05/01/2009 - 18:33

How Adobe is handling critical vulnerability discovered in its Reader software gets mixed reaction from IT security experts.


 

Security Experts Weigh In on Excel Bug

Redmond Developer News | News  Sun, 03/16/2008 - 18:00

IT pros looking at solutions to the Microsoft Excel bug that popped up as part of last week's patch release said Monday that the cell calculation snafu plaguing Excel 2003 isn't so much a security issue as it is a pain in the neck for programmers and Windows application developers.