Security professionals fretting a WikiLeaks-style disclosure at their organization should be much less concerned with Julian Assange's whistleblower site and more worried about copycat sites already on the rise, said Kevin Poulsen, senior editor at Wired.com.
When guarding against data breaches, organizations must consider the security postures of their closest partners, such as law firms and cloud providers.
eHarmony has confirmed that a hacker recently gained access to a file containing user information, weeks after another popular dating site was compromised.
Most security companies, I like to believe, are noble and ethical enterprises. Yes they make good money out of the fact that the online world is a dark, scary place, but they also provide an invaluable service: protecting innocent individuals and organizations from the dangers that lurk in the shadows.
HBGary has "completely unplugged from the internet" as the security firm moves into investigatory and damage control mode following the infiltration of its network by the hacker group Anonymous.
After speaking last night with a journalist who is covering the anti-government protests in Egypt, MSNBC's Rachel Maddow joked that she had been tempted to stop everything during the interview to tweet what the reporter had been telling her.
The credentials of nearly 30 million online daters are at risk following the exploit of a common website vulnerability. The exact circumstances of the incident remain in question.
