The security breach suffered by DreamHost in January has resulted in hundreds of rogue PHP pages redirecting users to work-at-home scams, according to researchers from cloud security vendor Zscaler. DreamHost decided to reset the FTP and shell access passwords for all of its customers after discovering that hackers compromised one…
Stratfor unveils new website, improves security following breach
Intelligence firm CEO apologizes for failing to properly secure customer credit card data and email addresses. Firm now outsources processes to third-party payment processor. <img alt="Stratfor unveils new website, improves security following breach, Blog, Security, website., Improves, unveils, breach, Following, Stratfor"height="0" width="0" border="0" style="display:none" src="http://segment-pixel.invitemedia.com/pixel?code=TechBiz &partnerID=167&key=segment”/> View full post on…
Care2 resets millions of account credentials following security breach
Care2, a social network that promotes a variety of causes, announced a data security breach Dec. 28 in which hackers targeted account credentials on the company servers. View full post on bank security hacker – Yahoo! News Search Results View full post on National Cyber Security
Carrier IQ Hit With Lawsuits Following Spyware Accusations
Two lawsuits have been filed against mobile software company Carrier IQ in the wake of accusations that it could be misusing controversial tracking programs present in millions of Android, Nokia, and BlackBerry smartphones worldwide. According to Jaikumar Vijayan of Computerworld, one of the two lawsuits was filed Thursday in the…
All Eyes on Carrier IQ Following Spyware Allegations
Software from the company Carrier IQ that’s preinstalled on many mobile devices sold in the United States is capable of recording many of the activities performed on those phones and potentially relaying the data back to carriers, according to security researcher Trevor Eckhart. Eckhart refers to the software as a…