Tag: Trends

White House comments on SOPA, won’t support harmful legislation (Digital Trends)

Digital Trends – Yesterday brought some good news for opponents of the Stop Online Piracy Act, or SOPA, and other in-process legislation intended for use as a weapon against cyber-criminals. The official online voice of the White House ran a lengthy blog post detailing “what the Administration will support—and what we will not support” if/when […]

Digital Trends looks back on 2011

Check out the technology headlines that stuck with our editorial staff this year. View full post on lulzsec hacker – Yahoo! News Search Results View full post on National Cyber Security

GoDaddy goes back on pro-SOPA stance to avoid boycott (Digital Trends)

Digital Trends – Remember when GoDaddy stood firm on its support for the Stop Online Privacy Act (SOPA)? That’s all in the past now, as apparently the company has officially announced a position change on Friday. View full post on Yahoo! News: Security News View full post on National Cyber Security

Square Enix servers hacked, 1.8 million users affected (Digital Trends)

Digital Trends – This is shaping up to the year of high-profile hacker attacks in the gaming world, as game developer Square Enix announced this week that 1.8 million user accounts were compromised as a result of a recent online security breach. View full post on Yahoo! News: Security News View full post on National […]

Google pulls dozens of apps from Android Market for SMS scams (Digital Trends)

Google’s popular Android operating system appears to still be the mobile operating system of choice for fraudsters and malware authors: Google has just pulled dozens of apps from the Android Market because they trick European users into paying premium SMS charges. According to the mobile security firm Lookout, Google has removed 22 apps from the […]

6 Mobile Malware Trends For 2012

There have been over 1,000 instances of Android malware found this year and the rate of growth has nearly doubled since July. Smartphones are increasingly becoming targets for malicious hackers because they are filled with rich data, tied to payments processing services and typically have less security than a personal computer. You thought 2011 was […]

Imperva Predicts Top Nine Cyber Security Trends for 2012

 Rise in Big Data and Application DDoS Attacks Among Key Concerns Redwood Shores, CA, December 6, 2011 – Imperva (NYSE: IMPV), a pioneer and leader of a new category of data security solutions for high-value … View full post on hacking tools – Yahoo! News Search Results View full post on National Cyber Security