A recent wave of unique thefts involving property locked inside automobiles has law enforcement perplexed. Some thieves are using an as yet undetermined hi-tech device to hack into a car’s computer system and then unlock the doors without activating the car’s alarm....
Vigilance against viruses and weaknesses in your IT system is necessary, but one federal agency went overboard and actually destroyed hardware like mice, keyboards, and printers, mistakenly thinking they could harbor malware. The ill-advised plan cost taxpayers $2.7...
Hackers successfully broke into the nation’s emergency broadcast system earlier this year, causing some Montana and Michigan residents to receive a hoax message about zombies attacking humans. One computer security firm claims to have uncovered the vulnerability of...
Small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) typically perceive their cyber liability as less than that of huge publicly traded corporations. After all, there is a continual stream of news accounts these days about hackers breaking into a big company’s network, stealing...
The Food and Drug Administration is calling on medical manufacturers to consider cyber threats that could affect their devices. Officials are worried that if these products are hijacked by hackers intent on causing physical harm, patient safety could be in jeopardy....
The IRS has accidentally revealed on its web site Social Security numbers of some donors to political groups known as “527s.” Once the error was uncovered by a watchdog group, the IRS took the records offline. Article Excerpt: The Internal Revenue Service...
