The Washington Post has been hacked again. Employee’s user names and encrypted passwords were accessed, though it doesn’t appear that subscriber information was affected. Article Excerpt: For the second time in recent months, The Washington Post has experienced a...
Google blacklists about 10,000 web sites daily for potentially being infected with malware or for potentially being part of a phishing scam. Article Excerpt: Small businesses are reeling from an increase in cybercrime, but a hacked website can have even greater...
The Bitcoin wallet service website was recently hacked. The site had claimed to be the most secure digital wallet ever created, with 20 different security measures in place. Article Excerpt: An Australian entrepreneur going only by the name TradeFortress responsible...
If you think your personal data is secure, you’re probably wrong. Article Excerpt: It’s my first class of the semester at New York University. I’m discussing the evils of plagiarism and falsifying sources with 11 graduate journalism students when, without warning, my...
One developer claims the popular messaging application WhatsApp Messenger has encryption issues that allow hackers to read communications between users. Article Excerpt: The popular mobile messaging application WhatsApp Messenger has a major design flaw in its...
Online dating service Cupid Media was breached earlier this year, including names, birthdays, and unencrypted account passwords. Over 42 million records were compromised. An analysis of passwords used by Cupid Media subscribers revealed that many didn’t take security...
