Free credit and identity theft protection service
TrustedID launched IDSafe, a free consumer credit and identity theft protection service to provide core coverage at absolutely no cost. IDSafe provides consumers a free credit …
Facebook apps found giving access to user accounts to third parties
A discovery that really should not surprise anyone has been made yesterday by Symantec – it turns out that due to to a flaw in the authentication schemes used before the …
LastPass resets passwords for all users following potential breach
LastPass – the well-known and widely used password management and form filling system – has reset the master password for all its users following the discovery of …
24.6 million Sony Online Entertainment accounts stolen
Sony’s ongoing investigation of illegal intrusions into Sony Online Entertainment systems revealed that attackers may have stolen personal information from approximately …
Osama bin Laden spam invades Facebook
I guess the news about the death of Osama bin Laden is starting to reach everyone around the world. Every time something big as this happens, people get curious and start …
Total cost of Epsilon breach could reach $4 billion
E-mail services firm Epsilon will face years of repercussions and up to $225 million in total costs as a result of its recent data breach, a massive event that indicates the …
DSL Reports intrusion compromises over 9000 accounts
DSL Reports – the information and review site on high speed Internet services which operates over 200 forums – has been hit with a blind SQL injection attack, …
A closer look at CleanMyMac
CleanMyMac (v1.9.5) is a cleaning tool for Macs that combines Universal Binaries slimming, removal of unneeded Languages, cleaning Logs and Caches, Quick and Secure erasing, …
Page-integrated encryption for protecting credit cards on the web
Voltage Security announced a new encryption breakthrough for protecting personal data entered by consumers on web pages called PIE for Page-Integrated Encryption. The company …
Sony PlayStation Network compromised
A week after shutting down its PlayStation Network (PSN), Sony has finally come clean and admitted that its 70 million users’ personal information has been compromised …
Protect your kids on Facebook
Check Point announced ZoneAlarm SocialGuard, designed for parents who want to protect their kids against social threats on Facebook, such as online predators, cyberbullies, …
Carder pleads guilty to hacking and selling stolen card numbers
A carder and hacker that has been arrested in 2009 by the Secret Service for trying to sell 40 stolen card numbers to one of their undercover agents, has pleaded guilty to …