MOSCOW - Flashback, a piece of malware targeting users of Apple's Mac OS X, is now estimated to be quietly running on more than 600,000 machines around the world. That number, which came from Russian antivirus company Dr. Web earlier this week, was confirmed by security firm Kaspersky. More than 98 percent of the affected
SAN FRANCISCO - A new variant of a piece of Android malware dubbed LeNa (Legacy Native) has been modified so that it does not require user interaction to take control of a device, mobile security firm Lookout reported. LeNa has been seen on alternative Android markets and not Google Play, so its spread will be
NORTHVILLE- Amerigon Incorporated, a thermal management technologies company, today promoted Stephen Davis to the newly created position of Chief Technology Officer, effective immediately. Davis, 58, formerly Vice President of Engineering and Product Development, will continue to report directly to President and CEO Daniel Coker. In his new role, Davis will be responsible for managing all
WASHINGTON DC - Attacks on U.S. critical infrastructure may bring about a Katrina-like situation: no electricity, no fresh water, limited traffic control, severely curtailed emergency response, and more; about 85 percent of U.S. critical infrastructure is privately owned; two different cybersecurity bills in Congress envision different solutions to U.S. infrastructure's cyber vulnerability. No one doubts
MOSCOW - The Russian government is considering setting up a dedicated cyber-security command, responsible for protecting the armed forces' information systems, Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin said on Wednesday. "We are currently discussing the question of setting up a cyber-security command," said Rogozin, who has responsibility for Russia's military-industrial complex. "This is in connection with
BEIJING - Neil Heywood, the British businessman whose death in China is now a key element of China's biggest political scandal in two decades, was providing periodic consultancy services to a British strategic-intelligence company up until the time he was found dead in the city of Chongqing in November, a spokesman for the firm told
AUBURN HILLS - Plex Systems Inc., provider of Plex Online, Cloud ERP for manufacturers, announced that TRUSTe, the leading online privacy solutions provider, has certified the privacy practices of Plex Systems' website and services for compliance with the EU Safe Harbor and Trusted Cloud programs. The TRUSTe seal is a signal to consumers that a
SAN FRANCISCO - Jennifer Emick, who picketed Scientology with Anonymous, says it took her four hours to put a real name to the well-known hacker handle. The trail to the New York apartment where a hacker named "Sabu" of LulzSec and Anonymous fame was arrested last June can be traced back to a former Anonymous
SAN FRANCISCO - An online hacker group associated with Anonymous responded to the arrest of six suspected hackers by hacking and defacing Panda Security?s web site. Members of AntiSec hacked the Web site of antivirus company Panda after it was revealed that five men in the U.K., Ireland, New York, and Chicago had been charged
WASHINGTON DC - The U.S. Attorney General says six hackers in the United States and abroad, affiliated with LulSec, Anonymous, and Antisec, have been arrested and charged with crimes. Government agencies have arrested several members of hacker group LulzSec, which has claimed responsibility for attacks on Sony Pictures and Fox's "X-Factor" reality series, charging them