“Control-Alt-Hack” gives teenage and young-adult players a taste of what it means to be a computer-security professional defending against an ever-expanding range of digital threats. The game’s creators will present it this week in Las Vegas at Black Hat 2012, an annual information-security meeting. “Hopefully players will come away thinking differently about computer security,” said [...]
Think you might have a computer infection? Facebook’s here to help. Following up on April’s rollout of the Facebook Anti-Virus Marketplace, which offered free anti-virus software, Facebook debuted “Malware Checkpoint for Facebook” on July 10, which will scan anyone’s PC for any viruses, worms, Trojans or other malicious software. Previously, Facebook had to detect malware [...]
By CHAD BRAY U.S. authorities are expected to announce criminal charges Tuesday against six individuals associated with the online-activist collectives Anonymous and Lulz Security, according to a person in law enforcement. Those charged include individuals in the U.S. and overseas, and several people have been taken into custody, according to this person. FoxNews.com reported Tuesday [...]
IDG News Service – Intel on Tuesday announced the Xeon E5-2600 processors for 2- and 4-socket servers, which is the company’s first major chip upgrade for industry standard x86 servers in close to two years. The processors include up to 8 cores and are up to 80 percent faster than predecessors, said Diane Bryant, vice [...]
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Computer hackers claiming to be from the loose-knit group known as Anonymous say they have broken into several Alabama law enforcement and government websites and have stolen the personal information for more than 46,000 people.In an online news release Friday, the group claimed to have taken Social Security numbers, license plate [...]
According to a news release issued by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, cyber criminals can damage their victim’s computer systems and data by changing or deleting files, wiping hard drives or erasing backups to hide some or all of their malicious activity and tradecraft. By wiping, or “zeroing out,” the hard disk, which overwrites good data [...]
CFOworld – The pace of cloud computing will only accelerate in 2012. The increasing development of information technology, and the intense focus on cost reduction, are highlighting the benefits of moving IT administration off-site. And one cloud computing expert wants CFOs to be aware of the short-term challenges and long-term benefits to organizations. “Large enterprises [...]
Nick D’Aloisio, a former Perth and Melbourne boy making it big online. Photo: Supplied He is 16, an Australian living in London and recently scored $US250,000 in investment from a billionaire for a technology that could change the way we read emails, news articles or any other text on our computers. Meet Nick D’Aloisio, the [...]
You may be one of the millions of people who purchased a new tablet or upgraded your smart phone or computer recently. Now you need to migrate all your data to your new device. You also want to make sure you have access to all the same information – your most recent versions – regardless [...]