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Chicopee's municipal website is up and running after being temporarily compromised by hackers from Argentina.

Ongoing computer scams targeting small businesses cost U.S. companies US$25 million in the third quarter of 2009, according to the U.S. Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.

On the face of it, research by Damballa appears to support Beijing's claims. If the security hole in Internet Explorer was the smoking gun of the attacks, what Ollmann and his researchers looked at was "the occupants and driver of the getaway van," he said.

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DEARBORN, Mich., With the rapid convergence of in-car technology and the Internet, Ford Motor Company said today it is offering a suite of security features to protect the personal information of millions of Ford owners from the threat of computer hackers and viruses.

A Thai court has approved the extradition to the U.S. of a Malaysian man allegedly involved in hacking credit card information, causing massive losses for victims in the U.S. Gooi Kokseng will first be held in Thailand for 30 days in case he decides to appeal the court ruling, an employee at Thailand's Office of the Attorney General said by phone ...

The Energizer Bunny infects PCs with backdoor malware, the Department of Homeland Security's US-CERT said Friday.

" 8 March 2010 - " At the RSA conference, Symantec Corp announced its latest messaging security platforms, Symantec Brightmail Gateway 9.0 and Symantec Brightmail Gateway 9.0 Small Business Edition .

The government can't secure cyberspace alone, DHS Secretary Janet Napolitano told the audience at her RSA keynote speech.

Fear, uncertainty and doubt is an integral part of the security industry. Vendors sell FUD, the media loves reporting it, and trade shows thrive on it.

Xocali.net web-site, containing archive of documents in relation to the issue of Khojaly, was attacked early on March 2. When the site administrators started investigating who is attacking their network, they found out Baku's IP-address 81.17.90.144 of the Bakinternet Network.

Wyndham Hotels and Resorts has suffered a third serious data breach within two years after hackers broke into its computer systems stealing customer's credit card information late January.

The biggest threat to the open internet is not Chinese government hackers or greedy anti-net-neutrality ISPs, it's Michael McConnell, the former director of national intelligence.

Germany's Fraunhofer Institute for Secure Information Technology is selling a mobile phone application that offers a unique feature over other password-storage applications.

Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) Mar. 4--A hacker who identifies himself only as Evil Taco has been in Pittsburgh "since Y2K" and describes himself as "that one family member who everyone calls when they can't get the Google to work." After teaching himself coding and getting a little help from his friends, Evil Taco said he had committed online piracy, ...

Bulgarian hackers-for-hire and good Streisand seats Bruce Springsteen, left, performs with Steven Van Zandt during a concert of his Working On A Dream tour at the Stade de Suisse stadium in Bern, Switzerland.

In an announcement that made big news last month , Google said that it and numerA A ous other companies had been hit by successful hacker attacks .

Hackers who breached Google and other companies in January targeted source code management systems, security firm McAfee asserted Wednesday, manipulating a little-known trove of security flaws that would allow easy unauthorized access to the intellectual property it is meant to protect.

Microsoft 's idea that the fight against malware could be funded by an Internet tax is "horrible," an analyst said Thursday as other experts weighed in on a recent comment by the company's security chief.

Authorities have arrested three Spaniards suspected of infecting 13 million computers with a program that allowed them to steal personal and financial data worldwide, Spain's Civil Guard said Wednesday.