With the immense popularity of online videos, it really shouldn’t come as a surprise that hackers are targeting one of the primary elements that make online videos possible: codecs.  Thought making or modifying innocent-looking codecs, people unconsciously continue to download them so they can watch a quick clip of whatever.  So, if you are a […]

Well, if you or your company only think you need to protect yourselves from external threats, let this be a wakeup call for you.  A computer expert who used to work for a company in Buffalo recently admitted that he hacked into the businesses systems.  Chances are, this was extremely easy for him to accomplish […]

With having the largest market share in the niche as well as a ton of bells and whistles that have chances of being exploited, there is no surprise that hackers are going to really start focusing on the iPhone this upcoming year.  On top of that, since more competition is entering the market, chances are […]

A couple of days ago, I talked about an article which discussed hackers breaking into some of the most important research laboratories in the US. Well, it looks like the plot thickens… these hackers weren’t just trying to break into the U.S.’s most important labs, they were trying to break into research labs all over […]

It wasn’t that the hackers just launched an attack on two of America’s most important science labs, they succeeded. From the sound of it, it wasn’t a direct attack either.  Though identifying visitors and sending them phishing emails, these hackers were able to acquire access to the labs.  This really drives the point home that […]

Well, from a security expert, it is quite easy.  Unfortunately, this seems to be quite true.  With some of the latest proof-of-concepts that can be found on various sites and even YouTube, people have learned to eavesdrop on VoIP communications with remote Trojans.  The crazy thing is I bet this is only the beginning.  With […]

Here’s a scary fact for all you iPhone users: did you know that some computer professionals were able to eavesdrop on other people’s iPhones?  That includes their emails, voicemail, web browser and yes, even live conversations.  Yeah, this may sound like more fact than fiction, but you better believe it is true.  Heck, the people […]

According to this article, Vista has climbed past the 10% market share in the world of OSs.  Even with all of the complaining and annoyances people have shared towards Microsoft’s newest operating system, it seems to be doing well, but that is not what this is about.  Vista has reached the 10% market share level, […]

The MySpace hacker, who is responsible for creating what is called the first Web 2.0 worm is forbidden to log into MySpace (let alone touch a computer for personal purposes) for at least a couple more months.  While this can be considered the first Web 2.0 worm, it’s goal was not to harm anyone.  All […]

According to a recent study of retail stores being secretly monitored in malls, over 3,000 of them were transferring sensitive data (i.e. credit card info, SSN’s, etc.) completely out in the open.  That means anyone who is willing to eavesdrop the airwaves would be getting some pretty sensitive information on people.  Especially with the holiday […]