A professor at Utah Valley University analyzed the leaked password hashes stolen by Anonymous from security firm Stratfor and determined even their security minded customers choose weak passwords.
Researchers discovered a cross-site scripting flaw in WordPress 3.3 yesterday that only occurs if you ran the installation with an IP address instead of a domain name. WordPress 3.3.1 is now available to fix the vulnerability.
Anonymous is threatening companies like Sony and Nintendo over their support of the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA). Will this accomplish their goals, or simply create more victims?
The Japanese Defense Ministry has awarded Fujitsu a multi-million dollar contract to develop a computer virus. But is it a good idea to fight fire with fire?
The person behind the @Wendi_Deng Twitter account has admitted they are an imposter - but not before Twitter gave them a "verified" badge and newspapers reported the tweets from Rupert Murdoch's wife were legitimate.
Are Walmart and Ikea *really* giving away gift cards via Twitter? And, if so, would they want you to vote for your favourite character from a low-brow reality TV show?
As 2011 comes to a close it is clear there is much to be done to better secure our information in the "cloud". I look back at the major data loss incidents of the year and speculate this isn't the last we will see of our information being p0wned.
Researchers have published a paper showing how a feature implemented in modern Wi-Fi routers intended to make securing them easier, in fact makes them insecure by default.