Monster breach teaches familiar lessons
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By now, the perils of securing online data with little more than user names and passwords should be well known. Monster.com learned that lesson late and the hard way, prompting this week's announcement that the Web jobs board will spend millions of dollars to improve its security.
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Scammers and hackers are targeting the human factor in system setups. Part of a series on hot security topics.
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The botnet deluge is providing -- what else? -- business opportunities for a handful of firms who think they're got what it takes to fight back the onslaught.
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Monster.com waited five days to tell users its system had been hacked, in a security breach that resulted in the theft of confidential information for more than a million users, a company executive told Reuters on Thursday.
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The security threats against business-technology systems continue to multiply. Not only do malicious worms and viruses such as Blaster and Bagle continue to wreak havoc, but security pros
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Some game makers are trying to get players to expand their horizons by reflecting on news events in games
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InfoWorld - One week after&#160;hackers stole personal information from millions of people who had posted their resumes to the job-searching site Monster.com, the company has warned its users to be vigilant about online fraud because the breach was not an isolated incident.
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I recently participated in some war-game-style what-if exercises with a small group of IT execs. The goal was to stimulate thinking about how corporations can best prepare for, and respond to, significant business disruptions, whether from terrorism, weather, biological threats, or other unexpected shocks.
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A promotion for the tools blog Toolmonger.com gives an audience a chance to watch a shack get hacked to pieces.
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Domains of several new phishing sites are cropping up with known Storm worm domains. F-Secure researchers think phishers are leasing parts of the larger botnet.
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Jason Larsen is a computer hacker with a twist. His goal is not to wreak havoc, but to boost security for America's pipelines, railroads, utilities and other infrastructure.
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Bad guys use sophisticated testing to create malware that can evade even the best security programs.
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Make what you will of the repeated waves of cyber attacks against Estonia, says CNET News.com's Charles Cooper. But the lesson will be copied by others.
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A variant of an older worm is poorly designed, but it nonetheless shows the effectiveness of our manager's incident-response process.
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Companies that have spent billions on cyberdefenses to thwart intruders are now addressing an even bigger threat: employees. Many are investing in software that monitors sensitive content inside corporate networks, say security analysts and venture capitalists.
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Proof of concept exploit sparks full disclosure row Security watchers warn that an unpatched vulnerability in RealPlayer poses a severe risk.â¦
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Within days of the release of the security bulletin, there was proof of concept code available on the web. As the exploit was analyzed by various security groups, it was found that it was similar