With programs such as iCloud, Evernote, and Expensify becoming ever more popular, and people beginning to store more and more of their personal information on the web, those using cloud computing are beginning to wonder whether or not their information is as safe as they originally believed. Sites that use dedicated server colocation or dedicated server hosting are not … [Read more...]
It’s National Protect Your Identity Week – Go shred documents free
October 16-22, 2011 has been Protect Your Identity Week. The week of encouraging consumers to take steps to protect themselves from identity theft and be knowledgeable if it strikes them is a program of the National Foundation for Credit Counseling, The National Association of Triads, Inc., and the National Sheriffs' Association with sponsorship from CINTAS, AllClear ID, and … [Read more...]
Sesame Street’s YouTube Account Hacked, Explicit Videos Uploaded, Now Disabled
Sesame Street is the latest to join the crowd of having their social network presence hacked. Unfortunately for the normally kid-friendly programming, whoever hacked their YouTube channel was malicious at heart and uploaded a few adult videos. The Sesame Street YouTube channel had 148,046 subscribers and over 454 million views. … [Read more...]
Sony’s Chief Information Security Officer Reports Another Breach of The PSN
After the long string of compromises, bad PR, and downtime earlier this year, it looks like Sony's back in the thick of it. Sony's Chief Information Security Officer posted to the PlayStation Blog that an attempt to test a large batch of sign-in credentials was detected. The list of accounts seem to be coming from other recent breaches testing shared password usage. Less than … [Read more...]
WineHQ’s Database Compromised
Wine, a popular emulator for Linux and other operating systems that allows you to install and run Windows applications, informed account holders today via e-mail that its database has been compromised through phpMyAdmin. … [Read more...]