Articles about Security – Page 14 of 15

Washington AG settles with alleged Facebook ‘likejacker’

The Washington State Attorney General’s Office today announced a settlement in a case brought earlier this year against a company… Read More

Latest in mobile security: Introducing the ‘scream tone’

Have you ever got that sinking feeling after losing your cell phone? Wanted to scream or howl like a wolf?… Read More

Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen victim of identity theft

Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen has become the subject of identity theft, with a an AWOL U.S. soldier in Pittsburgh charged… Read More

Microsoft’s goal to ‘disrupt,’ not just take down, Zeus botnet

It’s a seemingly unending battle. Botnets get put up by bad guys, taken down by good guys and are replaced… Read More

Video: A glimpse inside Microsoft’s high-tech Global Security Operations Center

On the Microsoft campus this week, hundreds of law enforcement and public safety officials are gathering for the company’s Worldwide… Read More

iWitness: This iPhone app fights crime by recording incidents and dialing 911

It’s happened to all of us. You’re walking alone and you get that creepy feeling that someone is watching or… Read More

Lost your phone? Chances are someone is picking through your personal information

In 1995, Reader’s Digest conducted a fascinating experiment in which the magazine placed 120 wallets in 12 cities across the… Read More

Stealth startup CrowdStrike wants to obliterate security threats, raises $26M

George Kurtz has a deep affinity for Seattle, previously working as a consultant at Microsoft and raising cash for his… Read More

Mobilisafe study: 39 percent of mobile devices at small businesses are ‘stale’

Mobilisafe, a stealthy Seattle mobile security startup bankrolled by Madrona Venture Group and Trilogy Equity Partners, still isn’t sharing many… Read More

nFluence Media raises $3M, touts dealBoard app for mobile offers

nFluence Media is taking the wraps off its stealthy service today, showcasing for the first time a new mobile offering… Read More

Video: Rob McKenna looks to knock multi-million dollar scheme off Facebook

Facebook unites hundreds of millions of people each day, but lurking in the shadows are some bad actors who treat… Read More

Facebook, Washington AG file suits over ‘likejacking’ scheme

Facebook and Washington state Attorney General Rob McKenna today filed lawsuits against Adscend Media, an ad network that allegedly is… Read More

Microsoft says botnet kingpin worked for antivirus vendor

Four months after dismantling the nasty Kelihos botnet, Microsoft says it has tracked down the central figure behind it– naming Russian… Read More

Finsphere raises more cash to turn your cell phone into a fraud protection and ID device

Can your phone be used to help prevent fraud? That’s the idea behind Finsphere, a Bellevue mobile security startup that matches… Read More

Weight loss schemers hack ex-Microsoft CTO Nathan Myhrvold’s Modern Cuisine Twitter account

Even former Microsoft chief technology officer Nathan Myhrvold is susceptible to hacker attacks. Last night, we noticed that Myhrvold’s popular… Read More

Hacker infiltrates Zappos network, gets customer info but not full credit cards

Amazon.com’s Zappos and its sister shopping site 6pm are informing users this weekend that portions of their internal network and… Read More

Microsoft: ‘Zero-day’ threats are less than 1% of exploits

Zero-day security threats can scare the bejeebers out of the tech industry, when hackers and malware are able to target… Read More

Startup Spotlight: Lightning strikes (literally) to create online backup startup Newline

Entrepreneurs often talk about when lightning strikes, that special a-ha moment when inspiration hits. But for former Microsoft engineer Kory… Read More

Microsoft dismantles Kelihos botnet

Microsoft’s ongoing battle against nasty botnets has continued, with the company announcing today that it has dismantled the Kelihos botnet… Read More

Microsoft’s ‘BlueHat Prize’: $250k to focus hackers on security defense

Microsoft today announced a new program called the “BlueHat Prize,” offering a total of more than $250,000 in cash and… Read More

Microsoft offers $250,000 bounty for information on Rustock ‘botnet’

Microsoft’s Digital Crime Unit helped knock out one of the world’s most notorious spam purveyors back in March, but the company… Read More

Finsphere raises cash to turn your cell phone into a fraud fighter

Finsphere has reeled in another $1.75 million in venture capital financing, money that the Bellevue company will use to market… Read More

The ‘dark side’ of Kindle: Spam books line the digital shelves

You can find thousands of top-notch books on the Kindle from best-selling authors such as Kathryn Stockett or Erik Larson.… Read More

Microsoft warns computer users of ‘phone scammers’

Hackers and cybercriminals are not only trying to access your data through security holes on the Internet. Now, they are… Read More

Hacker group hits Nintendo, no consumer data stolen

Nintendo of America confirmed today that its computer servers in the U.S. were infiltrated by the hacker group Lulzsec a few… Read More

Another black eye for Amazon? Hackers may have used AWS in crippling Sony attack

Amazon Web Services has been taking some PR knocks in recent weeks. First, came the massive outage which sparked anger… Read More

A Twitter crime thriller, and why laptop tracking could save you some heartache

I got hooked tonight on an amazing Twitter drama, watching in real time as Sean Power live Tweeted about his… Read More

Grades changed at Seattle high schools after teacher passwords stolen

A high-tech hack has resulted in grades being altered at Seattle area high schools, according to a report by KIRO… Read More

University of Washington team wins National Collegiate Cyber Defense Competition

Next time your business is under a cyber attack, you may want to pick up the phone and call Alexei Czeskis. Czeskis… Read More

Hack alert: Eddie Bauer warns customers of email address theft

Eddie Bauer is notifying customers that customer emails have been stolen after the company’s email vendor suffered a breach of… Read More