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US Electric Grid Under Continuous Attack (May 22, 2013)

Computer systems at utility companies that make up the US electric grid are under attack daily, according to a Congressional report.......

Commission Recommends Stronger Action be Taken to Protect Intellectual Property (May 23, 2013)

The Commission on the Theft of American Intellectual Property, a private organization, has issued a report arguing that US companies should be permitted to act aggressively to prevent hackers from stealing their intellectual property.......

North Carolina Company Loses US $800,000 to ACH Fraud (May 23, 2013)

Thieves stole more than US $800,000 from a North Carolina company in numerous small, fraudulent automated clearinghouse (ACH) transactions.......

ICS-CERT Warns of Hard-Coded User Accounts in TURCK Programmable Gateways (May 23, 2013)

The US Department of Homeland Security's Industrial Control Systems Cyber Emergency Response Team (ICS-CERT) has issued a warning about a vulnerability in two TURCK programmable gateways.......

Apple Issues Security Update for QuickTime for Windows (May 23, 2013)

Apple has issued an update for QuickTime for Windows to address critical vulnerabilities in the multimedia framework.......

NYPD Detective Arrested for Allegedly Hacking eMail Accounts (May 22 & 23, 2013)

US federal law enforcement agents have arrested a New York City Police Department (NYPD) detective for allegedly hiring a hacking service to break into more than 40 email accounts belonging to NYPD employees and other people.......

Twitter Launches Two-Factor Authentication (May 22 & 23, 2013)

Twitter has introduced two-factor authentication for account access.......

Citadel Variant Targets Payza Users (May 22, 2013)

A new variant of the malware known as Citadel targets users of the Payza online payment service with a man-in-the-browser attack.......

Google Updates Chrome to Version 27 (May 21, 22 & 23, 2013)

Google has released the newest stable version of its Chrome browser, 27.......

UK ISPs Block Two More Sites Accused of Enabling Piracy (May 21, 2013)

To comply with a court order obtained by the Motion Picture Association (MPA), major UK ISPs have begun blocking two websites that have been accused of allowing downloads of pirated movies.......

Reporters Who Discovered Unprotected Personal Data Are Accused of Being Hackers (May 20 & 21, 2013)

Two telecommunications companies are accusing reporters of hacking after the reporters uncovered a cache of personal data on a publicly accessible server.......