Articles by Jeff Goldman

IBM Bans Siri

The company has disabled the service, along with others such as Dropbox and iCloud, on its employees' phones.

Bredolab Botnet Creator Gets 4 Years in Jail

Georgy Avenesov allegedly earned about $125,000 a month renting out access to compromised machines.

Google Issues DNSChanger Malware Infection Warnings

Users whose computers or routers are infected will see an alert at the top of their Google search results.

NC State Researchers Announce Android Malware Genome Project

The researchers have already collected more than 1,200 malware samples.

Bitdefender Launches Clueful Privacy App for Apple's iOS

Clueful warns users if other apps on their iPhones are tracking their location, reading their address book, and more.

Anonymous Hackers Hit U.S. Justice Department

The hackers published 1.7 GB of data apparently stolen from a department Web site.

WHMCS Hacked

Thousands of hashed credit card numbers and passwords were stolen.

Security Researchers Warn of AT&T Network Vulnerability

The researchers say the vulnerability could allow attackers to deliver malicious content to smartphone users.

Iranian Hackers Claim Credit for NASA Attack

The group claims to have accessed user information for thousands of NASA researchers.

Fake Facebook Cancelation E-mails Deliver Malware

The scam counts on the fact that the majority of victims are likely to value their access to Facebook.

Top Cyber Threats: Security Research Roundup

Find out what the latest research reveals about the current state of malware, phishing, and other attacks.

Security Flaw Found in ZTE Android Phones

The backdoor appears to be intended to enable ZTE and MetroPCS to install and uninstall Android apps.

Anonymous Hackers Hit Chicago Web Sites

Members of AntiS3curityOPS claimed responsibility for the attacks.

Global Payments Breach Timeline Expands

Recently-issued alerts indicate that the breach dates back to January of 2011.

U.S. Congressman Warns of Catastrophic Cyber Attack

Mike Rogers says the attack is likely to hit the U.S. within the next 12 to 24 months.

Facebook Hit With $15 Billion Privacy Lawsuit

The lawsuit claims the company's actions have violated the U.S. Wiretap Act.

Trend Micro Warns of Trojan Posing as Chrome Installer

The malware, identified as TSPY_BANKER.EUIQ, redirects users to spoofed banking Web sites.

Hacker Nyre Claims Responsibility for Pirate Bay Attack

The hacker says the attack was motivated by the fact that he's 'highly against Anonymous.'

Call of Duty Hacker Gets 18 Months in Jail

Lewys Martin distributed malware that harvested bank login details, credit card information and Internet passwords.

DHS Issues Warning on Medical Device Security

The Department of Homeland Security says the combination of medical devices and wireless connectivity presents a security risk.

Anonymous Hackers Target Indian Government Sites

The attacks were launched in response to an Internet censorship plan.

iCloud Accounts May Have Been Hacked

Several users say their accounts have been distributing spam.

Facebook Hacker Gets a Year in Jail

Gareth Crosskey pleaded guilty to the attack following his arrest in July.

Utah CTO Resigns After Massive Security Breach

The breach exposed 780,000 Medicaid recipients' personal data.

New Zeus Malware Variant Targets Facebook, Gmail Users

The scams exploit victims' trusted relationships with the services to trick them into disclosing their credit card information.