Neowin News Feed for: Cybersecurity

Microsoft offers little guidence on its opinion of new CISPA bill

John Callaham — Fri, 15 Feb 2013 20:12:47 +0000

Microsoft praises new efforts by the US government to improve cyber security but offers little in the way of guidance considering its opinion of the revised CISPA bill. Read more...

Microsoft: Internet users will double to 4 billion worldwide by 2020

John Callaham — Mon, 11 Feb 2013 16:42:41 +0000

In a new report that looks at the state of cybersecurity in the world, Microsoft says that the number of Internet users worldwide will double to about four billion in 2020. Read more...

PIPA creator launches, abandons, effort to expand email surveillance

Tyler Holman — Wed, 21 Nov 2012 17:03:18 +0000

PIPA co-author Patrick Leahy has apparently rewritten an amendment previously meant to protect email privacy to make warrantless access easier, then disowned the amendment via Twitter. Read more...

Anonymous breaks up with WikiLeaks over paywall

Tyler Holman — Sun, 14 Oct 2012 21:42:01 +0100

Former BFFs Anonymous and WikiLeaks are breaking up over an election themed paywall, and Anonymous says they'll no longer support WikiLeaks or Julian Assange because of their 'filthy and rotten' ways. Read more...

South Carolina decides that webmail isn't protected by privacy laws

Tyler Holman — Sun, 14 Oct 2012 16:55:59 +0100

The South Carolina Supreme Court has ruled that webmail services like Outlook and Gmail aren't protected by existing digital privacy laws because they don't conform to laws written in the 1980s. Read more...

Lulzsec member who hacked Sony Pictures pleads guilty

Tyler Holman — Sun, 14 Oct 2012 08:37:12 +0100

Neuron, a member of Lulzsec, faces up to five years in prison after pleading guilty to hacking into Sony Pictures' website and making off with private information on thousands of people. Read more...

Trivia Tuesday: Security Nightmares

Tyler Holman — Tue, 09 Oct 2012 10:53:31 +0100

We all know 'em, and we all hate 'em: viruses, worms, trojans, spyware, and malware of any kind. From their origins in science fiction to Flame, Trivia Tuesday delves into your security nightmares. Read more...

Congress wants answers about Homeland Security domain name seizures

Tyler Holman — Tue, 04 Sep 2012 22:50:05 +0100

A bipartisan coalition of US Representatives is demanding answers about the lack of transparency regarding dubious copyright claims and the possibly illegal seizure of several domain names. Read more...

Mac (and Linux) hit by another dangerous trojan

Tyler Holman — Sat, 01 Sep 2012 00:53:41 +0100

A dangerous new trojan, discovered by the same people who brought the infamous Flashback malware to light, is out to steal passwords from Mac and Linux users by keylogging and exploiting their browser Read more...

Second LulzSec suspect arrested over year-old hacking incident

Paul Ferson — Wed, 29 Aug 2012 14:50:43 +0100

An attack on Sony Pictures' website, more than a year ago, has not gone unpunished. A second suspect in the attack has been arrested over his crimes, and could face 15 years imprisonment for them. Read more...

Hacker 'AnonymouSabu' gains an additional six months of freedom

Paul Ferson — Thu, 23 Aug 2012 21:09:26 +0100

Notorious hacker 'AnonymouSabu' has gained an additional six months of freedom before his sentencing trial begins, due to his willingness to cooperate with the government he previously fought against. Read more...

Executive order could be used to issue Cybersecurity Bill

Paul Ferson — Tue, 07 Aug 2012 09:38:31 +0100

After the Republican party managed to reject the Cybersecurity Bill in Congress, indications have suggested Obama could issue an executive order for the bill, completely cutting Congress out. Read more...

RIAA admits that SOPA & PIPA are useless

Tyler Holman — Sat, 28 Jul 2012 04:44:09 +0100

A recently leaked RIAA presentation says that legislation like SOPA and PIPA wouldn't have done much to combat piracy, even if they had passed, while blaming Google for the backlash against them. Read more...

Microsoft responds to SkyDrive privacy concerns

Tyler Holman — Sun, 22 Jul 2012 02:29:07 +0100

Following a man's claims that he was blocked from his SkyDrive account after uploading forbidden materials into a private folder, Microsoft is responding to privacy concerns raised by Neowin. Read more...

The UK wants to build a 'giant database' of internet usage

Tyler Holman — Thu, 19 Jul 2012 20:21:35 +0100

The UK is working to pass a new bill that would require ISPs to store all internet data for 12 months, with metadata open for warrantless examination by everyone from law enforcement to tax inspectors Read more...

One in five Microsoft accounts controlled by hackers

Tyler Holman — Tue, 17 Jul 2012 08:19:30 +0100

Microsoft says that one in five Microsoft Accounts is now controlled by hackers, but it's not for lack of security on their end: it's people who reuse the same username and password on different sites Read more...

Is Lulzsec coming back?

Tyler Holman — Mon, 04 Jun 2012 06:30:54 +0100

According to Lulzsec, 'all your base are belong to us.' Or at least, according to someone claiming to be Lulzsec - a new video on YouTube claims the group is planning a big come back data dump. Read more...

Microsoft issues unauthorized certificate warning, patch

Tyler Holman — Mon, 04 Jun 2012 05:30:54 +0100

Microsoft has issued an urgent warning for all supported versions of Windows (phones included) about unauthorized certificates being used for spoofing and phishing, along with a patch for the problem. Read more...

DHS issues warning about Flame malware in the US

Tyler Holman — Sun, 03 Jun 2012 04:02:22 +0100

Amid suspicions that the US government itself could be behind the Flame virus that's sweeping across the Middle East, the Department of Homeland Security has issued a warning about the virus in the US Read more...

Is Microsoft harboring pirates?

Tyler Holman — Sun, 27 May 2012 23:53:28 +0100

We know that RIAA employees love their torrents, but what about the folks at Redmond? A new batch of IP logs shows that Microsoft could be home to a healthy population of pirates itself. Read more...