“About 117,600 customers who downloaded the app since March 2009 had their account numbers and security access codes saved to a hidden file on their smartphone or music player, the Wall Street Journal reported. Those …

“Billions of dollars in government stimulus money are encouraging utility companies to ignore security risks that could plummet large metropolitan areas into darkness, security experts say.
In 2009, the Obama administration provided nearly $4 billion to …

“A sophisticated new piece of malware that targets command-and-control software installed in critical infrastructures uses a known default password that the software maker hard-coded into its system. The password has been available online since at …

“The Committee on Science and Technology’s Subcommittee on Technology and Innovation held a hearing yesterday to discuss cyber attack attribution technology and its importance in reducing the impact of network attacks and intrusions.
During the hearing, …

“An audacious hacker has defaced 175 Australian websites in an attack that links viewers to his personal website, email and Facebook fan page.
The hacker, who is described as a 26 year old male from Tunisia, …

“Thousands of laptops have been stolen from the Florida office of a private contractor for the U.S. military’s Special Operations Command.
Surveillance cameras caught up to seven people loading the computers into two trucks for nine …

“Hundreds of computers that caused a wave of outages on U.S. and South Korean government websites last July launched new attacks on the same sites, but no major damage was reported, police said Thursday.
More than …

“But the White House this week issued a memorandum delineating the cybersecurity duties of the Office of Management and Budget, White House cybersecurity coordinator and DHS, with DHS gaining more responsibility in assuring agencies comply …

“The U.S. government is launching an expansive program dubbed ‘Perfect Citizen’ to detect cyber assaults on private U.S. companies and government agencies running critical infrastructure such as the electricity grid and nuclear power plants, according …

“Apple said a hacker who manipulated sales data on its online App Store broke into the accounts of about 400 iTunes users in the process, according to a published report.
Clayton Morris, a blogger and host …