<![CDATA[News Tom's Guide US - The Internet - Security]]> http://www.tomsguide.com/us/ en 10 Mon, 30 Nov 2009 03:31:14 +0100 <![CDATA[News Tom's Guide US - The Internet - Security]]> http://m.bestofmedia.com/i/bestofmicro/design/groupe/logo_toms_guide_us.jpg http://www.tomsguide.com/us/ <![CDATA[Used ATM Machines for Sale on Craigslist]]> http://www.tomsguide.com/us/ATM-Hackers-Credit-Card-numbers,news-5203.html#xtor=RSS-211424 http://www.tomsguide.com/us/ATM-Hackers-Credit-Card-numbers,news-5203.html#xtor=RSS-211424 Wed, 25 Nov 2009 20:40:00 CET Used ATM machines are for sale on auction sites, many of which still contain credit card numbers.]]> <![CDATA[Facebook Worm Sends Users to Porn]]> http://www.tomsguide.com/us/Facebook-Worm-Porn-Wall-AVG,news-5192.html#xtor=RSS-211424 http://www.tomsguide.com/us/Facebook-Worm-Porn-Wall-AVG,news-5192.html#xtor=RSS-211424 Tue, 24 Nov 2009 20:10:01 CET Facebook is infected with a porn worm, and apparently it's spreading rather quick.]]> <![CDATA[McAfee: Cold War-Style Computer Attack Likely]]> http://www.tomsguide.com/us/McAfee-Cold-War-Cyberwar-Security,news-5143.html#xtor=RSS-211424 http://www.tomsguide.com/us/McAfee-Cold-War-Cyberwar-Security,news-5143.html#xtor=RSS-211424 Wed, 18 Nov 2009 22:30:01 CET It's the Cold War again, only this time it's with virtual rockets focused on our hard drives.]]> <![CDATA[Unpatchable Flash Flaw Puts Users, Sites At Risk]]> http://www.tomsguide.com/us/Flash-ActionScript-Security-Adobe-Exploit,news-5113.html#xtor=RSS-211424 http://www.tomsguide.com/us/Flash-ActionScript-Security-Adobe-Exploit,news-5113.html#xtor=RSS-211424 Sat, 14 Nov 2009 00:51:02 CET There's a serious security hole in Adobe Flash that can't be patched.]]> <![CDATA[First iPhone Virus Rick Rolls Your Phone]]> http://www.tomsguide.com/us/iPhone-Virus-Rick-Roll-Astley,news-5059.html#xtor=RSS-211424 http://www.tomsguide.com/us/iPhone-Virus-Rick-Roll-Astley,news-5059.html#xtor=RSS-211424 Mon, 09 Nov 2009 17:50:00 CET The first known iPhone virus Rick rolls handsets. ]]> <![CDATA[Facebook, MySpace Contain Major Security Hole]]> http://www.tomsguide.com/us/Facebook-Myspace-Security-Hole-XML,news-5054.html#xtor=RSS-211424 http://www.tomsguide.com/us/Facebook-Myspace-Security-Hole-XML,news-5054.html#xtor=RSS-211424 Fri, 06 Nov 2009 19:30:00 CET <![CDATA[Child Porn, Pedophiles Litter Adult Friend Finder]]> http://www.tomsguide.com/us/Cild-Porn-Adult-Friend-Finder,news-5043.html#xtor=RSS-211424 http://www.tomsguide.com/us/Cild-Porn-Adult-Friend-Finder,news-5043.html#xtor=RSS-211424 Thu, 05 Nov 2009 15:20:00 CET Adult Friend finder is funded by pedophiles and child pornography.]]> <![CDATA[Hacker Takes Control of iPhones, Requests $]]> http://www.tomsguide.com/us/Hacker-iPhone-Jailbreak-Ransom-T-Mobile,news-5035.html#xtor=RSS-211424 http://www.tomsguide.com/us/Hacker-iPhone-Jailbreak-Ransom-T-Mobile,news-5035.html#xtor=RSS-211424 Wed, 04 Nov 2009 21:10:00 CET A clever hacker seized jailbroken iPhones and requested money via PayPal.]]> <![CDATA[File-Sharing Feenzy Sparked by Pirate Bay Closure]]> http://www.tomsguide.com/us/Pirate-Bay-McAfee-File-Sharing,news-5022.html#xtor=RSS-211424 http://www.tomsguide.com/us/Pirate-Bay-McAfee-File-Sharing,news-5022.html#xtor=RSS-211424 Tue, 03 Nov 2009 19:40:01 CET the number of file-sharing sites soared 300-percent when The Pirate Bay went offline.]]> <![CDATA[NSA Building $1.5B Cybersecurity Data Center]]> http://www.tomsguide.com/us/NSA-Cybersecurity-Data-Facility-Utah,news-4999.html#xtor=RSS-211424 http://www.tomsguide.com/us/NSA-Cybersecurity-Data-Facility-Utah,news-4999.html#xtor=RSS-211424 Fri, 30 Oct 2009 19:20:01 CET The National Security Agency is breaking ground for a new cybersecurity data center.]]> <![CDATA[FBI, Congress Considers National Data-Breach Law]]> http://www.tomsguide.com/us/Government-National-Data-Breach-Law,news-4985.html#xtor=RSS-211424 http://www.tomsguide.com/us/Government-National-Data-Breach-Law,news-4985.html#xtor=RSS-211424 Thu, 29 Oct 2009 18:10:00 CET Companies may be forced to tell potential victims of data breaches.]]> <![CDATA[6 Million Internet Pages Infected During Q3'09]]> http://www.tomsguide.com/us/Infection-Malware-Internet-Dasient-JavaScript,news-4978.html#xtor=RSS-211424 http://www.tomsguide.com/us/Infection-Malware-Internet-Dasient-JavaScript,news-4978.html#xtor=RSS-211424 Wed, 28 Oct 2009 21:50:00 CET Dasient reports that over 640,000 web sites were infected in Q3 2009.]]> <![CDATA[Report: China Is Ready for Cyberwar]]> http://www.tomsguide.com/us/China-Cyber-Warfare-Hacking-Espionage,news-4946.html#xtor=RSS-211424 http://www.tomsguide.com/us/China-Cyber-Warfare-Hacking-Espionage,news-4946.html#xtor=RSS-211424 Fri, 23 Oct 2009 21:50:01 CEST A recent report outlines China's cyber warfare capabilities.]]> <![CDATA[Crypto Keys Can Be Stolen from Mobile Devices]]> http://www.tomsguide.com/us/Mobile-Devices-Keys-Cryptography-Theft,news-4921.html#xtor=RSS-211424 http://www.tomsguide.com/us/Mobile-Devices-Keys-Cryptography-Theft,news-4921.html#xtor=RSS-211424 Wed, 21 Oct 2009 20:00:02 CEST Apparently there's a way to steal cryptographic keys from mobile devices, leaving the user's info wide open for theft.]]> <![CDATA[The CIA is Monitoring Your Tweets]]> http://www.tomsguide.com/us/CIA-Social-Media-Monitoring-Internet,news-4911.html#xtor=RSS-211424 http://www.tomsguide.com/us/CIA-Social-Media-Monitoring-Internet,news-4911.html#xtor=RSS-211424 Tue, 20 Oct 2009 21:00:00 CEST The CIA has dumped money into a firm that specializes in monitoring social media.]]> <![CDATA[Firefox At Risk Due to Sneaky Microsoft Plug-In]]> http://www.tomsguide.com/us/Firefox-Microsoft-Mozilla-Browser-Plug-In,news-4888.html#xtor=RSS-211424 http://www.tomsguide.com/us/Firefox-Microsoft-Mozilla-Browser-Plug-In,news-4888.html#xtor=RSS-211424 Fri, 16 Oct 2009 22:50:00 CEST A secret plug-in installed by Microsoft puts Firefox users at risk of a malicious attack.]]> <![CDATA[Is Comcast Scanning Internet Subscribers?]]> http://www.tomsguide.com/us/Comcast-Anti-Virus-Scanning-Constant-Guard,news-4820.html#xtor=RSS-211424 http://www.tomsguide.com/us/Comcast-Anti-Virus-Scanning-Constant-Guard,news-4820.html#xtor=RSS-211424 Fri, 09 Oct 2009 01:40:00 CEST Comcast kicked off a program and sends "service notices" about possible infections via web browsers.]]> <![CDATA[Hackers Get Paid by Malware Flea Market]]> http://www.tomsguide.com/us/Hackers-Malware-Flea-Market-Symantec,news-4808.html#xtor=RSS-211424 http://www.tomsguide.com/us/Hackers-Malware-Flea-Market-Symantec,news-4808.html#xtor=RSS-211424 Thu, 08 Oct 2009 02:31:01 CEST Hackers can shop for malware and possibly get paid for infecting computers.]]> <![CDATA[Warning: Hotmail Passwords Leaked Online]]> http://www.tomsguide.com/us/Windows-Live-hotmail-Hacked-Phishing,news-4790.html#xtor=RSS-211424 http://www.tomsguide.com/us/Windows-Live-hotmail-Hacked-Phishing,news-4790.html#xtor=RSS-211424 Tue, 06 Oct 2009 01:10:00 CEST Over ten thousand Hotmail account details have been published online.]]> <![CDATA[Convicted Hacker Takes Over Prison Network]]> http://www.tomsguide.com/us/Hacker-Prison-Network-Password-UK,news-4770.html#xtor=RSS-211424 http://www.tomsguide.com/us/Hacker-Prison-Network-Password-UK,news-4770.html#xtor=RSS-211424 Thu, 01 Oct 2009 16:50:00 CEST An inmate computer hacker was "hired" to write a program, but he hacked the network instead.]]> <![CDATA[Digital Ants Used to Battle Internet Worms]]> http://www.tomsguide.com/us/Digital-Atns-Internet-Worms-Antivirus,news-4739.html#xtor=RSS-211424 http://www.tomsguide.com/us/Digital-Atns-Internet-Worms-Antivirus,news-4739.html#xtor=RSS-211424 Tue, 29 Sep 2009 00:00:00 CEST Researchers are taking on Internet worms with digital ants. Feel itchy yet?]]> <![CDATA[IRS Scam: World's Biggest Email Virus Problem]]> http://www.tomsguide.com/us/IRS-Scam-Zeus-Trojan-e-Mail,news-4738.html#xtor=RSS-211424 http://www.tomsguide.com/us/IRS-Scam-Zeus-Trojan-e-Mail,news-4738.html#xtor=RSS-211424 Mon, 28 Sep 2009 22:20:00 CEST Have you gotten the "Notice of Underreported Income" email? Yeah, so has everyone else.]]> <![CDATA[Secret Service Investigating Facebook Poll]]> http://www.tomsguide.com/us/Secret-Service-Obama-Poll-Facebook,news-4741.html#xtor=RSS-211424 http://www.tomsguide.com/us/Secret-Service-Obama-Poll-Facebook,news-4741.html#xtor=RSS-211424 Mon, 28 Sep 2009 21:50:02 CEST Some nutball created a possible threatening poll, and now the Secret Service is checking out the situation.]]> <![CDATA[Warning: Social Networks Leaking Your Info]]> http://www.tomsguide.com/us/Social-Networks-Leaking-Info-Aggrigators,news-4723.html#xtor=RSS-211424 http://www.tomsguide.com/us/Social-Networks-Leaking-Info-Aggrigators,news-4723.html#xtor=RSS-211424 Thu, 24 Sep 2009 23:21:01 CEST <![CDATA[Microsoft to Google: Stay Out Of Our Browser!]]> http://www.tomsguide.com/us/Microsoft-Google-Chrome-Internet-Explorer,news-4722.html#xtor=RSS-211424 http://www.tomsguide.com/us/Microsoft-Google-Chrome-Internet-Explorer,news-4722.html#xtor=RSS-211424 Thu, 24 Sep 2009 23:00:00 CEST Microsoft is advising against using Chrome Frame within Internet Explorer... naturally.]]> <![CDATA[Mouse-Maker Razer Hacked, Firmware Infected]]> http://www.tomsguide.com/us/Firmware-Razer-Hacked-Trojan-Drivers,news-4708.html#xtor=RSS-211424 http://www.tomsguide.com/us/Firmware-Razer-Hacked-Trojan-Drivers,news-4708.html#xtor=RSS-211424 Tue, 22 Sep 2009 23:51:02 CEST <![CDATA[2-Year Hole In Yahoo Open to Spammers]]> http://www.tomsguide.com/us/Yahoo-Application-Email-Spammers-Hole,news-4697.html#xtor=RSS-211424 http://www.tomsguide.com/us/Yahoo-Application-Email-Spammers-Hole,news-4697.html#xtor=RSS-211424 Tue, 22 Sep 2009 02:20:00 CEST There's trouble at Yahoo's back door, and spammers aren't really knocking.]]> <![CDATA[Sony, Acer Dumping Green Dam]]> http://www.tomsguide.com/us/Green-Dam-Filter-PC-China,news-4694.html#xtor=RSS-211424 http://www.tomsguide.com/us/Green-Dam-Filter-PC-China,news-4694.html#xtor=RSS-211424 Mon, 21 Sep 2009 22:30:00 CEST <![CDATA[Billionaire Uses Laser to Thwart Paparazzi]]> http://www.tomsguide.com/us/Billionaire-Yacht-Lasers-Paparazzi-Russian,news-4691.html#xtor=RSS-211424 http://www.tomsguide.com/us/Billionaire-Yacht-Lasers-Paparazzi-Russian,news-4691.html#xtor=RSS-211424 Mon, 21 Sep 2009 21:10:00 CEST <![CDATA[Court: Disloyal Employees Not Hackers]]> http://www.tomsguide.com/us/Court-Disloyal-Employees-Hackers-CFAA,news-4683.html#xtor=RSS-211424 http://www.tomsguide.com/us/Court-Disloyal-Employees-Hackers-CFAA,news-4683.html#xtor=RSS-211424 Mon, 21 Sep 2009 15:00:01 CEST