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Verizon shows increases in malware, hacktivism, security breaches

Verizon shows increases in malware, hacktivism, security breaches
  • Posted March 23, 2012, 6:00 PM by Rick Burgess | Filed in IT Security, The Web
  • Making note of the social unrest which unfolded in 2011, Verizon's 2012 data breach investigation report (very large pdf) highlights a tumultuous year for computer and network security. Although a couple of numbers were down from previous years, attacks related…

Valve: Encrypted credit card data, other info taken in Steam hack

Valve: Encrypted credit card data, other info taken in Steam hack
  • Posted February 10, 2012, 5:00 PM by Matthew DeCarlo | Filed in The Web, IT Security
  • The damage of last year's Steam intrusion is worse than previously thought, according to an update by Valve co-founder Gabe Newell. In November, the company's servers were breached as hackers defaced Steam's forums and accessed a database with user information...

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