ROBERT MCMILLAN

Five Things CIOs Need to Know about Anonymous

The hacking collective dubbed Anonymous has unleashed its brand of pesky “operations” on companies from Visa to Sony. Here are the top five things you need to know about their antics.

Tokenization: Five Things CIOs Need To Know

Data breaches are expensive—they cost an average of $6.75 million per incident, according to one study. One way to reduce the risk is to cut down on the places that handle sensitive data. Enter tokenization.

Five Things You Need to Know About Social Engineering

How hackers can steal your data.

Google Android Gets a "Jailbreak"

Hackers have found a way to get root access to a G1 Android mobile phone.

Accused of Tolerating Scammers, ISP Intercage Goes Dark

Internet service provider Intercage has been knocked offline after being linked with malicious websites.

Black Hat Spotlights Virtualization, DNS Issues

Rushing to virtualize can create security problems for enterprise customers.

Black Hat: DNS Flaw Opened Up Many Possible Attacks

At the Black Hat conference, Internet security guru Dan Kaminsky described a dizzying array of attacks that could exploit the DNS flaw that he recently brought to light, plus the work he's been doing to shore up critical Internet services.

Black Hat--Microsoft to Give Vendors an Early Peek at Patches

Microsoft plans to give security vendors a head start in what has become a monthly race against the hackers.

Fugitive Spam King Dead in Apparent Murder-Suicide

Convicted spammer Eddie Davidson has killed himself, apparently after murdering his wife and three year-old daughter.

One Misconfigured Laptop, One Wrecked Life: Michael Fiola Q&A

State of Massachusetts dropped charges against Michael Fiola, who was accused of downloading child pornography, due to a lack of evidence against him.