Internet Explorer has a really really big security hole, and Chinese hackers are exploiting it like crazy: Microsoft issuing emergency fix for browser flaw. Update ASAP so we don’t have to block your IP address when your PC goes zombie.
Internet, Technology, Security, Hackers, China, Internet Explorer, Microsoft
Here’s a scary little story about the increasing sophistication of online criminals: Hands-off hackers: Crooks opt for surgical strikes. SAN JOSE, Calif. - Internet criminals have been getting more “professional” for years, trying to run their businesses like Big Business to get better and more profitable at selling stolen data ...
Just great: State Dept. suffers computer break-ins. (Hat tip: sr_soph.) WASHINGTON - The State Department is recovering from large-scale computer break-ins worldwide over the past several weeks that appeared to target its headquarters and offices dealing with China and North Korea, The Associated Press has learned. Investigators believe hackers stole sensitive U.S. ...