146.000 Data Leaks. Are YOU Affected?

Data leaks have recently affected lots of people and a site containing personal information of more than 2 million users has been breached. Hackers bypassed the defenses and stole sensitive info that a lot of people had placed on that page. The website that we are talking about is USAjobs and it is a governmental website, offered by the United Stated to help people get a job a lot easier. There has been a huge trojan operation that has hit Monster Worldwide, hackers being able to steal the data of 1.6 million people, as some sites report. The USAjobs site had been run by Monster on behalf of the government, so its hacking was clearly a part... [read more >>]

Sony Uses Rootkits Again!

We all know and trust Sony, but this is the second time they pull one of these on us, users. First they used this rootkit technology about 2 years ago to enforce DRM. There is nothing wrong with digital rights management, but using rootkits is just rotten, if you ask me. It just makes your computer insecure and there is nothing you can do about it. It removes your control over a certain part of your machine. So, for those of you that don't know what a rootkit is or does, let me say it in a few sentences - it's a type of software that keeps itself, as well as other files, registry keys and network connections hidden from detection.... [read more >>]