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No harm, no foul? We'll see.

Angela Moscaritolo June 01, 2011

In a potentially precedent-setting court ruling, a federal judge declined to dismiss a lawsuit filed against RockYou over a breach that exposed millions of user credentials.

Attacking the email list provider

Angela Moscaritolo May 02, 2011

A pair of massive data breaches have illustrated that marketing services firms have become a high-value target of cybercriminals aiming to steal valuable information that easily can be monetized.

Vendors and cyber offense

Angela Moscaritolo April 01, 2011

Do revelations stemming from the Anonymous hack that HBGary Federal was engaged in shady, potentially illegal, activities cast the security industry as a whole in a negative light?

Requiring ISPs to retain user logs

Dan Kaplan March 01, 2011

Privacy advocates appear to be on the losing end of an initiative from the Department of Justice mandating the retention of user data by internet service providers (ISPs).

The evolution of the DDoS

Angela Moscaritolo February 01, 2011

The temporary takedown in December of a handful of websites that cut ties with controversial website WikiLeaks, including Visa and MasterCard, made national news.

WkiLeaks fallout: The data breach heard around the world

Dan Kaplan January 03, 2011

After WikiLeaks began publishing secret U.S. diplomatic cables in late November, a number of pundits asked how the federal government failed to detect and prevent the disclosure of the classified data.