A dizzying string of high-profile data breaches this year, coupled with the staggering cost resulting from such exposures, have ratcheted up demand for cyber risk insurance.
With the amount of online campaign donations setting records and more Americans turning to candidate websites for news, the internet has turned into a money-making opportunity for scam artists bent on exploiting a presidential election year.
The "ethical hacker toolkits" recently posted for sale on eBay appear to point to a dangerous trend: selling these types of tools — used primarily for penetration testing of applications and servers — on mainstream auction sites increases everyone's security risks.
Macintosh enthusiasts have long used the security of their systems as a flag to wave in the faces of their Windows-using counterparts. With the recent announcement of some key holes in Mac OS X, that flag is drooping.