LulzSec member pleads guilty in Sony Pictures hack

Follow:   10.18.2012  View in a Browser LulzSec member pleads guilty in Sony Pictures hack 10.12.2012 10:42 AM An Arizona man has admitted his involvement in a May 2011 computer attack against the website of Sony Pictures Entertainment that was carried out by the now-defunct LulzSec hacker group. Hacker rift: Anonymous takes offense at WikiLeaks 10.13.2012 2:45 PM A rift has developed between WikiLeaks and the hacker collective Anonymous, threatening a partnership that the rebel groups have leveraged in their self-described campaigns against government secrecy and corporate malfeasance. Anonymous is annoyed at a donation page on the WikiLeaks site and believes the organization is too focused on its founder, Assange -ADVERTISEMENT-   50 Essential Windows 7 Tips Download PCWorld's Superguide. PCWorld on your iPad Subscribe to our enhanced iPad edition.   Can I recover a stolen laptop? 10.15.2012 7:39 AM Justin Yuen asked if it's possible to recover a stolen laptop. App scanner tells you if a mobile app is safebefore you install it 10.17.2012 2:05 PM The Zscaler Application Profiler vets Android and iOS apps so you can assess their security risk. Researchers: Steam URL protocol can be abused to exploit game vulnerabilities 10.16.2012 10:15 AM Attackers can trick gamers into opening malicious steam:// URLs that exploit security issues in games to execute malicious code. Facebook beefs up security with new anti-virus partners 10.16.2012 2:10 PM The social networking giant aims to protect its 1 billion users with software offers and new security measures. High-bandwidth denial-of-service attacks more common, security firm says 10.17.2012 12:00 PM Distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks with an average bandwidth of over 20Gbps have become commonplace this year, but very few companies or organizations have the necessary network infrastructure to deal with such attacks. Windows 8 brings malware improvements, says researcher 10.15.2012 3:01 PM Anti-malware protection and other security features are getting a lot of attention for the new OS.       You are subscribed to this newsletter as: irani.bharath.good@blogger.com More PCWorld Newsletters / Manage Subscriptions / Unsubscribe IDG Consumer & SMB Privacy Policy © 2012 IDGCSMB, 501 2nd Street, San Francisco, CA 94107