Hackers access Zappos customer data

Hackers access Zappos customer data

Companies should bolster their defenses against hackers. With the proliferation of these individuals plying the world wide web, website owners should make security top of their priorities, if not the most important, for their sites. Zappos, an online shoe and clothing shop based in Nevada, informed their customers to change their passwords after somebody was [...]

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Hackers briefly block Twitter

Hackers were successful in briefly blocking the popular micro-blogging site Twitter early today. Instead of being able to access the site, users were redirected to a Web site that according to a CNN report, had an image of a green flag and a message that said: “This site has been hacked by the Iranian Cyber [...]

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One hundred phishers charged

Following a multi-national investigation into a phishing scheme that covered the United States and Egypt, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) announced today that it had charged 53 defendants in the U.S, thirty-three of which were already arrested while the others are still being sought. Authorities in Egypt on the other hand have charged 47 [...]

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