eSecurity Planet contributor Jeff Goldman has been a technology journalist for more than 20 years and an eSecurity Planet contributor since 2009. He’s also written extensively about wireless and broadband infrastructure and semiconductor engineering. He started his career at MTV, but soon decided that technology writing was a more promising path.
Wells Fargo’s online banking services were recently disrupted by a series of denial of service attacks. “Wells Fargo apologized on Twitter for the disruption, saying it was working to restore…
VirusTotal today announced that it has been acquired by Google. “VirusTotal was set up in 2007 and uses over 40 different antivirus engines to scan files and URLs for malware…
Pwnie Express recently announced the upcoming release of the Power Pwn, a complete penetrating testing platform disguised as a surge protector. “The device is a $1,295 ‘penetration testing’ tool that…
Members of Anonymous recently announced the launch of OpPedoChat, which targets Web sites used by pedophiles. “Lately, there has been a surge of websites dedicated to pedophiles for chat, picture…
As security breaches continue to grow both in frequency and in the amount of damage they cause (according to Symantec, the average organization incurred $470,000 in losses from endpoint…
According to Symantec’s annual Internet Security Threat Report, religious and ideological Web sites have far more security threats per infected site than adult/pornographic Web sites. “We hypothesize that this is…
Members of Anonymous and the Peoples Liberation Front (PLF) recently announced the launch of the AnonPaste service for the uploading and sharing of data. “Paste services have become very popular,…
According to an FBI affadavit, alleged CabinCr3w hacker Higinio O. Ochoa III was caught by FBI agents after posting a photo of his girlfriend online. “Higino O. Ochoa III was…
According to KrebsOnSecurity’s Brian Krebs, a 2010 FBI cyber intelligence bulletin reported that cyber attacks on smart meters have already cost a single electric utility in Puerto Rico, the Puerto…
