Companies blocking access to Social Media sites are Hackers’ primary targets

employees at work using facebook and twitter

Banning employees from Facebook, Twitter and other sites shows a 30% increase in computer security breaches TELUS and the Rotman School of Management have published their third annual IT security study. This time, the study revealed an increase in the number of security breaches in both government entities and companies in the private sector; with government entities experiencing twice the number … [Read more...]

Hiring Hackers, Brand Abuse and Twitter

brand abuse, hackers, security, twitter

Need a job? The globally economy is in shambles with well-paying jobs going the way of the desktop. Young and educated now means young and unemployed. Alas, even with the economic downturn, hack and wack global security firms, national security agencies and even organized crime are on a hiring binge to add staff to their payroll: that is Hackers. Their rationale is quite simple -- find out about … [Read more...]

Google’s been hacked, are you safe?

Google Hack

In the past few months most of us have been coming to terms with the fact that our private information has been accessed by hackers. First the PS3 network was breached and now the Google network has been compromised. Now that Google can’t ward off hackers it is safe to say that the recent cyber attacks have reached a turning point. Google has announced that the hackers originated from Jinan, … [Read more...]