Stories by Robert McMillan

After Stuxnet, a rush to find bugs in industrial systems

Kevin Finisterre isn't the type of person you expect to see in a nuclear power plant. With a beach ball-sized Afro, aviator sunglasses and a self-described "swagger," he looks more like Clarence Williams from the '70s TV show "The Mod Squad" than an electrical engineer.

By Robert McMillan | 14 October, 2011 12:01

Tags: U.S. Department of Homeland Security, siemens, security, Idaho National Laboratory, Digital Munition

Man charged with hacking Scarlett Johansson, other celebs

A 35-year-old man was arrested Wednesday on charges that he broke into the email accounts of numerous Hollywood celebrities and stole private photographs and correspondence.

By Robert McMillan | 13 October, 2011 09:38

Tags: Yahoo, security, legal, internet, Google, cybercrime, Apple

111 arrested in massive ID theft bust

Prosecutors call it the biggest identity theft bust in US history. On Friday, 111 bank tellers, retail workers, waiters and alleged criminals were charged with running a credit-card-stealing organization that stole more than $US13 million in less than a year-and-a-half.

By Robert McMillan | 08 October, 2011 10:38

Tags: security, Queens County District Attorney, legal, Identity fraud / theft, cybercrime, citigroup

From friends and fans, Steve Jobs tributes pour in

As news of the death of Steve Jobs spread around the Internet, the tributes came pouring in Wednesday, crediting Apple's co-founder and chairman with -- more than once -- changing computing as we know it.

By Robert McMillan | 06 October, 2011 12:20

Tags: software, personnel, mobile, hardware systems, consumer electronics, business issues, Apple

Firefox advises users to disable McAfee plugin

It's the last thing McAfee would want users to hear about one of its products, but the Firefox browser is advising users to disable McAfee's ScriptScan software, saying that it could cause "stability or security problems."

By Robert McMillan | 05 October, 2011 07:00

Tags: software, security, mcafee, browsers, applications, antivirus

On the front line against the next Stuxnet

Something has gone terribly wrong on the plant floor at ACME Specialty Chemical International Inc.

By Robert McMillan | 02 October, 2011 14:28

Tags: U.S. Department of Homeland Security, transportation, security, Public utilities, manufacturing, legal, industry verticals, Idaho National Laboratory, government, energy, cybercrime, Automotive

Striking a domain provider, Microsoft kills off a botnet

Microsoft has opened a front in its ongoing battle against Internet scammers, using the power of a U.S. court to deal a knockout blow to an emerging botnet and taking offline a provider of free Internet domains.

By Robert McMillan | 28 September, 2011 02:04

Tags: cybercrime, legal, malware, security, internet, Dotfree Group, Microsoft

MySQL.com hacked to serve malware

The website for the open-source MySQL database was hacked and used to serve malware to visitors Monday.

By Robert McMillan | 27 September, 2011 05:19

Tags: software, security, oracle, open source, mysql, application development

Alleged LulzSec Sony hacker arrested

The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation has arrested a Phoenix student, claiming that he is one of the LulzSec hackers responsible for a database attack on Sony Pictures computers that claimed more than 1 million victims.

By Robert McMillan | 23 September, 2011 10:32

Tags: cybercrime, legal, internet, security, U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation, sony

Man stole data from U.S. service members via P2P

A California man who dug up sensitive information belonging to U.S. service members on peer-to-peer networks, and then used it to order iPods, cameras, and even washing machines from an online store, was sentenced to 75 months in federal prison Thursday.

By Robert McMillan | 16 September, 2011 16:14

Tags: U.S. Department of Justice, security, legal, Internet-based applications and services, internet, Identity fraud / theft, government, cybercrime, Army and Air Force Exchange Services

Judge strikes part of Oracle's Java lawsuit against Google

A federal judge threw out a small part of Oracle's Java lawsuit against Google on Thursday but allowed the bulk of the case to proceed.

By Robert McMillan | 16 September, 2011 09:14

Tags: software, oracle, legal, Google, Civil lawsuits

SAP pays $20M to settle criminal charges in Oracle case

SAP has agreed to pay just over $US20 million to settle a criminal case brought against its TomorrowNow subsidiary.

By Robert McMillan | 15 September, 2011 10:17

Tags: U.S. Department of Justice, software, sap, oracle, legal, intellectual property, Criminal

U.S. launches criminal probe into eBay-Craigslist dispute

The U.S. Department of Justice has opened an investigation into whether eBay executives broke the law and stole trade secrets while sitting on the board of Craigslist.org.

By Robert McMillan | 14 September, 2011 09:27

Tags: U.S. Department of Justice, legal, Internet-based applications and services, internet, ebay, Criminal, Craigslist.org, Civil lawsuits

With help from Intel, McAfee links security to the chip

Nearly seven months after Intel shelled out $US7.68 billion for antivirus vendor McAfee, the two companies are offering a glimpse of their future.

By Robert McMillan | 14 September, 2011 03:05

Tags: security, mcafee, Intel

Anonymous supporters claim NBC News Twitter hack

Hackers calling themselves the Script Kiddies took control of the NBC News Twitter account on Friday afternoon and used it to send out a series of hoax Twitter messages claiming there was a repeat terrorist attack on New York's Ground Zero.

By Robert McMillan | 10 September, 2011 09:10

Tags: security, NBC News, anonymous

 
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