Despite Recent Threats American Infrastructure is Still Vulnerable to Cyber Attack

When most people think of cyber crime and cyber terrorism, they think of credit card information being stolen, identities being compromised, and, most recently, massive DDOS attacks by organizations like Anonymous and Lulzsec. What they don't tend to think of is the water coming from their faucet, the lights in their home and the gas heating their houses. Yet the ramifications of attacks on these basic utilities could far outweigh those of identity fraud. And these attacks are on the rise.

Pwn2Own Contest Puts Bounty on Browser Vulnerabilities

Dog the Bounty Hunter, known for his shirtless leather vest approach to dressing and his less than tactful approach to apprehending bail jumpers, may not be ready for the next round of bounties coming down the pike. This year, at the CanSecWest in Vancouver, companies like HP and Google are offering rewards for hackers and research teams who can exploit zero-day vulnerabilities within the most common browsers.

AVG makes its first IPO of $125 million

AVG technologies is the maker of one of the most successful pieces of anti-virus software in the world, and they are going public.

Amazon gains new cloud security partner

Amazon Web Services has made the decision to team up with Check Point Software Technologies to offer their customers reliable security services.

HashDOS: Important Vulnerability Coming into the Spotlight.

A presentation at a German security conference has many people worried about a this newly realized vulnerability that is present is most web frameworks.