Android Malware stole up to 450k of personal data, Virut Botnet goes down and more

By RyanKamauff Here are the top cyber news and stories of the day. Gartner: Cloud security growth to overtake on-premise by 2015 - Gartner believes that over the next three years, the cyber security market will change significantly. The analysts believe that 10% of enterprise security capabilities will be delivered via cloud computing by 2015. “Cost [...]

Preparing for DDoS Attacks or Just Groundhog Day

A “distributed denial of service” attack – or what security gurus call a DDoS attack – is a little like what happens to Groundhog.org on Groundhog Day. For 364 days out of the year, nobody cares about groundhog fun facts. And then on Groundhog Day-BOOM! Third-graders, Bill Murray fans and TV weather newscasters flock to [...]

Copyright lawsuit targets owners of non-secure wireless networks

A federal lawsuit filed in Massachusetts could test the question of whether individuals who leave their wireless networks unsecured can be held liable if someone uses the network to illegally download copyrighted content.

With FBI raid, law enforcement circles LulzSec

via ComputerWorld Time may be running out for the members of LulzSec as police continue to step up their inquiries into the hacking group. On Monday, the U.S. Federal Bureau of investigation executed a search warrant at a Hamilton, Ohio, residence — a raid that local media has linked to the ongoing investigation of LulzSec. The [...]