Another black eye for Amazon? Hackers may have used AWS in crippling Sony attack Amazon Web Services has been taking some PR knocks in recent weeks. First, came the massive outage which sparked anger… Read More
A Twitter crime thriller, and why laptop tracking could save you some heartache I got hooked tonight on an amazing Twitter drama, watching in real time as Sean Power live Tweeted about his… Read More
Grades changed at Seattle high schools after teacher passwords stolen A high-tech hack has resulted in grades being altered at Seattle area high schools, according to a report by KIRO… Read More
University of Washington team wins National Collegiate Cyber Defense Competition Next time your business is under a cyber attack, you may want to pick up the phone and call Alexei Czeskis. Czeskis… Read More
Hack alert: Eddie Bauer warns customers of email address theft Eddie Bauer is notifying customers that customer emails have been stolen after the company’s email vendor suffered a breach of… Read More
TripAdvisor hacked: Member email list stolen TripAdvisor, the online travel review site which is owned by Expedia, notified users today that a portion of its member… Read More
Rob McKenna: Clicking on that Nigerian email scam, probably not a good idea With botnets, tracking tools, malware and spyware, the Internet still represents the wild, wild West. But Washington State Attorney General… Read More
Ex-Microsoft GM lands CEO gig at Mac security firm Jeff Erwin, a former Microsoft general manager and Seattle area startup veteran, has been tapped as CEO of Mac security… Read More
Microsoft helps knock out notorious ‘spambot’ Microsoft’s Digital Crimes Unit has disrupted one of the world’s largest purveyors of spam, a complex “botnet” that was capable… Read More
Exclusive: Finsphere scores $1.75M, looks to become mobile ID system for the Web Identity theft is a nasty societal problem, growing worse by the amount of data available online. But a Bellevue startup… Read More
