Internet Security News

Monday, January 25, 2010

Harvard spins out now-independent StopBadware
Harvard University’s Berkman Center for Internet and Society reports it has spun out its StopBadware group as an independent nonprofit funded by Google Inc., PayPal Inc. and the Mozilla Foundation.

Tuesday, December 29, 2009

Guilty plea in TJX, Hannaford-related hacks
Accused of conspiracy in the hacking attacks on payment systems supporting companies such as retailers TJX Cos., Hannaford Brothers Co. Inc. and 7-Eleven, Albert Gonzalez, 28, of Miami, today pleaded guilty to the final charges against him in U.S. District Court in Boston.

Friday, August 21, 2009

BU reports ROTC information data breach
Boston University officials have confirmed that personal information of thousands of individuals associated with an Army Reserve Officers’ Training Corps program was exposed through a public file transfer program installed on a BU computer, according to a university publication.

Friday, July 31, 2009

Azigo signs new CEO to advance I-Cards
With a new CEO on board in the form of banking industry veteran Jeff Carter, Azigo Inc. is ready to move its online identification security tech forward.

Tuesday, July 28, 2009

IBM buys security software play Ounce Labs
IBM Corp. (NYSE: IBM) reports it has acquired Ounce Labs Inc. for undisclosed terms. The acquisition is the Armonk, N.Y.-based computing giant’s 13th in Massachusetts since 2003.

Tuesday, June 30, 2009

Court favors Internet security firm, Kaspersky Lab
Kaspersky Lab Inc. has won immunity in a court case that pitted customers of Zango against the Woburn-based security software firm. The case, which offered an unprecendented ruling, involved Zango users who claimed the software interfered with Zango’s downloadable programs.

Friday, June 26, 2009

Data security breach hits state solar program
About 810 residents that had applied for the Massachusetts Commonwealth Solar rebate program had their personal information posted on a government website for nearly an hour, according to a notice from the Massachusetts Technology Collaborative.

Friday, May 15, 2009

Net Gains: Tor tackles Net privacy; game makers flock to Hub
MHT staff writer Galen Moor reports on Tor, an encryption device called onion routing, that prevents traffic analysis of your IP address. He also discusses the Independent Game Conference East, to be held in Boston, and the experience of starting a game company locally.

Friday, March 20, 2009

Net Gains: Hacking into the IT security revenue stream
MHT's Galen Moore: If you’re paid to think about IT security, you already know there are armies of hackers, mostly based overseas and in developing countries, working to gain command and control of your computers. What you may wonder is, who is really getting paid from all this cyber crime? The answer is, you are.

Thursday, February 12, 2009

Changes come to Mass. data privacy regs
Responding to pleas from the business community, the state Office of Consumer Affairs and Business Regulation today altered data privacy regulations designed to protect Massachusetts residents.

Friday, January 30, 2009

ISP support firm HiWired sold
Technology support and services provider HiWired Inc., of Needham, has been bought by Montreal Internet security firm Radialpoint. The deal calls for HiWired’s ISP technology support to go into Radialpoint’s plan to develop new ISP-related revenue.

Wednesday, January 21, 2009

Heartland data breach may surpass TJX
Heartland Payments Systems Inc. announced yesterday that it had discovered a security breach dating back to an unspecified time in 2008, affecting its processing system. While the company has downplayed the impact of the breach, widespread online reports are citing possibly more than 100 million cards impacted.

Tuesday, December 9, 2008

U.S. ranks first among web spam sources, Sophos reports
Security software maker Sophos Plc. has released its annual Security Threat Report, which found the U.S. to be the host of more spam and malware than any other country in 2008. The report reviews the past year’s “cybercrime trends” and those expected for 2009.

Thursday, December 4, 2008

Boston media members hit by 'Koobface' Facebook virus
A Facebook virus, called "Koobface," first flagged in August of this year has hit the Boston media. In the past 24 hours, hundreds of Boston journalists, ad execs and public relations professionals who use the popular social networking service have received a Facebook message that purports to link to compromising video of its recipient.

Thursday, September 11, 2008

Prism VentureWorks leads $11M Series B in online fraud prevention
Needham-based venture capital firm Prism VentureWorks has led an $11 million second round of funding of Guard ID Systems Inc., an online identity theft and fraud prevention solutions provider.

Wednesday, June 11, 2008

Perimeter eSecurity picks up Arizona’s Edgeos
Perimeter eSecurity bought Edgeos, for an undisclosed amount, for its internal and external vulnerability scanning technology, combined with its online questionnaire and consulting service.

Monday, June 2, 2008

MITX reports digital industry booming in Mass.
The Massachusetts Innovation & Technology Exchange reports that despite a sluggish national economy the local digital industry is thriving and contributing to the local economy.

Tuesday, May 27, 2008

Yale marries ISP with P2P, births ‘P4P’ for a faster web
Yale University researchers want the web to adopt a new architecture called P4P — which stands for “provider portal for P2P applications” — to allow direct communications between ISPs and P2P applications.