Since its full launch less than a year ago, Sportify has had its share of intruders. Only this time it's not about illegal audio-file downloads or spyware to remove advertisements. This time the users, over 1 million member-base, are been directly threatened.
2009-03-05
Spotify Hacked Again
Since its full launch less than a year ago, Sportify has had its share of intruders. Only this time it's not about illegal audio-file downloads or spyware to remove advertisements. This time the users, over 1 million member-base, are been directly threatened.
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2012-02-07
SOPA and PIPA Lobbying Payments
Last month, the United States Congress stopped consideration of two bills, the Stop Online Privacy Act (SOPA) in the US Senate and the Protect Intellectual Property Act (PIPA) in the US House of Representatives,... -
2012-01-31
Problems for DreamHost
Other web host providers may take a lesson from the recent set of problems that have been the experience of DreamHost, a domain name registrar and web hosting provider founded in 1996 and based in Los Angeles, C...
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2012-01-31Will New Online Protection Bill Replace SOPA and PIPA?
With the overwhelming reaction against the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and the PROTECT IP Act (PIPA), a few members of the United States Congress have put forth an alternative bill. Oregon Democrat Senator Ron... -
2012-01-30
A Closer Look at Magento
At its simplest, Magento is a robust e-commerce solution built on a foundation of open-source technologies. The blended approach that Magento uses provides the best of both worlds for end-users. On one hand, the... -
2012-01-24Smooth Start for New gTLD Program
ICANN, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, announced last week that the application system for the new gTLDs (Generic Top-Level Domains) of the Internet began on January 19th and is proceedi... -
2012-01-19
SOPA Stalls, But Online Experts Advise Caution
Amid Internet site blackouts and public outcries, the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) has been placed on hold in the Senate while sponsors regroup and reconsider their position on this controversial topic. Along w... -
2012-01-18
Security Breach for Zappos Customers
Over the weekend, Zappos, the online store famous for its vast array of shoes for sale, announced that personal confidential information, including such items as email addresses, partial credit card numbers and ...
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2012-01-12SOPA, PIPA and OPEN
The United States Congress, returning from its holiday recess this month, will be resuming their consideration of three bills whose passage or rejection will have enormous effects on the ... -
2012-01-11Sites Mistakenly Given Phishing Label
The Domain Name System (DNS) of the Internet usually runs without any hiccups, but a company that offers itself as an alternative DNS resource caused a severe problem last week for several hundred thousand web s... -
2012-01-04
Phishing Attack Based on SSL
An EV-SSL or Extended Validation Secure Sockets Layer certificate was used in December to give a greater aura of legitimacy for a phishing hack-attack against PayPal and its customers. A sub-directory of the web...
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Commented by: Lol, 10 September, 2009
"spyware to remove advertisements", WTF exactly does that mean? A spyware doesn't remove advertisements...
Commented by: remove spotify ads, 3 February, 2010
spyware ?! LOL
Commented by: Net Age | Online Marketing, 30 August, 2010
Personal info and security of it is an area that you can never pay enough attention to. Use different passwords for different websites, or you're going to get caught out sooner or later. It is actually a good thing when big entities like this get hacked and hype is created around the fact. It makes people more conscious of their online security....