Getting hacked is like having your computer turn traitor on you, spying on everything you do and shipping your secrets to identity thieves.
Victims don’t see where their stolen data end up. But sometimes security researchers do, stumbling across stolen-data troves that offer a glimpse of what identity theft looks like from criminals’ perspective.
Researchers from U.K.-based [...]

The Army recently discovered a potential penetration of soldier information that occurred on a password-protected, secure web-based database of almost 1600 soldiers. As a cautionary measure, the Army is notifying those affected soldiers via email or letter.
The affected soldiers are those who registered with, or participated in, the Army-sponsored Operation Tribute to Freedom program over [...]

The Windows Registry is an enormous batch of files containing information about almost everything that occurs on the computer, from a visit to a Web site to a program installation.
The registry also contains information about drivers and other essential programs, like DLLs — small helper programs that often work with more than one application. [...]

THE next generation of plug-in hybrid cars could recharge in minutes, thanks to a new type of battery.
Lithium ion cells are used in portable gadgets and the latest hybrid cars as they are light and can be repeatedly charged and discharged with little degradation. But as with all batteries, charging takes some time. That’s because [...]

The billionaire founder of Google, Sergey Brin, has announced he will contribute money and his DNA to a study into the genetic underpinnings of Parkinson’s disease.
The study will be conducted by 23andMe, a company co-founded and co-managed by Mr Brin’s wife, Anne Wojcicki.
The company hopes to [...]