Hackers have had a bonanza in April, May and June
(so far). Nary has a day gone by without news of yet another major attack.
Here’s a partial list of some of the most publicized hacks of the last
10 weeks:

• RSA
  Security: On April 1, in a move akin to raiding Fort Knox,
  RSA’s Secure ID technology (one of the industry’s gold standards in security
  software) was hacked. RSA executives described the hack as “very
  sophisticated.” They characterized it as an advanced persistent threat
  (APT)-type targeted attack. It used a routine tactic – a phishing Email that
  contained an infected attachment that was triggered when opened.
• Epsilon:  This Irving, TX –based company handles
  customer email messaging for over 150 firms, including large banks and
  retailers like Best Buy, JPMorgan Chase, Citigroup and L.L.Bean. In April,
  millions of consumers learned that Epsilon’s networks were breached when they
  received Emails from their banks and credit card companies informing them that
  the hack might have exposed their names and Email addresses to the hackers.
  Epsilon released a statement assuring consumers that only Email addresses and
  names were compromised and that no sensitive data was disclosed.
• Sony:
  Sony’s
  PlayStation gaming network suffered a series of massive security attacks in
  April/May that affected more than 100 million online accounts and shuttered the
  site for days. Sony executives estimate the hacks cost the Japanese electronics
  firm $170 million.
• Lockheed
  Martin: On May 21, the aerospace giant released a statement
  saying its internal information systems network had been penetrated by what it
  called a “significant and tenacious” attack. The company declined to
  divulge details other than stating that “no customer, program or employee personal
  data had been compromised.”
• Public
  Broadcasting System: the PBS website was hacked in mid-May
  and the perpetrators planted an erroneous story stating that deceased rapper Tupac
  Shakur was alive in New Zealand. The group that claimed credit for the hacking was
  apparently unhappy about PBS’ recent “Frontline” investigative news program on
  WikiLeaks.
• Google:
  At least 84 instances of malware have been discovered in the company’s Android
  Market app store in the last three months. In March Google removed 50
  applications from the store that contained malicious code embedded in
  legitimate applications. Over the Memorial Day weekend Google was forced to
  pull an additional 34 smart phone applications off Android Market because of
  suspected malware infections. Google’s security woes don’t stop there. In early
  June, Google disclosed that Chinese hackers targeted the email accounts of top
  U.S. officials and hundreds of other prominent people in a fresh computer
  attack certain to intensify growing concern about the security of the Internet.
  The victims, including government and military personnel, Asian officials,
  Chinese activists and journalists, were tricked into sharing their Gmail
  passwords with “bad actors” based in China, according to a Google
  blog post. The attack’s goal was to read and forward the victims’ email.
• Apple
  (yes, Apple!): The Mac OX X 10.x OS has been under attack for
  the last month from the malicious Mac Defender/Mac Guard malware. A few days
  ago, Apple engineers released a fix and 24 hours later the hackers struck again
  with a new virus variant called Mindinstall.pkg which is specifically designed
  to bypass Apple security.