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The guy who allegedly broke into  Miley Cyrus ' email account two years ago and flooded the Internet with scandalous pics of the underaged pop star was just arrested -- but NOT for hacking Hannah Montana. According to federal court docs,  Josh Holly  was busted in Nashville last Thursday after FBI agents seized and searched his computer ... allegedly finding several unauthorized credit card account numbers. Law enforcement sources claim Holly -- who reportedly bragged online about pilfering semi-nude pics of Miley from her email account -- admitted to hacking into Cyrus' MySpace ... but hasn't yet faced charges stemming from the incident. Holly was released Monday. Miley's rep had no comment.

The website of the Baseball Writers' Association of America was hacked Wednesday morning, mere hours before results of the Hall of Fame voting was announced. For about two hours, visitors to BBWAA.com were greeted by a message from the "Gaza Hacker Team." Hall of Fame voting results remained secure, as that info was still restricted to the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Jack O'Connell, the Secretary-Treasurer of the BBWAA who tabulates the voting. BBWAA members were unsure whether the site was specifically targeted or the timing of the hack job was coincidental.

Some versions of Microsoft's Windows operating system are vulnerable to attack from hackers exploiting a flaw in the software that could allow them to remotely take control of a personal computer. The software giant warned of the problem in a special alert. It said it has yet to develop software to plug the hole in Windows or to figure out a workaround to the problem. Microsoft said it is not aware of any attacks that tried to use the vulnerability, which involves the way Windows renders graphics on versions of Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows Server 2003 and Windows Server 2008. The problem does not affect Microsoft's most-recent PC operating system, Windows 7, and its newest operating system for servers, Windows Server 2008 R2.

Deal with undisclosed terms part of computer maker's ongoing effort to expand, improve information technology, cloud computing offerings. Dell Inc. was hunting for the right computer security company to buy, and on Tuesday, it announced its choice. Dell will buy Atlanta-based SecureWorks Inc. , which has about 3,000 clients and does business in 70 countries worldwide. No purchase price was announced, but SecureWorks had more than $120 million in annual revenue selling security services, software and risk-assessment services for large and small businesses and government agencies. Peter Altabef, president of Dell's $8 billion services business, spared few superlatives in talking about SecureWorks. "It is a wonderful acquisition for us, and it is very strategic," he said. "This was one of the most important strategic efforts that I had under way." SecureWorks gives Dell its own highly regarded data security service to offer to customers, Altabef said. The mo...

The Kerala Government has announced the launch of the Computer Emergency Response Team, Kerala ( CERT-K ) as the nodal agency for monitoring various cyber security related incidents in the State. Chief Minister Shri V S Achuthanandan formally announced the launch of operations today. The agency will function under the Department of Information Technology, Government of Kerala. It was in April 2010 that the Government set up CERT-K in line with the Indian CERT ( CERT-In ), the national nodal agency, to develop expertise in Government and Government Agencies in Kerala for handling cyber attacks and for preparing adequate sectoral contingency plans for handling crisis that may happen due to cyber attack or cyber terrorism. CERT-K will be the state Computer Emergency Response Team for Kerala, operating on behalf and in conjunction with CERT-In. CERT-K will coordinate security efforts and incident response for IT security problems as well as emerging telecom security problems on a stat...