Adobe Acrobat Reader vulnerable to hacks
Adobe Systems, whose software is used by millions of people to read
documents sent over the internet, says some of its programs contain
flaws that make computers vulnerable to attack.
YouTube users targeted by phishers
Registered users of video sharing website YouTube are being warned not to open unsolicited emails as phishers expand their net to capture personal online details.
Microsoft patches seven security holes in its software
Microsoft issued seven security patches in a regular update today, among them fixes for flaws that could let hackers hijack computers using a web browser.
Cyber crooks target mahogany row
Senior executives are being personally targeted with emails
containing malicious programs designed to steal sensitive company
data.
Facebook warned on safety claims
Facebook warned that it could face a consumer fraud charge for
failing to live up to claims that youngsters there are safer from
sexual predators than at most sites.
Google looking at privacy protections for users
Google, the world's web search leader, told US Senators today the company is pursuing new technologies to protect the privacy of internet users as it seeks to acquire advertising company DoubleClick.
Cookies as digital peeping Toms
The head of a leading security software vendor denounces the use of
cookies.
Queensland brains crack the code of 3x5
Any high-school student can tell you the prime factors of 15 are 3 and 5.
Hackers raid florist's database
NSW Police are investigating the possible compromise of an online florist's database and theft of customers' credit card details.
Microsoft issues four security updates
Microsoft releases four software patches to fix security flaws, including one that could allow hackers to take over computers running the company's instant messaging programs.
The Iceman stealeth
Man who used the internet alias "Iceman" stole credit card and ID information from tens of thousands of people by hacking into the computers of financial institutions.
Man used file-sharing program to steal data, money
A man has been arrested in what the US Justice Department described as its first case against someone accused of using file-sharing digital data to commit identity theft.
Cyber crime will spread: study
A federal study predicts cyber criminals will become more focused
and disruptive in their attacks
Chinese hackers target British government
Chinese hackers have been attacking key British government computer networks, a media report said today, amid allegations the Pentagon and German ministries have also been hit.
Pentagon says unclassified email system breached
The Pentagon today said computer hackers gained access to an unclassified email system in the office of US Defence Secretary Robert Gates, but declined comment on a report that the Chinese army was responsible.
China denies hacking Pentagon
CHINA has denied a report that its military had successfully hacked into the Pentagon's computer network in June forcing the shutdown of a part of the computer service for a week.
Chinese hackers breach Pentagon defences
Hackers working for China's military have reportedly infiltrated
the Pentagon's computer network.
First virus hatched as a practical joke
What began as a schoolboy prank has earned Rich Skrenta notoriety
as the first person ever to let loose a personal computer virus.
A look at major computer viruses over 25 years
Major computer viruses over the last 25 years:
Hackers steal user IDs from government job site
About 146,000 people using a jobs website sponsored by the US government have had their personal information stolen by hackers who broke into computers at Monster Worldwide, a government spokesman said today.
