- Former Hacker: Today's Hacks Are All About the Money Peter Pachal - Mashable - 15 hrs ago
Hackers have changed since the days of The Matrix. While most hackers used to hold iconoclastic ideals, with aspirations to "shock the system" for a perceived common … More »Former Hacker: Today's Hacks Are All About the Money
- Reuters blog platform hacked for 2nd time AP - 22 hrs ago
The Reuters news agency says hackers have broken into one of its websites for the second time in two weeks and posted a false story saying Saudi Arabia's foreign minister … More »Reuters blog platform hacked for 2nd time
The Reuters news agency says hackers have broken into one of its websites for the second time in two weeks and posted a false story saying Saudi Arabia's foreign minister had died.
- WikiLeaks Resumes Operations After Massive Cyberattack Alex Fitzpatrick - Mashable - Tue, Aug 14, 2012
WikiLeaks is back online Tuesday morning following more than a week's worth of massive Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks on its servers. More »WikiLeaks Resumes Operations After Massive Cyberattack
- WikiLeaks says its site has suffered weeklong denial-of-service attack The Associated Press - AP - Sun, Aug 12, 2012
LONDON - The secret-busting organization WikiLeaks says it's been the victim of a sustained denial-of-service attack which has left its website sluggish or inaccessible … More »WikiLeaks says its site has suffered weeklong denial-of-service attack
LONDON - The secret-busting organization WikiLeaks says it's been the victim of a sustained denial-of-service attack which has left its website sluggish or inaccessible for more than a week.
- WikiLeaks: Our site's been hit by weeklong attack AP - Sun, Aug 12, 2012
The secret-busting organization WikiLeaks says it's been the victim of a sustained denial-of-service attack which has left its website sluggish or inaccessible for more … More »WikiLeaks: Our site's been hit by weeklong attack
The secret-busting organization WikiLeaks says it's been the victim of a sustained denial-of-service attack which has left its website sluggish or inaccessible for more than a week.
- Online accounts for Blizzard video games hacked AP - Fri, Aug 10, 2012
The maker of video games such as "Diablo" and "World of Warcraft" is warning players that hackers have gained unauthorized access to some online accounts. More »Online accounts for Blizzard video games hacked
The maker of video games such as "Diablo" and "World of Warcraft" is warning players that hackers have gained unauthorized access to some online accounts.
- Virus found in Mideast can spy on bank transactions Jim Finkle - Reuters - Thu, Aug 9, 2012
BOSTON (Reuters) - A new cyber surveillance virus has been found in the Middle East that can spy on banking transactions and steal login information for social networking … More »Virus found in Mideast can spy on bank transactions
BOSTON (Reuters) - A new cyber surveillance virus has been found in the Middle East that can spy on banking transactions and steal login information for social networking sites, email and instant messaging, according to a leading computer security firm, Kaspersky Lab. Dubbed Gauss, the virus may also be capable of attacking …
- News Summary: Firm says computer virus in Mideast The Associated Press - AP - Thu, Aug 9, 2012
NEW DISCOVERY: A Russian security firm says a new computer virus tied to some of the most sophisticated cyberweapons thus-far discovered has been found circulating in … More »News Summary: Firm says computer virus in Mideast
NEW DISCOVERY: A Russian security firm says a new computer virus tied to some of the most sophisticated cyberweapons thus-far discovered has been found circulating in the Middle East. It says the virus is aimed at stealing financial information from customers of a series of Lebanese banks.
- Security firm: New computer virus prowling Mideast RAPHAEL SATTER - AP - Thu, Aug 9, 2012
A new computer virus tied to some of the most sophisticated cyberweapons thus-far discovered has been found circulating in the Middle East, a Moscow-based computer security … More »Security firm: New computer virus prowling Mideast
A new computer virus tied to some of the most sophisticated cyberweapons thus-far discovered has been found circulating in the Middle East, a Moscow-based computer security company said Thursday. If a link were confirmed, the find would expand the electronic arsenal reportedly deployed by the U.S. and Israel against their …
- Kaspersky: We've found new virus linked to Stuxnet AP - Thu, Aug 9, 2012
Computer security firm Kaspersky says it has discovered a new batch of malicious software linked to the infrastructure-wrecking Stuxnet virus. More »Kaspersky: We've found new virus linked to Stuxnet
Computer security firm Kaspersky says it has discovered a new batch of malicious software linked to the infrastructure-wrecking Stuxnet virus.
- Factbox: Gauss cyber-spying virus infected PCs in Middle East Reuters - Thu, Aug 9, 2012
(Reuters) - A new computer virus, dubbed Gauss, has been discovered in the Middle East. Researchers say can it steal banking credentials and hijack login information … More »Factbox: Gauss cyber-spying virus infected PCs in Middle East
(Reuters) - A new computer virus, dubbed Gauss, has been discovered in the Middle East. Researchers say can it steal banking credentials and hijack login information for social networking sites, email and instant messaging accounts. Cyber security firm Kaspersky Lab said Gauss is the work of the same "factory" or "factories" …
- Hackers Force Apple, Amazon to Change Security Policy Zoe Fox - Mashable - Wed, Aug 8, 2012
Apple and Amazon are changing their security policies after hackers broke into a journalist's personal accounts. The change comes following a hack into Wired reporter … More »Hackers Force Apple, Amazon to Change Security Policy
- Smooth-Talking Hacker Remote-Wipes Reporter's iPad, MacBook Marc Georges - Mashable - Sun, Aug 5, 2012
We've heard it before: Make sure to secure your online accounts with a strong, distinct password to avoid being hacked. But what if hackers can simply circumvent the … More »Smooth-Talking Hacker Remote-Wipes Reporter's iPad, MacBook
- Hackers hit Reuters, post fake blog on Syria AFP - Fri, Aug 3, 2012
Hackers took over the blogging platform of the Reuters news agency and posted "fabricated" stories said to include an interview with a Syrian rebel leader, the company … More »Hackers hit Reuters, post fake blog on Syria
- Congress halts posting of civilian, military officials' assets David Lawder - Reuters - Thu, Aug 2, 2012
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - In a last-minute act before skipping out on a five-week vacation, the Congress on Thursday temporarily spared thousands of top military officers … More »Congress halts posting of civilian, military officials' assets
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - In a last-minute act before skipping out on a five-week vacation, the Congress on Thursday temporarily spared thousands of top military officers and civilian government officials from having their financial assets publicly posted -- and exposed to hackers and spies. Had both the House and Senate not …
- Hackers hit Major League Baseball teams' Facebook sites Reuters - Thu, Aug 2, 2012
(Reuters) - Hackers hit Major League Baseball teams' Facebook pages with phony postings on Thursday, including an announcement that New York Yankees star Derek Jeter … More »Hackers hit Major League Baseball teams' Facebook sites
(Reuters) - Hackers hit Major League Baseball teams' Facebook pages with phony postings on Thursday, including an announcement that New York Yankees star Derek Jeter would undergo sex change surgery, the sports site Deadspin reported. "He promises to come back stronger than ever in 2013 as Minnie Mantlez," said a posting …
- China's Huawei responds to US hackers AFP - Wed, Aug 1, 2012
Chinese communications giant Huawei Technologies on Wednesday responded to US hackers' claims that its routers were easily cracked, saying its security strategies were … More »China's Huawei responds to US hackers
- Def Con hackers go mainstream but still love to party Jim Finkle - Reuters - Tue, Jul 31, 2012
LAS VEGAS (Reuters) - When Jeff Moss founded the Def Con hackers convention in 1993, he never imagined that two decades on, one of the key speakers at the annual Las … More »Def Con hackers go mainstream but still love to party
LAS VEGAS (Reuters) - When Jeff Moss founded the Def Con hackers convention in 1993, he never imagined that two decades on, one of the key speakers at the annual Las Vegas event would be four-star General Keith Alexander, head of the U.S. National Security Agency. Once known as an excuse for computer geeks and social misfits …
- Hackers topple Huawei routers AFP - Sun, Jul 29, 2012
Hackers at an infamous Def Con gathering were shown how to easily slip into computer networks through some routers made by Chinese electronics colossus Huawei Techno … More »Hackers topple Huawei routers
- 8.7 million mobile customers hacked in S.Korea AFP - Sun, Jul 29, 2012
South Korean police have arrested two hackers who stole personal data of 8.7 million customers of the nation's second-biggest mobile operator, the company said. More »8.7 million mobile customers hacked in S.Korea
- Microsoft pays big to strengthen software defense AFP - Sat, Jul 28, 2012
As hackers from around the world converged on Las Vegas, Microsoft doled out a quarter million dollars in prize money to researchers who found ways to thwart attacks … More »Microsoft pays big to strengthen software defense
- US spy master courts top hackers at Def Con Glenn Chapman - AFP - Fri, Jul 27, 2012
US spy master Keith Alexander courted hackers at an infamous Def Con gathering rife with software tricksters wary of police and ferociously protective of privacy. More »US spy master courts top hackers at Def Con
- Spy chief asks hackers to help government secure Internet Joseph Menn and Jim Finkle - Reuters - Fri, Jul 27, 2012
LAS VEGAS (Reuters) - The head of the government's secretive National Security Agency took the unprecedented step on Friday of asking a convention of unruly hackers to … More »Spy chief asks hackers to help government secure Internet
LAS VEGAS (Reuters) - The head of the government's secretive National Security Agency took the unprecedented step on Friday of asking a convention of unruly hackers to join him in an effort to make the Internet more secure. In a speech to the 20th annual Def Con gathering in Las Vegas, four-star General Keith Alexander …
- Hackers could haunt global air traffic control: researcher AFP - Fri, Jul 27, 2012
Air traffic control software used around the world could be exploited by hackers to unleash squadrons of ghost planes to befuddle those entrusted to keep the skies safe, … More »Hackers could haunt global air traffic control: researcher
- Apple pitches gadget security to hacker crowd Glenn Chapman - AFP - Fri, Jul 27, 2012
Apple pitched security measures in its mobile gadgets during its first presentation at a premier gathering of hackers and those intent on thwarting cyber attacks. More »Apple pitches gadget security to hacker crowd
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