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Hacktivists take aim at Iranian elections

Hacktivists take aim at Iranian elections

As protestors continue to clash with police on the streets of Iran, the backlash over the country's controversial election has taken to the web.
Shaun Nichols Jun 16 2009 10:42AM Security
T-Mobile confirms hack but doubts crooks have the goods

T-Mobile confirms hack but doubts crooks have the goods

T-Mobile has confirmed that hackers were able to swipe data from its systems, but the wireless carrier is downplaying the threat to customers.
Dan Kaplan Jun 10 2009 3:00PM Security
MP falls to Facebook hack attack

MP falls to Facebook hack attack

A UK member of parliament has admitted to having his Facebook account hijacked.
Shaun Nichols Jun 2 2009 3:28PM Security
Businesses are next after Dalai Lama hack

Businesses are next after Dalai Lama hack

A Chinese hacking plot uncovered at the weekend could have grave implications for organisations, as most are vulnerable to the social malware techniques used in the attack, a new report warns.
Phil Muncaster Mar 31 2009 10:45AM Security
Massive Chinese cyber hack revealed

Massive Chinese cyber hack revealed

Canadian researchers have revealed an alleged extensive Chinese spying operation, which involved the hacking of over 1000 computers in 103 countries, according to reports.
Phil Muncaster Mar 30 2009 10:37AM Security
Censorship opponents slam website hack

Censorship opponents slam website hack

Opponents of the Federal Government's filtering scheme have condemned last night's hacking of one of its websites as damaging to their fight against censorship.
Brett Winterford Mar 27 2009 3:07PM Security
Censorship opponents slam website hack

Censorship opponents slam website hack

Opponents of the Federal Government's filtering scheme have condemned last night's hacking of one of its websites as damaging to their fight against censorship.
Brett Winterford Mar 27 2009 12:07PM Security
Oz victims in the dark about credit card leak

Oz victims in the dark about credit card leak

Australians whose credit card details and other personal data have been exposed on the public Internet since Friday are yet to be contacted by their credit card merchants or law enforcement authorities.
Brett Winterford Mar 23 2009 3:25PM Security
Cybercrime-as-a-service takes off

Cybercrime-as-a-service takes off

Malware writers that sell toolkits online for as little as $400 will now configure and host the attacks as a service for another $50, a security expert has said.
Ry Crozier Mar 12 2009 2:52PM Security
Student pleads not guilty to Sarah Palin email exposure

Student pleads not guilty to Sarah Palin email exposure

A 21 year old student faces twenty years in prison for accessing Sarah Palin’s email account and publishing what he found.
Iain Thomson Mar 11 2009 3:19PM Security
Spotify user details compromised in major hack

Spotify user details compromised in major hack

Online music service Spotify has become the latest web firm to suffer a major hack, after revealing yesterday that criminals may have accessed user registration details.
Phil Muncaster Mar 6 2009 9:58AM Security
Low-res laptop cams contribute to facial recognition hack

Low-res laptop cams contribute to facial recognition hack

Webcam image resolution and compression are likely contributors to weaknesses in laptop facial recognition systems exposed by Vietnamese researchers at the Black Hat conference, according to a Hitachi Australia product specialist.
Ry Crozier Feb 23 2009 3:33PM Security
IFPI sites hacked by Pirate Bay supporters

IFPI sites hacked by Pirate Bay supporters

Hackers have attacked web sites belonging to the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI) to show their support for The Pirate Bay, which is standing trial in Sweden over piracy allegations.
Rosalie Marshall Feb 20 2009 10:00AM Security
Researchers hack facial biometrics

Researchers hack facial biometrics

Researchers in Vietnam will be demonstrating how to hack facial recognition biometrics at the Black Hat security convention currently underway in the US.
Iain Thomson Feb 19 2009 3:09PM Security
Kaspersky website hacked

Kaspersky website hacked

A blogger has breached security vendor Kaspersky’s website using a simple SQL (structured query language) injection.
Daniel Fitzgerald Feb 9 2009 1:45PM Security
India and Pakistan hack it out online

India and Pakistan hack it out online

India and Pakistan have taken to hacking away at each other, with cyber hooligans from both countries using their tech skills to deface their rival nation’s websites.
Sylvie Barak Nov 28 2008 11:06AM Security
Researchers hack spam network for study

Researchers hack spam network for study

Researchers from University of California, Berkeley and UC, San Diego (UCSD) have published a report detailing how they hacked a spamming network to collect data on the economics of the problem.
Iain Thomson Nov 11 2008 10:17AM Security
Hack paves way for unlocked Android

Hack paves way for unlocked Android

Google's first foray into the world of mobile phones, the Android G1, has been hacked just days after being released into the wild.
Stewart Meagher Nov 10 2008 1:21AM Software
New Yorker charged with providing "sniffer" trojan for TJX hack

New Yorker charged with providing "sniffer" trojan for TJX hack

The trojan used to "sniff" the credit card information of millions of TJX shoppers was provided by a 25-year-old New York man, who has been charged with conspiracy.
Dan Kaplan Nov 5 2008 9:45AM Security
Apple TV gets a thumb drive hack

Apple TV gets a thumb drive hack

A new thumb drive unlocks Apple's TV box and opens it up to innovative social networking features.
Egan Orion Oct 2 2008 7:22AM Hardware

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