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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
Palin email "hack" underscores need for stronger authentication

Palin email "hack" underscores need for stronger authentication

User names and passwords aren't secure, and momentum continues to build across the industry to solve this problem in a manageable way.
Steven K, CEO, Wave Systems Sep 25 2008 10:30AM Security
Fighting fire with fire

Fighting fire with fire

The Web is a pretty nasty place, according to reverse engineer and privacy advocate Mike Perry -- and he should know.
Liz Tay Sep 4 2008 12:52PM Security
Best Western downplays hack attack

Best Western downplays hack attack

Hotel chain Best Western has downplayed concerns over a recent hack attack that was reported to have put at risk the personal details of all its customers since 2007.
Madeline Bennett Aug 28 2008 7:42AM Security
Olympic champion Phelps' website defaced in Turkish hack

Olympic champion Phelps' website defaced in Turkish hack

Turkish hackers appear to have briefly gotten their hands on the website of Olympic record breaker Michael Phelps.
Dan Kaplan Aug 22 2008 10:25AM Security
Judge denies five-month gag in transit hack case

Judge denies five-month gag in transit hack case

A US federal judge has lifted a temporary injunction that denied three college students from presenting their subway payment hack research at the recent Defcon show.
Dan Kaplan Aug 21 2008 10:30AM Security
Legal spat over MIT subway hack

Legal spat over MIT subway hack

Civil liberties groups are stepping into the battle between the federal government and three students from MIT.
Shaun Nichols Aug 12 2008 10:29AM Security
Image-applet combo hack revealed

Image-applet combo hack revealed

Security experts have developed a hybrid file type that looks like an image but can also run a Java applet surreptitiously in a browser.
Andrew Charlesworth Aug 5 2008 9:43AM Security

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