Data breaches Data breaches

Technology is getting smarter, but hackers are still stealing data through basic web application flaws. Even sophisticated attacks exploit a series of basic security oversights. In this topic page, we keep tabs on some of the most prominent breaches and discuss how you can avoid being a statistic.

Hackers third crack at Boulder uni servers

Hackers third crack at Boulder uni servers

Hackers have hit a Colorado university’s servers for the third time in under two months.
David Quainton Aug 22 2005 3:24PM Security
Virus writers and hackers change tactics

Virus writers and hackers change tactics

For some time now, Kaspersky Lab has been tracking a shift in virus writers' tactics. The relative decline in the number of global epidemics during the last year signals a move away from the use of mass attacks on users worldwide. Instead, attacks are becoming more localized.
David Emm Aug 22 2005 10:53AM Security
Welsh students can turn graduate hackers

Welsh students can turn graduate hackers

The world’s first postgraduate certificate in penetration testing and information security has been set up by a Welsh university.
David Quainton Aug 19 2005 2:30PM Security
Hackers alter Vista

Hackers alter Vista

Months before the long-awaited new operating system has hit the shelves, an Austrian virus writer has published details on five viruses targeting Windows Vista in an underground magazine.
René Millman Aug 5 2005 11:49AM Security
Personal websites - a hacker's paradise

Personal websites - a hacker's paradise

Free personal web hosting is providing a safe-haven for hackers, spammers and wielders of malicious code.
David Quainton Jul 26 2005 2:52PM Security
Debate» Ethical hacking courses fail to provide practical information to security professionals

Debate» Ethical hacking courses fail to provide practical information to security professionals
Prof. Ken Jul 1 2005 4:20PM Security
Hackers exploit university and airport weakspots

Hackers exploit university and airport weakspots

U.S. regional press is reporting two hacking incidents, affecting a University database and Erie International Airport.
David Quainton Jul 1 2005 3:50PM Security
'Computer genius' jailed for hacking Pentagon

'Computer genius' jailed for hacking Pentagon

A Californian man was sentenced to four months in prison for hacking into the computer systems of federal agencies and defacing websites in April 2002.
René Millman Jun 27 2005 3:28PM Security
Hackers target security product flaws

Hackers target security product flaws

Hackers are increasingly taking aim at vulnerabilities in security products rather than operating systems, according to a new report.
René Millman Jun 22 2005 1:52PM Security
Hackers batter critical U.K. infrastructure

Hackers batter critical U.K. infrastructure

300 UK government departments and businesses are being targeted by specifically engineered viral attacks.
David Quainton Jun 16 2005 4:04PM Security
Hackers cash in on Jackson trial

Hackers cash in on Jackson trial

Spammers are cashing in on media coverage of the Michael Jackson trial with a mail claiming the singer has attempted suicide.
David Quainton Jun 10 2005 3:25PM Security
Don't hire hackers, warns professor

Don't hire hackers, warns professor

A university professor has warned companies against employing hackers because she feels they lack ethical integrity.
David Quainton May 23 2005 4:10PM Security
Hushmail attacked by DNS hackers

Hushmail attacked by DNS hackers

Secure email service Hushmail appeared to be on the receiving end of hacking attempt yesterday when users of the service noticed an apparent defacement on its home page.
René Millman Apr 25 2005 3:59PM Security
Hackers double Symbian attack

Hackers double Symbian attack

Some 52 previously unknown trojans targeting mobile phone operating system Symbian appeared in the 24 hours ending 20 April, a security firm said.
Staff Writers Apr 22 2005 10:01AM Security
Small biz calls for ISPs to fight hackers

Small biz calls for ISPs to fight hackers

Three-quarters of SMEs want ISPs to protect them from hackers and viruses according to a new survey.
René Millman Apr 18 2005 12:11PM Security
Russia - Where hackers eat caviar

Russia - Where hackers eat caviar

A Russian police chief told delegates at the e-Crime Congress in London today that Russian hackers are fast becoming a threat to the internet as they form into organized criminal gangs.
René Millman Apr 6 2005 4:59PM Security
Microsoft update - Apple hackers downdate

Microsoft update - Apple hackers downdate

Microsoft is putting the finishes touches to its new update program, set to replace Windows Update Service.
David Quainton Mar 24 2005 3:23PM Security
Hackers pull a fast one on Fast24

Hackers pull a fast one on Fast24

ISP Fast24 has advised customers to ignore emails after its support forum was hacked into over the weekend.
David Quainton Mar 21 2005 4:12PM Security
Don’t do it Bill. All this will achieve is more hacking

Don’t do it Bill. All this will achieve is more hacking

In an interview last month for the BBC, Bill Gates once again stressed how seriously Microsoft is now taking security. He spoke proudly, for example, of the 100 million downloads of Service Pack 2 for Windows XP. "Users don't achieve full potential," he said, "if they're having to worry about something like security."
Robert Schifreen Mar 17 2005 3:03PM Security
How to delve into the hacker’s mind

How to delve into the hacker’s mind

The first person to hold a PhD in forensics, Emlyn Everitt tells David Quainton that the battle for security begins in the boardroom
David Quainton Feb 22 2005 12:24PM Security

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