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BBC warns of Heir Hunters email scams circulating
Be on the lookout for emails claiming to come from a daytime TV show, after it was discovered that scammers are using the disguise to grab personal information.
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Miss Piggy gives her views on phone hacking scandal
At a press conference promoting the new Muppets movie, Kermit the frog declined to comment on the high profile allegations of the media breaking into the mobile phone voicemail systems.
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Times Editor apologises for NightJack email hacking
The editor of The Times has apologised, after he admitted a journalist had hacked into a serving police officer's email account.
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Why is a 14-month-old patched Microsoft vulnerability still being exploited?
While the media just looove zero-day exploits, the security industry sees a lot more exploits designed to take advantage of patched vulnerabilities. Question is why don't many of us get around to...
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Asia Pacific webcast - find out the latest twists and turns of the cybercrooks
Join two of Asia Pacific's top security experts, Rob Forsyth and Paul Ducklin, as they discuss and dissect the latest Security Threat Report from SophosLabs in an Asia Pacific webcast. The event takes...
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Path and Hipster iPhone apps leak sensitive data without notification
iPhone app developers Path and Hipster are in hot water after it was discovered they are sending your address book to their servers unencrypted.
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'Deleted' Facebook photos survive online three years later
Over two years after the issue was first raised, Facebook has admitted that it's still working on deleting photos from legacy servers in a timely manner. Which might mean that photos that you wanted to...
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Hackers fail to extort $50,000 from Symantec, as pcAnywhere source code is...
Symantec has confirmed that source code of an old version of pcAnywhere has been published on the net by hackers, as claims are made that the data thieves tried to extort $50,000 from the security firm.
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Is Digital Pearl Harbor THE most tasteless term in IT security?
Can hackers really cause as much bloodshed as 353 Imperial Japanese Navy fighters, bombers and torpedo planes launched from six aircraft carriers? Can hackers really kill 2,402 U.S. citizens, leave...
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Better Business Bureau malware attack spammed out
Have you received an email claiming to come from the Better Business Bureau (BBB) today? If you did, be careful.
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Man charged with NASA hack, on 10th anniversary of Gary McKinnon's arrest
It's ten years since British hacker Gary McKinnon was arrested, and now another hacker has been indicted for allegedly hacking into NASA computers.
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Is this the resurgence of Blackhat SEO?
Take a dive into some recent blackhat SEO attacks in this post to explore the facts behind the recent rise in reports of this threat. Site administrators in particular may be interested in some of the...
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#EpicFail for U.S. student who used keylogger to increase grades
31-year-old student from Warrington admits to trying to improve his grades at Temple University Ambler Campus, near Philadelphia, by hacking into the university’s computerised grading system.
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Google Wallet PINs easily stolen from rooted devices
A researcher at zvelo has discovered that he can recover the PIN used to make payments with Google Wallet in just seconds on a rooted Android device.
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VIDEO: Boston Police hits back at Anonymous with sarcasm
Anonymous is proud of saying that an idea can't be arrested or killed, but it seems like the Boston Police Department has thought of one way of fighting back: sarcasm.
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Apple supplier Foxconn hacked not for bad factory conditions but for kicks
Foxconn, a Taiwanese manufacturer of Apple's iPhone and iPad infamous for inhumane working conditions, has been hacked by a group calling itself Swagg Security.
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Should having autism be a legal defence to hacking charges?
Gary McKinnon and Ryan Cleary have raised the profile of hackers with autism. With this week marking the 10th anniversary of Gary McKinnon's arrest, and with his fate still hanging in the balance, how...
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Dutch ISP KPN hacked, credentials and personal information leaked
Dutch ISP KPN had over 500 of its customers personal information posted online after being hacked late last month. The data included names, addresses, passwords and telephone numbers.
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CIA website brought down - were Anonymous attackers responsible?
The CIA's website was brought down for some hours last night by what appears to have been an internet distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack.
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Sigh.. no, Facebook is not ending on March 15th 2012. Hoax spreads quickly
Facebook is to end on March 15 2012, claims the Weekly World News... and many Facebook users seem to believe it.
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