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Hacker selling $700 Yahoo! email exploit

, Nov 26th 2012 Discuss [0]

Hacker "TheHell" is selling an exploit that allows individuals to hijack a Yahoo! email account. The method is shown off in a video that was posted on Darkode, where the exploit is being sold for $700, and then reposted on YouTube. Yahoo! has been notified and is looking for the security hole, which it says can be fixed in a few hours once discovered. Read The Full Story

Adobe’s Connectusers.com shut down due to breach

, Nov 14th 2012 Discuss [0]

Adobe has stated that its user forum was breached, prompting the company to shut down its Connectusers.com website. The Connect conferencing service itself was not compromised, nor were any of Adobe's other websites. The hacker claimed to have gotten ahold of 150,000 log in credentials from customers and partners. Read The Full Story

Barnes & Noble hackers gain customers’ credit card information

, Oct 23rd 2012 Discuss [0]

Over 60 Barnes & Noble stores have been used by hackers to gain the credit card data, including the PINs, of customers. The security breach was discovered in the middle of September, but was not revealed per request by government agencies so that the hackers could be identified. The data was gathered via compromised keypads, which recorded each swiped card's information. Read The Full Story

Apple boots out iPhone super hacker Comex

, Oct 18th 2012 Discuss [0]

Nicholas Allegra's launch to fame came from his unusual penchant for hunting down cracks in the iPhone's source code. Known as the hacker Comex, he made himself a venerable thorn in Apple's side after repeatedly releasing JailBreakMe, giving iPhone users worldwide the ability to jailbreak their Apple mobile devices. In a semi-surprising move, Apple gave Allegra an internship, which has come to a sudden end a year later. Read The Full Story

Facebook downtime had nothing to do with Anonymous

, Oct 12th 2012 Discuss [0]

Yesterday we talked about downtime at a Facebook that was originally thought to be the result of hackers. The rumor that Facebook was down due to hackers attacking their DNS servers stemmed from a twitter account called Anonymous Own3r the tweeted "I'm attacking Facebook rigth now." Facebook later admitted that the downtime and nothing to do with hackers. Read The Full Story

Facebook goes down around the world in apparent Anonymous attack

, Oct 11th 2012 Discuss [0]

If you're trying to get on Facebook at the moment and the site isn't cooperating, you're definitely not alone. The Next Web is reporting that throughout the day, Facebook has gone down in places like Austria, Norway, Germany, Greece, France, Italy, and Sweden. Making things much more interesting is Twitter user AnonymousOwn3r, who is claiming to be the one bringing Facebook to its knees. Read The Full Story

iPhone 5 jailbroken on launch day

, Sep 22nd 2012 Discuss [0]

Whenever a new iPhone arrives, it seems that there's always a race to be the first to jailbreak it. Hacker Grant Paul claims that he's already jailbroken the iPhone 5, less than 24 hours after the the newest iDevice launched in here in the US. Paul posted an image of the iPhone 5 home screen with a shortcut to Cydia to his Twitter account, indicating that he's already managed to jailbreak the the handset. Read The Full Story

FBI calls out AntiSec, claim they had nothing to do with stolen Apple IDs

, Sep 4th 2012 Discuss [0]

Just a few hours after AntiSec claims to have snagged millions and millions of Apple IDs from an FBI laptop the FBI has issued a statement debunking their claims. We first reported on these events this morning but now it looks like things are about to get a bit more interesting. Claiming that AntiSec is lying about the FBI's involvement. Read The Full Story

US law enforcement charge 24 people for hacking

, Jun 27th 2012 Discuss [0]

Hacking has become so widespread over the last few years that people are beginning to get more than a little jaded. Hackers are constantly attacking various businesses, government services, and financial institutions around the world. US law enforcement agencies have announced that they have charged 24 suspected hackers in a sting operation spanning four continents. Read The Full Story

WikiLeaks recovers from massive DDoS attack

, May 17th 2012 Discuss [0]

WikiLeaks has recovered from a massive DDoS attack that lasted three days, during which it had to shift much of its content to mirror sites. It's unclear which hacker group or individual may be responsible for the attack, but a former Anonymous member by the name Nyre has already claimed credit for a similar DDoS attack on The Pirate Bay earlier this week that lasted over 24 hours. Read The Full Story

Pirate Bay hit with DDoS attack

, May 17th 2012 Discuss [0]

Torrent website The Pirate Bay has been the target of just about every authority around the globe that fights copyright infringement and piracy. Recently courts in Europe have ordered that the website be blocked by ISPs and people who use the site are finding it increasingly difficult to access. The Pirate Bay is now fighting an attack that has taken it off-line for many users, which is something authorities had a difficult time doing. Read The Full Story

Twitter says accounts hackers posted were mostly banned spammers

, May 9th 2012 Discuss [0]

This week hackers claiming to be affiliated with Anonymous posted details from about 55,000 twitter accounts. The hackers claim to have broken into twitter servers to steal the data. Twitter is now claiming that most of those 55,000 accounts are bogus. In fact, twitter says that most of those accounts that were published were for accounts that are banned for spamming. Read The Full Story
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