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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

Billabong, NVIDIA, and Android Forums all affected by hacks

, Jul 13th 2012 Discuss [0]

Yesterday Yahoo! suffered a major security breach as it saw over 400,000 passwords leak out. The group responsible for the hack claimed it was to expose the shoddy security methods employed by the company, and wasn’t intended as a malicious attack. It looks like Yahoo! wasn’t the only victim, as several other companies have had their databases exposed and pasted onto the internet due to similar security lapses. Read The Full Story

Two LulzSec members plead guilty to hacking charges

, Jun 25th 2012 Discuss [0]

Back in March, notorious hacking group LulzSec was brought down by the FBI following cooperation from the group’s leader, Hector Xavier Monsegur aka “Sabu”. Four members of the group that were arrested appeared today at Southwark Crown Court to plead against the charges brought against them, with two admitting that they hacked high profile websites and the other two denying all the charges. Read The Full Story

Imperva study finds CAPTCHA should be replaced by games

, Jun 18th 2012 Discuss [0]

We’ve all been there. No matter how good your vision is, if you spend any amount of time on a computer, you’ve had at least one experience of not being able to read what the heck those garbled inhuman words on those CAPTCHA screens are supposed to be. Now, a company called Imperva says there needs to be a new standard that will alleviate frustration from both website owners and end users. Read The Full Story

LulzSec Reborn grabs and leaked 10,000 Twitter accounts

, Jun 11th 2012 Discuss [0]

If you needed another reason to be cautious about providing log-in credentials from your most personal and sacred accounts into an unconfirmed third-party app, here's one. An app called TweetGif, which allowed users to share animated .gif images but only if they provided their Twitter username and password, has been revealed to be nothing more than a phishing scheme. 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

Symantec reports cyber attacks rose 81% in 2011

, Apr 30th 2012 Discuss [0]

Anti-virus firm Symantec has just issued its annual Security Threat Report for 2011, revealing an 81 percent increase in the number of malicious attacks last year and a 20 percent drop in the number of vulnerabilities. The company also noted that the cyber attacks that primarily targeted larger organizations had shifted their focus to small and mid-sized businesses. Mobile vulnerabilities also grew tremendously with Google's open Android platform a prime target. Read The Full Story

Flashback Trojan infection still going strong

, Apr 23rd 2012 Discuss [1]

Despite various tools released by antivirus companies and a fix released by Apple itself over a week ago, the number of computers infected with the Flashback Trojan is still high. According to Russian security firm Dr. Web, there were at least 566,000 Macs still infected late last week, which is considerably higher than the number reported by Symantec and Kaspersky Labs. Read The Full Story

Sony PlayStation Vita restores PSP games pulled due to hackers

, Apr 19th 2012 Discuss [3]

Sony has restored a pair of downloadable PSP games to the PlayStation Store after it previously pulled them because of hacking concerns. The games were blamed for having loopholes within their coding that allowed hackers to exploit the entire portable system. The issue first arose with the digital download version of the PSP game Motorstorm: Arctic Edge contained code that could be exploited by a third party when executed on the Vita. Read The Full Story

Anonymous not finished with China – More attacks coming soon

, Apr 9th 2012 Discuss [15]

Those popular hacktivists are at it again this past week, hacking hundreds and hundreds of Chinese government websites recently. While they managed to deface well over 500 sites we are now hearing they aren't finished yet and have even more plans for the Chinese government coming soon, and bigger targets. Read The Full Story

Hackers are criminals says EU amid tough new laws

, Apr 4th 2012 Discuss [0]

The European Civil Liberties Committee is looking to bring down the hammer on hackers and those who would target security vulnerabilities for malicious purposes. They set forth a new proposal that would make hacking a criminal offense throughout the European Union, with offenders facing up to two years in prison. If you have any hacking tools in your possession, or plan to distribute them, you could also face charges. Read The Full Story

NASA admits to being hacked 13 times last year

, Mar 2nd 2012 Discuss [1]

Even high-tech NASA isn't impervious to hackers. The space agency reported to Congress this week that it had been hacked a total of 13 times last year, including one China-based attack that gained complete access and control of mission critical systems as well as employee accounts. The revelation comes as Congress debates two competing cyber-security bills to boost the government's defenses against cyber attacks. Read The Full Story
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