Computer Security News- UK government staff caught snooping on citizen dataDon't worry about hackers illegally accessing government systems. It turns out government workers and civil servants who are trusted with private citizen data are more likely to access your data illegally. […]
- social network makes stock market debut – live blogZuckerberg appears to confirm in one message that he secretly hacked into the website of the Harvard University newspaper, the Crimson, by guessing the emails and passwords of two people in the college database."So I want to read what they said about me before the article came out and after I complained," he told a friend. […]
- Police Blotter: Phone Hacker Makes Overseas CallsALCOHOL Sungjoon Um, 22, of the 20800 block of Elizabeth Avenue, Lincolnshire, was charged with driving under the influence and speeding at 2:25 a.m. May 17 on westbound Lake-Cook Road from Milwaukee Avenue. […]
- Who Did the WikiLeaks DDoS Attack?Free Email Newsletters Sign Up for free email updates from PCMag: Daily news, new products, security, deals, DIY, and more Whistleblowing site Wikileaks is up and running again after a massive DDoS attack knocked it offline for three days. […]
- Android Hackers Hone Their Skills in RussiaThe malware business growing around Google Android -- now the leading smartphone operating system -- is still in its infancy . […]
- Mac-based Flashback click fraud campaign was a bustThe hackers in charge of the Flashback botnet managed to generate $14,000 from their click fraud campaign, but have not been paid, Symantec said today. […]
- House Intel Chairman Predicts Major Cyber Attack on USCadets engaged during the annual Cyber Defense Exercise at West Point. Established in 2001 by West Point in collaboration and support from the National Security Agency the exercise challenges each team to design, build and configure a real-world computer network and simulates a deployed joint service command. […]
- Hacker steals card details with Call of Duty virusHacker Lewys Martin, 20, offered a "patch" to users of the popular video game Call Of Duty - but secretly hid a trojan horse virus inside. […]
- Bulgaria's Transport Minister: Phishing Accounts for 46% of Cyber AttacksHotels 5* Hotels 4* Hotels 3* Apartment Houses Restaurants Rent-a-car Casino Golf Resorts Mountain resorts Sea resorts Entertainment Shopping Health Clinics Public Safety Vaults Beauty Salons In 2011 and the first quarter of 2012, 46% of attacks on network infrastructure were phishing , according to Ivaylo Moskovski , Minister of Transport , ... (more) […]
- Revenge Porn Kingpin Hunter Moore Is Under Investigation By the FBI [Is Anyone Up]We've been waiting for the other shoe to drop in the bizarre shuttering of revenge porn site Is Anyone Up last month, and here it is: Hunter Moore, the site's shithead owner, is being investigated by the FBI . […]