A man accused of being part of the hacking group Anonymous was arrested Tuesday on charges of attacking the website of Kiss frontman Gene Simmons. Kevin George Poe, 24, was arrested in Connecticut … [Read more...]
Dutch security company Gemnet has been compromised by unsecured PhpAdmin installation
Friday, 9 December 2011 By
Dutch news site webwereld is reporting that another Dutch security company, Gemnet, has been compromised, although it does not appear to have affected certificate issuance. Gemnet appears to … [Read more...]
Four Romanian nationals have been charged with hacking card-processing systems
Friday, 9 December 2011 By
Four Romanian nationals have been charged with hacking card-processing systems at more than 150 Subway restaurants and 50 other unnamed retailers, according to an indictment unsealed Thursday. The … [Read more...]
13 million gamer credentials exposed after hack of gaming firm Nexon
Wednesday, 30 November 2011 By
An estimated 13 million gamers have been left at greater risk of ID theft following a breach at gaming firm Nexon. Data including names, usernames, encrypted resident registration numbers and … [Read more...]
Romanian police put NASA hacker under arrest
Thursday, 17 November 2011 By
Romanian police arrested Robert Butyka of Cluj Napoca for hacking into NASA servers beginning in December of 2010. Butyka, who goes by the handle Iceman, is accused of unauthorized access to NASA … [Read more...]
Apple’s Siri hacked and ported to other devices
Tuesday, 15 November 2011 By
Hackers say they've reverse engineered the Siri personal assistant that debuted in last month's release of the iPhone 4S, a feat that allows them to make it work from virtually any device. To back … [Read more...]
Valve’s gaming walhalla compromised
Thursday, 10 November 2011 By
Computer games outfit Valve has suspended its Steam user forums following unconfirmed reports of a security breach. Eurogamer claims that the official message board for Valve's Steam online games … [Read more...]
Sportswear company Adidas under cyber attack
Tuesday, 8 November 2011 By
Some Adidas Web sites remain offline today as a result of a "sophisticated" cyber attack discovered last week, the German sportswear company said. "On November 3, 2011, the adidas Group found out … [Read more...]
Islam hackers deface French magazine website
Thursday, 3 November 2011 By
To celebrate the recent victory of the Tunisian Islamist party, the French satirical magazine “Charlie Hebdo” published a special issue in which it named the prophet Muhammad (also spelled … [Read more...]
Romanian eBay hacker gets only suspended three-year sentence
Thursday, 3 November 2011 By
Vladuz, the Romanian hacker who repeatedly accessed off-limits parts of eBay's website and then publicly taunted company officials over the security lapses, has been handed a suspended three-year … [Read more...]
Large Swedish hacking scandal exposed
Friday, 28 October 2011 By
A password hacking scandal which on Tuesday exposed login details of 90,000 Swedes, including several journalists and celebrities, has widened to include 180,000 users on nearly 60 websites. On … [Read more...]
Hackers interfered with two U.S. government satellites
Friday, 28 October 2011 By
Hackers interfered with two U.S. government satellites four separate times in recent years, according to a congressional commission report to be released next month. In October 2007 and July 2008, a … [Read more...]
Boston police website hacked, user info posted online
Monday, 24 October 2011 By
A Boston Police Department website was hacked. At least 2,000 names and passwords have been posted online. The group claiming responsibility said they support the Occupy Boston … [Read more...]
Nasdaq hackers spied on company board members
Friday, 21 October 2011 By
Hackers who infiltrated the Nasdaq's computer systems last year installed malicious software that allowed them to spy on the directors of publicly held companies, according to two people familiar with … [Read more...]
LulzSec hacker pleads not guilty to Sony hacks
Tuesday, 18 October 2011 By
A 23-year-old man, suspected of being a member of the LulzSec hacking gang, has pleaded not guilty to an attack on the Sony Pictures website. Cody Kretsinger, from Phoenix, Arizona, pleaded not … [Read more...]
