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Justin Bieber Attacked During Dubai Show Justin Bieber Attacked During Dubai Show
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Justin Bieber may be more popular than ever, but the singer’s fame is beginning to have some unfortunate consequences for the 19-year-old pop star. In March, Bieber was accused of “diva-like behavior” after arriving late to a concert in London …

Komodo Dragon Attack Leaves 83-Year-Old Injured Komodo Dragon Attack Leaves 83-Year-Old Injured
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Despite having “dragon” right in their name, Komodo dragons don’t, as first glance, appear to be extremely dangerous. However, as anyone who has ever played the video game Far Cry 3 could tell you, the large lizards can be quite …

Microsoft’s Athens Office Attacked By Arsonists Microsoft’s Athens Office Attacked By Arsonists
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Microsoft’s Athens headquarters was attacked last night by gunmen who set fire to the building’s lobby. According to the Athens’s English-language news site Ekathimerini, three armed men crashed a stolen van into the front of the building and threatened the …

Anonymous Strikes Back After LulzSec Arrests Anonymous Strikes Back After LulzSec Arrests

We reported yesterday that members of the Anonymous splinter group LulzSec were being arrested around the world. It was also revealed that Sabu, a leader in LulzSec, cooperated with federal authorities which led to the arrests. Anonymous didn’t let this …

Steam Details Extent Of Hacking Attack, Backup File Was Stolen Steam Details Extent Of Hacking Attack, Backup File Was Stolen

You may remember late last year that Steam, Valve’s digital distribution platform, was hacked and taken down for a while. The extent of the damage wasn’t exactly known until now. On Friday, Gabe Newell took to Steam to tell users …

Microsoft Store India Hacked, Passwords Leaked Microsoft Store India Hacked, Passwords Leaked

The Indian Microsoft store Web site has been hacked. The Web site is currently inaccessible, but it previously feature a message from a hacker group called EvilShadowTeam. From the language used in the hack and those claiming responsibility, the attack …

Anonymous: Facebook “Attack” A Joke Anonymous: Facebook “Attack” A Joke
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You may have noticed that Facebook was having intermittent issues last night. You may have even thought that Anonymous was behind it. Well, you’re probably wrong. It’s true that Facebook, which rarely has any issues, was having trouble loading for …

Twitter Fails To Trademark ‘Tweet’

I love Twitter. I’ve also personally met co-founder Biz Stone, and he’s a great guy. That said, it does appear that they’ve strayed from their normal play book and are instead reading from the lesser-known Clue(less) Train Manifesto. 

DoS Attacks vs. Social Media

Maybe you heard the sound of the world crashing down and people actually being productive at work yesterday while Twitter was unreachable. It wasn’t long before the full explanation came out—the popular microblogging site was the victim of a DoS attack.