Tag: hacking

Credit Card Data Not Safe on Used Xbox Hard Drives [UPDATE]
[UPDATE]: Jim Alkove, a General Manager for Security in the Interactive Entertainment Business division at Microsoft has sent us a statement: “We are conduct...
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MasterCard and VISA Warning Banks of Massive Processor Breach
Krebs on Security, a security news and investigation site, is reporting that both VISA an...
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Infographic: 2011’s Worst Hacking Scandals
I recently reported on Verizon's 2012 Data Breach Investigation Report, and ho...
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Interview: More Than 50% of Site Traffic May Be Hackers or Spammers
How secure is your website? It's a scary thought when you think about it, especially given all the attacks that have risen up in recent years. Last year, well-known websites such a...
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Digital Playground Hack Found Government and Military Email Addresses
In the ongoing war over digital privacy, copyrights, and internet freedom, hypocrisy just keeps rearing its ugly head. This isn't surprising, given that there are millions of peopl...
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Anonymous Attacks Vatican For Third Time in One Week
It's been a hard past week for the Vatican's online presence. Since members of Anonymous declared...
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LinkedIn to Host DevelopHer, a Hackday Competition for Females in Engineering Fields
LinkedIn announced their first Women's Hackday-- DevelopHer, and it will be hosted from June 30 – July 1, 2012...
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Cyber Attack on Sony May have Resulted in Loss Of Michael Jackson Music Catalog Worth $250 Million
Sony Entertainment's online businesses were shutdown by hackers in April of last year and may have lost their entire catalog of Michael Jackson's unreleased tracks including a duet...
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FBI Director Talks Cyber Attacks
Terrorism is obviously still the most dangerous threat facing the United States. Cyber attacks and cyber terrorism may one day become the most dangerous threat, however, according...
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Anonymous Continues Anti-ACTA Attack On U.S. Government
At some point, there's going to be a massive, mainstream media-friendly bust where a bunch of 20-somethings are led away for the world to see, with FBI officials holding press conf...
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Anonymous’ Celebration Over pcAnywhere Shortlived?
Last week, Symantec Corp. issued an announcement that all users of their pcAnywhere software should disable i...
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Cyber Criminals Are Selling Web Traffic
Have you ever wanted to buy traffic to your Web site? Well, now you can through the help of Russian cyber criminals....
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Security Software Aims To Trick Hackers
Hacker attacks are increasing and Web sites need new defenses to protect their data. That’s where Mykonos comes in, a security company that protects Web sites from attacks by w...
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Anonymous Leaks Romania’s Nuclear Department Database
As Romania is engulfed in massive protests over their government’s perceived incompetence, a branch of Anonymous has leaked the nation’s National Ins...
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Facebook Publicly Unmasks Koobface Hackers
The New York Times reported yesterday on a powerful "web gang" t...
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