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Cheryl Cole Named As “Most Dangerous UK Celebrity On The Internet”

McAfee survey finds X Factor judge attracts the most malicious online content online

10 years ago

Attackers Rush To Exploit Bash Flaw Before Systems Are Patched

Attackers use the bug in Bash to scan for vulnerable servers, augment backdoor Trojans and create botnets, aiming to strike…

10 years ago

Hacking Gang Charged With £62m Cyber Theft

Crime doesn't pay? Four hackers charged with stealing more than $100m of US army and Xbox technology

10 years ago

Michelle Keegan And Jennifer Lawrence Nude Pics Leaked By Hacker

Hundreds of stolen images appear online, the parties responsible promise there's more to come

10 years ago

Chinese Hackers Hit US Government Dept – Report

All US government personnel records may have been compromised by Chinese hackers

10 years ago

US China Cyber Initiative Withers After Hacking Charges

Joint cyber crime initiative stalls after the US levels hacking charges at Chinese army personnel

11 years ago

LulzSec’s Sabu Avoids Prison Following FBI Cooperation

Hector Monsegur given a year's supervision, avoiding a lengthy jail term

11 years ago

US Considers Blocking Chinese From Major Security Conferences

Chinese might not be allowed at Def Con or BlackHat, following US charges against PLA members

11 years ago

China Urges US To Drop Cyber Espionage Charges

Five charged for cyber espionage in China, leading to outrage and claims the US is the one doing the hacking

11 years ago

NSA Hits Out At ‘False’ Mass Hacking Allegations

The NSA vehemently denies mass hacking reports, as an exasperated Mark Zuckerberg contacts President Obama

11 years ago

HP To Battle Google Staff In Hacking Contest

Security staff from Hewlett-Packard and Google are to compete in a web browser hacking contest

11 years ago

Forbes Users Hit By Syrian Electronic Army Attack

Details of over one million users stolen in latest anti-US hack

11 years ago

Tesco Customers’ Passwords Stolen And Posted Online

Thousands of online customers have their accounts deactivated after user details were leaked and posted

11 years ago

PayPal President Has Credit Card Hacked

Online payments chief had card ‘skimmed’ whilst in the UK - and says it wouldn't have happened if we all…

11 years ago

Huawei Investigated Over Indian Hacking Allegation

Investigation relates to shady happenings around Indian state telecoms company

11 years ago

Adobe Releases Urgent Update For Flash Player

Upgrade patch looks to counter “critical vulnerability” in older versions of Flash Player

11 years ago

800,000 Orange France Customers Face Cyberattack

Details of 800,000 Orange France users hacked, leaving customers at risk of phishing attacks

11 years ago

Syrian Electronic Army Attacks CNN

The news network’s blogs, Twitter and Facebook accounts were all hacked by the SEA

11 years ago

Microsoft Hacked By Syrian Electronic Army Yet Again

Profilic Syrian hacksters strike again in attack on the Microsoft Office blog

11 years ago

Football Referee Charged With Hacking Former Colleague’s Email

FA-registered referee and two others are charged in hacking investigation

11 years ago

Chinese Hackers Suspected In Fresh IE Exploit

New Internet Explorer attack has links to hits on Google and Bit9

11 years ago

Washington Post, CNN And Others Hit By Syrian Electronic Army

Hackers breach Outbrain feeds to spread their message across major media websites

11 years ago

Five Charged For Hacks On Nasdaq, JCPenney And Others

7-Eleven and Heartland Payment Systems also hit by credit card data thieves

11 years ago

CrowdStrike Falcon Service Tracks Attacks Back To Source

CrowdStrike has launched a managed security service allowing companies to gather intelligence on the hackers attacking them

12 years ago

LulzSec Hacker Cleary To Be Released Soon Despite Convictions

Cleary unlikely to serve full 32 months, despite convictions on hack attacks and indecent images of children

12 years ago

Pirate Bay Co-Founder ‘Anakata’ Wanted By Danish Police

Gottfrid Svartholm Warg is accused of yet another cybercrime, this time in Denmark

12 years ago

Chinese Internet Chief Hits Back At US Hacking Accusations

A top Chinese official says it is the US that is doing the hacking, and claims to have “mountains of…

12 years ago

Anonymous Targets EDL After Woolwich Unrest

The EDL is targeted by hackers again over its reaction to the murder of soldier Lee Rigby

12 years ago

US Department of Labor Site ‘Hacked By Chinese Sources’

Watering hole attack likely to be state-sponsored, say security researchers

12 years ago

Syrian Electronic Army Hijacks Guardian Twitter Accounts

Hacking crew makes a mockery of Twitter account security again

12 years ago