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China Bites Back And Links US to Cyber-Attacks
A Chinese report turns the tables and links US IP addresses to increased cyber-attacks on its websites
Black Hat Experts To Hack Chrome OS, Cars, Printers
At the Black Hat security conference this week researchers will look at a wide range of attacks
Korean Social Network Suffers Massive Breach
Three quarters of the South Korean population may have had their personal details hacked
Plenty Of Rare Bits Will Be Pulled Out Of The Black Hat Conference
This week, the Black Hat Conference in Las Vegas will show how we all gamble with our security right across the IT inventory, says Eric Doyle
Phone ‘Hacking’ Scandal Could Get Wrong Answers
Bad journalism is bad journalism, and voicemail access is not hacking. Watch out for the results of a moral panic, says Peter Judge
Data Breach At Washington Post Exposes Private Data
More than a million email addresses and user IDs were compromised, after a hack at the Washington Post
Malware Takes Aim At BitCoins
Attackers are creating the first rudimentary Trojans designed to steal the BitCoin virtual currency from users
Lulzsec Rejoins Anonymous
The members of Lulzsec say they are continuing their activities as part of the wider Anonymous hacking group
Lulzsec Leaks Classified Arizona Police Documents
Hacktivist group Lulzsec has infiltrated the Arizona Department of Public Safety and published peronal details
Alleged Hacker Remanded In Custody
Police continue to question alleged hacker, 19-year-old Ryan Cleary; Lulzsec says he is not one of them
Lulzsec Publishes 62,000 Passwords
The hacker group Lulzsec's latest strike has been aimed at individual users, resulting in consumer fraud
Security Summed Up: Gullible Users Need Protection
Hackers embarrass the companies they exploit but the victims who need better protection are their customers, says Eric Doyle
Spanish Police Website Hacked By ‘Anonymous’
The Anonymous group has carried out a DDoS attack in response to the arrest of three alleged hackers in Spain
Analysts: Free Zeus Kit Will Mean More Malware
The release of Zeus' source code means more cyber-criminals will soon be using the infamous banking Trojan
Security Depends On The Devious Human Touch
Hacking has become a dark, heavily financed force and digital defences alone are no longer enough to hold it at bay, says Eric Doyle
Report: Corporate Hacking More Lucrative Than Ever
A McAfee report has found that cyber-criminals are profiting more from IP theft, and stealing trade secrets
Who Is Carrying The Can For Cloud Data Security?
Information Risk Management is being passed around like a game of pass the parcel using a time bomb. Where does the buck stop, asks Eric Doyle
China Denies Gmail Interference Claim
The Chinese government has denied it is preventing Chinese users from accessing Gmail accounts
Earthquake News Attracts Search Engine Hackers
Criminals have moved quickly to profit from the Japan disaster using black-hat search-engine manipulation techniques
Encryption’s Weak Point Exploited By Data Scraping
Pervasive Data Scraping attacks encrypted data at its weak point and is increasingly being used by hackers
British Hacker Faces Jail After £7.5 Million Heist
A hacker has admitted to hacking into virtual gambling servers and making off with billions of gambling chips
Coordinated Cyber-Attack Could Create ‘Perfect Storm’
A war fought entirely in cyberspace is unlikely but governments must boost their defences, says the OECD
Hacktivist Group Attacks Nation States
The ongoing cyberwar over Wikileaks has taken a new turn with individual countries now being attacked
Husband Faces Jail For Stealing His Wife’s Emails
A man may spend five-years in prison under US anti-hacking laws for reading his wife's emails without permission
Half Of UK Wi-Fi Networks Vulnerable To Hacking
Nearly half of private Wi-Fi networks do not have sufficient security on them to prevent hackers from stealing data, a study has found
US Cable Hackers Sentenced To 18 Months In Prison
Three hackers have been jailed for redirecting traffic from the website of cable operator Comcast
VOIP Hacker Gets Ten Years In Jail
US authorities have for for the first time given a prison sentence to a man charged with hacking voice-over-IP