Neowin News Feed for: Hacks

Twitter to Media companies: Brace yourselves, more hacks are coming!

Vlad Dudau — Wed, 01 May 2013 11:39:14 +0100

Twitter has sent out a memo to media outlets warning them that more hacks may be coming following the high-profile attack on the Associated Press Twitter account which produced loses of $136 billion. Read more...

Two more zero-day vulnerabilities in Java, seemingly

Paul Ferson — Thu, 28 Feb 2013 10:02:49 +0000

Oracle's most famous product, Java, has a few more woes to add to its past week after a Polish security firm discovered two more potential weaknesses hackers could use in future attacks. Read more...

Microsoft also falls to malware, small number of PCs affected

Tim Schiesser — Fri, 22 Feb 2013 23:55:00 +0000

Microsoft's Security Response Center is reporting that they have succumbed to a recent cybersecurity attack, similar to those experienced by Facebook and Apple, and it's affected a small number of PCs Read more...

Shanghai could be home to secretive Chinese hackers

Paul Ferson — Tue, 19 Feb 2013 20:35:28 +0000

Unit 61938, a group of Chinese governmental hackers responsible for more than 100 documented attacks since 2006, might have been nailed on the outskirts of the world's biggest city - Shanghai. Read more...

FBI announces arrest of 10 people over Butterfly Botnet

Paul Ferson — Thu, 13 Dec 2012 09:13:10 +0000

The FBI has confirmed the arrest of 10 people over the Butterfly Botnet; a botnet that, peaking at more than 11 million machines infected, harvesting details on bank accounts and passwords. Read more...

RSA unveils product to divide passwords across two servers

Paul Ferson — Wed, 10 Oct 2012 23:46:03 +0100

The RSA has unveiled a product allowing users to split their passwords across two different computer servers for additional security; hackers will need access to two different servers to attack. Read more...

Reuters website hacked, spreading lies about Syrian situation

Paul Ferson — Sun, 05 Aug 2012 20:42:32 +0100

Reuters was hacked on Friday, with an account being hacked and used to spread misinformation about the situation in Syria, and specifically about the Free Syrian Army's movements. Read more...

Department of Defense could be vulnerable to hackers

Paul Ferson — Thu, 22 Mar 2012 22:35:38 +0000

According to several leading lights in cyber security, the United States Department of Defense could be quite poorly prepared for hacks and attacks from different parties. Read more...

Vita Half-byte Loader: The first homebrew application loader for the PSVita

Jake Durasamy — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 20:10:13 +0000

The PlayStation Vita is scheduled for release in the United States and Europe in just over a week, but that does't mean that the console hasn't already been exploited. However, piracy isn't an option. Read more...

Anonymous hacks Syrian government web site

John Callaham — Tue, 09 Aug 2011 01:03:02 +0100

The well known hacker group Anonymous has hacked and defaced the Ministry of Defense site for the country of Syria with a message calling for its president to leave. Read more...

League of Legends attacked again

Paul Ferson — Tue, 05 Jul 2011 06:37:01 +0100

It would appear that League of Legends, the popular MMO title from Riot Games, has been attacked again. While little information is currently available, it appears that the game has been hacked to offer 'free'... Read more...

Playstation 3 hacker "GeoHot" now working at Facebook

John Callaham — Mon, 27 Jun 2011 08:36:29 +0100

George Hotz, the software hacker who created jailbreak hacks for the iPhone and was later sued by Sony for hacking into its Playstation 3 console, has a new and legitimate job. According to the Techunwrapped.com... Read more...

Study finds 90% of business were hacked in the last year

Tim Schiesser — Sat, 25 Jun 2011 13:03:55 +0100

According to a recent study, 90 percent of United States businesses have fallen victim to some sort of cyber security breach in the last 12 months. The study, conducted by Ponemon Institute for Juniper Networks,... Read more...

Alleged teenage LulzSec leader arrested in Essex, UK [Update]

Tim Schiesser — Tue, 21 Jun 2011 12:51:13 +0100

News has just broken claiming that the leader and mastermind of infamous hacking group LulzSec has been arrested in Wickford, Essex. The suspect in question is a 19-year-old male who was caught as a result... Read more...

LulzSec accepting hack requests via phone

Tim Schiesser — Wed, 15 Jun 2011 13:35:46 +0100

Lulz Security has had an absolutely blazing day yesterday, hacking not only the United States Senate.gov address but also taking down the Escapist M agazine, Mine craft and EVE Online in a self-proclaimed “Titanic... Read more...

LulzSec hacks Escapist Magazine and EVE Online

Paul Ferson — Tue, 14 Jun 2011 18:49:17 +0100

The Escapist has become the next victim of attacks perpetrated by hacking group 'LulzSec', after they managed to bring the site down and apparently cause chaos for the system administrators. The group tweeted the following... Read more...

More Anonymous arrests made in Turkey

John Callaham — Mon, 13 Jun 2011 14:41:31 +0100

A few days after people who are allegedly part of the hacker group Anonymous were arrested in Spain, even more arrests were made in Turkey in relation to that same group. Security Week reports that... Read more...

Analysts: Sony attack shows lack of hardware innovation

Mike Brown — Fri, 03 Jun 2011 12:37:38 +0100

Sony's recent attacks from hacker groups, the most recent of which saw Sony BMG falling victim, have been estimated to cost the company within the region of $1 billion. But while users see the figure... Read more...

Sony Pictures and Sony BMG hacked, 1 million user's details stolen

Steve Donaghy — Thu, 02 Jun 2011 21:51:37 +0100

A few days ago, a hacker group known as "LulzSec" claimed that they would launch a huge attack against Sony. It appears this group was true to their word as they have just released a... Read more...

Hackers to force an internet ID? All signs point that way...

Tim Schiesser — Mon, 30 May 2011 13:46:29 +0100

Internet IDs are a scary thing to think about. It sounds a bit like a Big Brother scenario where someone is watching your every move online at any time. All your Google searches, Facebook status... Read more...