CISPA is dead, again
Controversial internet security bill CISPA will most likely be scrapped, a U.S. committee representative has stated. Whilst it may be dead for now, will a new compromised version see the light of day? More...
Controversial internet security bill CISPA will most likely be scrapped, a U.S. committee representative has stated. Whilst it may be dead for now, will a new compromised version see the light of day? More...
Despite Yahoo's efforts to fix 'vulnerabilities', mail users have continued to see their accounts hacked. The company says two isolated security holes have been rectified, but the problems persist. More...
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. More...
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. More...
It seems that Syba, a fairly well-known PC components manufacturer, has been compromised by a bit of JavaScript based trickery capable of rerouting data and generally messing up your time online. More...
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. More...
Hackers identifying themselves as part of the Anonymous collective have admitted their guilt in an attack against PayPal, which the company alleges lost them £3.5 million during 2010. More...
A Dutch national who demanded rewards for ceasing attacks on an MMO's servers could be "levelled up" to five years in the slammer after being found guilty of conspiracy to commit computer intrusion. More...
Neuron, a member of Lulzsec, faces up to five years in prison after pleading guilty to hacking into Sony Pictures' website and making off with private information on thousands of people. More...
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. More...
An attack on Sony Pictures' website, more than a year ago, has not gone unpunished. A second suspect in the attack has been arrested over his crimes, and could face 15 years imprisonment for them. More...
A hacker claiming to be working for Anonymous and AntiSec has attacked GlobalCerts.com, dumping information on employees onto the internet. The hacker also provides their 'justification'. More...
Notorious hacker 'AnonymouSabu' has gained an additional six months of freedom before his sentencing trial begins, due to his willingness to cooperate with the government he previously fought against. More...
It's been revealed that a vulnerability in Windows 7 and 8, makes it easier for remote hackers to guess the targetted computer's password by decrypting the user password hint. More...
Just last week Mat Honan, a journalist for Wired, had his digital life destroyed by hackers taking control of his Amazon and Apple accounts. Now Amazon has closed the hole that led to the attack. More...
After the Republican party managed to reject the Cybersecurity Bill in Congress, indications have suggested Obama could issue an executive order for the bill, completely cutting Congress out. More...
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. More...
Microsoft says that one in five Microsoft Accounts is now controlled by hackers, but it's not for lack of security on their end: it's people who reuse the same username and password on different sites More...
NVIDIA has announced it has suspended its forums following a hacking incident in which usernames, e-mail addresses, hashed passwords and public user information was compromised. More...
Another day, another password breach. This time Yahoo! Voice was attacked and over 450,000 passwords have been stolen via an apparent SQL injection attack. More...
TechRadar accounts have been compromised, according to an email sent directly from TechRadar's publisher, Nick Merritt. This is one of several sites to have been compromised recently. More...
Ryan Cleary and Jake Davis, two teenage members of Lulzsec, have plead guilty to hacking charges before a UK court, while two other accused members, including a minor, are denying any involvement. More...
In a bold move, a Dutch opposition party wants to turn DDoS attacks into a legitmate form of online protest by legalizing one of Anonymous' favorite tactics, calling it a 'fundamental right.' More...
After Twitter suffered a 'cascaded bug' yesterday the site was down for a considerable period of time. Hacking group UGNazi have stepped up and taken credit for the actions leading to the outage. More...
Megaupload founder Kim Dotcom recently got a very special visitor at his New Zealand home: everyone's favorite hacker, Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak. They even took an Instagram snapshot. More...
An Illinois woman has filed a lawsuit against LinkedIn after its password breach, citing the company's incorrect claims about its level of protection for users. More...
A hacker going by the name of Reckz0r or "Jeremy", claims to have gained over 50GB of data from Visa and Mastercard customers, it would be wise to watch your credit info closely. More...
According to Lulzsec, 'all your base are belong to us.' Or at least, according to someone claiming to be Lulzsec - a new video on YouTube claims the group is planning a big come back data dump. More...
A Windows hack allows a user with access to a computer to configure it to run applications on top of the login screen with administrator rights and is virtually undetectable. More...
Want to emulate NES games on your Vita? Well now you can! Well, almost. An emulator has been built with the PlayStation Suite Development Kit and we at NeoGamr will show you how to run it. More...
The methodology used to come up with cybercrime statistics could be fundamentally flawed, taking out of context incidents and applying (and multiplying) them over the entire population. More...
In an attempt to promote security online, Mozilla have added "click-to-play" functionality to Mozilla Firefox which will require user interaction to activate Flash or Java content. More...
A website has posted up word on a Skype exploit that if used can let any Skype user find out the remote and local IP addresses of any other Skype user if that person happens to be online. More...
A new piece of legislation is causing an uproar among privacy advocates regarding the bill, which encourages ISPs to share information regarding cybersecurity threats and piracy with the government. More...
The US Navy and DHS have tapped a computer forensics company to develop new methods of hacking gaming consoles and establishing a collection of data from second hand devices to use as a base. More...
Credit card companies Visa and MasterCard have reported that a data breach at a US-based processor has recently occurred and may have exposed up to 10 million credit card numbers. More...
Richard Clarke, a former US cybersecurity advisor, says that China has hacked into most major American and British companies and stolen their R&D, and that's not even the really bad part. More...
Anonymous is threatening to blackout the web on March 31st, in protest of SOPA and Wall Street. The plan is to DDoS the entire DNS system, making it impossible to access a website by any normal means. More...
An operating system allegedly created by members of the faceless hacktivist group Anonymous has prompted security warnings and concerns, with main group members distancing themselves from it. More...
George Hotz is facing a problem with the cops, but this time it's not for hacking gadgets or any other technology for that matter - the hacker was in fact caught with marijuana in his possession. More...
Anonymous announces on Twitter that it has released the Norton AntiVirus 2006 source code with the world via The Pirate Bay, months after first claiming to have got their hands on it. More...
Sabu, the leader of LulzSec, has officially joined forces with his archenemy, the FBI, leading them to arrest other key members of the infamous antisec organization on Tuesday morning. More...
Just an hour ago, news broke of Megaupload being taken offline by the US government, and Anonymous has responded by undertaking a denial of service attack on the DOJ website. More...
Microsoft has responded to a report earlier this week that claimed Xbox Live account passwords can be found via a scripted brute force method on the Xbox.com web site. More...
As its national dependence upon digital technology develops, India has outlined plans to establish a high-security domestic voice and data network, exclusively for Government communications. More...
Microsoft is still denying that its Xbox Live online service has been the victim of cyber attacks, despite a growing number of Xbox Live users discovering their accounts have been hacked. More...
Lady Gaga's Twitter account today repeatedly promised free iPad 2s for all of her followers, as part of what seems to be a targeted hack of her account, and that of singer Nelly Furtado. More...
If you're afraid of hackers cleaning out your bank account, what about burning down your house? According to Columbia researchers, a critical vulnerability in HP printers let's them do just that. More...
Christopher Chaney, accused of hacking into a number of celebrities' PCs and accounts, admitted to reporters that he had become addicted to such activities and that he was sorry for what he did. More...
A Turkish hacking group has claimed responsibility for hacking over a half dozen sites and has dubbed today, "World Hackers Day." More...