Neowin News Feed for: Hijacked

Hey, HP laptop owners: click here to get hijacked

Daniel Fleshbourne — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 11:23:50 +0000

If you use a Hewlett-Packard laptop, chances are a hacker can hijack your machine simply by luring you to a malicious website. The pwnage comes courtesy of "HP Info Center", which comes installed on most... Read more...

'Surge' in hijacked PC networks

Mon, 19 Mar 2007 15:32:19 +0000

The number of computers hijacked by malicious hackers to send out spam and viruses has grown almost 30% in the last year, according to a survey. More than six million computers world wide are now... Read more...

Google's Blog Software Hijacked by Scammers

Sat, 17 Mar 2007 01:17:41 +0000

According to Fortinet, hundreds of genuine-looking blogs on Google's blogger.com are actually fake blogs set up to fool visitors and spread script-initiated malware. The security vendor gives examples of the blogs: a supposed fan of... Read more...

Flaw allows Xbox 360 to be hijacked

Fri, 02 Mar 2007 01:04:06 +0000

A "critical" vulnerability in Microsoft's Xbox 360 video game console could let an attacker run unauthorized software on machines that haven't been fixed, assuming the individual has physical access to the machine. A Wednesday report... Read more...

Microsoft: UAC Can Be Hijacked by Social Engineering

Daniel Fleshbourne — Tue, 27 Feb 2007 13:45:06 +0000

Microsoft's UAC in its Vista operating system release was meant to signify that finally, the company has gotten serious about securing Windows by limiting a user's rights during day-to-day computer usage. It's come to signify... Read more...