Yahoo! has posted an apology for hiring lap dancers for its Hack Day Taiwan event. The best part of the story? This is the second time that Yahoo! has done this. Maybe they deserve another exclamation mark. Aside from annoyance at not getting an invite, I daresay that this is...
Hacker Adam Laurie has hacked the new UK national ID Card in 12 minutes, cloning its stored data for use on a forged card. 51,000 of these cards are in the hands of foreign nationals who are living and working in Britain, and the UK government keeps saying that the cards are...
created by jordan | 13 wks ago 347 views | 13 recommendations | 1 comment
THE bank details of 40 million people have been reportedly recorded by a former British cop who plans to charge victims to see whether their details are available.Colin Holder, a retired detective, has spent more...
opinion by kvn-nass | 15 wks ago 42 views | 0 recommendations | 0 comments
Cyber Attacks against the US Stock Exchange, the US Treasury, the State Department, and the White House took place earlier today, though no damage was done. The Russian MyDoom virus is apparently the culprit, though North Korea too k the heat at first. These denial-of-service...
created by jordan | 17 wks ago | updated 17 wks ago 830 views | 18 recommendations | 3 comments
" US: Have you been hit like millions of Facebook users by a new phishing scam that can result in crashing your computers or mobile phones and steal your passwords? If not, beware, do not open the...
The FBI is currently investigating a $10 million ransom demand from a hacker, or a group of hackers, who, on April 30, appear to have broken in to the Virginia government site and stolen patient records that also records that track prescription drug abuse. About 8.3 million...
created by amyjudd | 26 wks ago | updated 26 wks ago 120 views | 10 recommendations | 1 comment
Time Magazine's Most Influential People poll got hacked. I suppose it was only a matter of time. The hask involved inserting spam URLs to trick voters into promoting someone other than whom they were intending to...
created by jordan | 29 wks ago | updated 28 wks ago 2841 views | 24 recommendations | 3 comments
Sen. Jay Rockefeller introduced Senate bills 773 and 778 to give President Obama unlimited power of control over the Internet, including the power to shut it down. According to Infowars, Sen....
A suspected cyber spy network that has stolen confidential information from the private office of the Dalai Lama and over 100 countries has been uncovered by researchers in Toronto. They include high-value...
Using a $100 digital point-and-shoot camera and an $80 balloon, four Spanish students (aka "my new heroes") were able to send a DIY weather ballon 20 miles above the earth, taking atmospheric readings and...
created by jordan | 33 wks ago | updated 33 wks ago 412 views | 10 recommendations | 0 comments
The official iPod Touch 2G jailbreak has been released by the iPhone Dev-Team. These guys don't actually work for Apple... some would say that they work for you... Anyway, the previous version required the hack...
created by jordan | 34 wks ago | updated 34 wks ago 298 views | 10 recommendations | 1 comment
PORNOGRAPHY and PHARMACUETICAL SPAM EPIDEMIC HITTING THE INTERNET. USERS ARE BEING LURED WITH PORNO AND ADVERTISEMENT FOR PHARMACUETICALS, THEN IF THEY HIT THE USER PROFILE ON THE FORUMS, AN EXE PROGRAM IS...
created by Art_By_Alida | 35 wks ago | updated 32 wks ago 1208 views | 71 recommendations | 22 comments
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COLLINSVILLE, Ill. – Hackers are messing with electronic road signs in some states, warning of zombies and raptors down the road. Traffic safety officials aren't amused. The latest breach came during Tuesday...
created by Subculture Arts | 39 wks ago | updated 39 wks ago 598 views | 3 recommendations | 1 comment
In the following article by Yigal Schleifer at the Christian Science Monitor, summits his perspective on the use of web 2.0 to analyse the recent Israeli attack on Gaza. According to...
Vnunet.com has reported that hackers took over about 33 Twitter accounts owned by celebrities. Including Barrack Obama, Britney Spears and some TV celebs in the USA. The hackers used the accounts to send messages to fans including some that were rude and others that made fans...
opinion by desiblitz | 43 wks ago | updated 43 wks ago 46 views | 0 recommendations | 0 comments