Keep an Eye on Your Router: It May Lead You On a Wrong Way!

"If you thought that malware has made an obsession out of Windows-based operating systems only, you're wrong. A new type of criminal attack is committed to take over one of the most common hardwarein a computer network: the router. According to the latest security reports, a...

Flirtbot: I Am Trying to Break Your Heart

Russian chatroom denizens are falling afoul of a social-engineering chatbot that, rather than injecting malware into a target system, gets those flawed, flawed humans to divulge their personal info. "A program...

Hackers will target Facebook and MySpace, experts say

Should we be flattered that hackers want our status updates and newsfeeds?  Who knows what can happen once they figure out that "Rob is...feeling a little blue today."  Ahh!"Social networking sites like...

Ron Paul Spammers and Hackers Exposed

Many suspected it some knew it and ALL the Ron Paul poll spammers and truthers denied it, "how could somebody possibly spam a text or online poll" would scream a Ron Paul supporter every time their shenanigans were talked about.""Some participants in the online political...

End-User Abuse Of IT Systems Worse Than Attacks From Hackers

"IT managers are more concerned about end-user abuse of IT systems than attacks from hackers and other threats, according to new research. The 2007 State of "

US websites 'hijacked' by Chinese hackers

American websites have come under attack in China since President George W. Bush met the Dalai Lama in Washington this week.   Popular search engines are said to have been "hijacked" by computer hackers who...

Eircom criticised over web security flaw

"Eircom has come in for criticism today following the discovery of a security flaw in its products which could allow strangers to use customers' internet connections without their knowledge. The security flaw, which was revealed at the weekend on a website and in this...

Robot Love & a Guck Named Hal: Roomba Owners Bond

I wonder how many Roomba owners name their robot cleaners "Robbie"? Isaac Asimov foresaw the potential bond between robots and humans in his series of stories "I, Robot," but somehow, attachment to a round little...

Novice computer hacking kits found for sale on eBay

I have included current adverts for hacking tools for sale on Ebay as of today's date 21 September 2007. The Metropolitan Police's Fraud Alert page (met.police.uk/fraudalert) has a reporting form for online fraud...

Software Hacks iPhone Without Saw

"While hackers have cracked the iPhone in the past and managed to unlock it, their methods involved breaking open the device and were far beyond the capabilities of all but the most tech-savvy iPhone customers....

America's Hackable Backbone

Scott Lunsford, a researcher for IBM's Internet Security Systems offered to test the vulnerabilities for potential access of a nuclear power plant's network via the internet. The plants owner told Lunsford that...

Why Apple Can't Stop iPhone Hackers

" Apple (AAPL) and AT&T (T), the sole authorized supplier of the iPhone in the U.S., are doing what they can to make sure that legal clearance never comes. The two companies have put their lawyers on the...

Deja Vu: Sony Using Rootkits Again, F-Secure Charges

"A line of USB drives sold by Sony Electronics installs files in a hidden folder that can be accessed and used by hackers, a Finnish security company charged Monday, raising the specter of a replay of the fiasco that hit Sony's music arm two years ago when researchers...

Chinese Hackers Target German Gov. Computers

 "Again the Chinese playing games. Berlin - Chinese hackers have infiltrated German government computers with spy programmes, the news magazine Der Spiegel reported Saturday. The report said the malicious...

Monster.com hacked; users exposed to risk of 'file ransom'

Internet hacking on a grand scale. Seems like it was only a matter of time before a personal info giant like Monster.com was raided by computer hackers. Couldn't those guys just get a a job and a honest days'...

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