Gmail Flaw Makes Phishing Easy

A proof-of-concept hacking demonstration shows, once again, that there's no such thing as a "small" security flaw. In this case, Gmail contains a crack in its wall which allows phishers to squeeze in and spoof...

Maserati Web site hacked during 'Omaha Steak' promotion

A 60-year old hacker obtained a customer database used for Maserati's Free Omaha Steak promotion and tried to blackmail the automaker into sending him money in exchange for the information. Check out the...

Bill O'Reilly site Hacked

Conservative commentator Bill O'Reilly's website hacked " Two days after someone broke into the email account of vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin, unknown intruders have hacked the website of conservative...

Man who beheaded bus seat mate defiled body, police tape says

"TORONTO, Ontario (AP) -- A police officer at the scene of a grisly beheading on a Canadian bus reported seeing the attacker hacking off pieces of the victim's body and eating them, according to a police tape leaked on the Internet Saturday. ...

Hack the Planet: Biggest Internet Security Hole in a Decade

Six months ago, security researcher Dan Kaminsky was looking for a faster way to host data on the internet. What he found was the biggest internet security hole in a decade... and today the exploit code has been...

Researcher Easily Steals Thousands of Identities

Sometimes security begins at the most simple level."A researcher performing social engineering exploits on behalf of several U.S. banks and other firms in the past year has “stolen” thousands of identities with a 100 percent success rate. Joshua Perrymon, hacking...

China mounts cyber attacks on Indian sites

In perhaps what could be detrimental to Indo-China Peace talks, the growing number of Internet related threats through the forms of BOT attacks, key logging software and Mapping networks.Although there seems to be...

Chinese Hackers Hailed as National Heroes

" Sreeram Chaulia    02 May 2008 Beijing’s intrusions into government computers across the planet — most recently in India — are illegal and outrageous   While world publicity has mainly focused on the intrusion of the Chinese into the email...

18-year-old hacker convicted in New Zealand

Amazing that someone so young could commit such an enormously complex crime."A New Zealand teenager accused of involvement in an international cyber-crimering which skimmed millions of dollars from bank accounts has been convictedof illegal computer hacking.Owen Thor Walker,...

Software "DoubleTwist" hacks iTunes

iTunes, hacked?  Say it ain't so."Jon Lech Johansen became the "enfant terrible" of the DRM industry when he released software which cracked the encryption codes on DVDs, aged just 15. His firm,...

Boy Wonder: Youngest Certified Ethical Hacker

A UK teen named Shane Kelly has found that his penchant for taking things apart will lead to permanent job security: as long as business is conducted online, companies are going to need real security experts:...

Polish Teen Derails Tram After Hacking Train Network

I'm sure it seemed like a good idea at the time, but hacking into the tram system and derailing the trains is probably not the smartest move."A Polish teenager allegedly turned the tram system in the city of Lodz...

A Turkish nationalist group hacking a security company

A finnish security firm called F-Secure was recently a victim of a hack  on their webserver. It affected a customer forum F-Secure was hosting. The front page was replaced with a logo and some text...

Backdoor in Underground CMS

MadMax the coder of UndergroundCMS had inscribed a Backdoor in his script.read more at fasthack.blogspot.com 

NZ teen questioned over hacking

"A teenager in New Zealand has been questiond by police in connection with an international network of computer hackers who have allegedly stolen millions of euro from bank accounts. The 18-year-old was detected after an investigation involving police from the US and the...

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