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Arrest

Cyber crime teens jailed in GhostMarket bust

Two teenagers and two young adults have been given prison sentences for their involvement in the GhostMarket cyber crime forum.

By Tom Brewster, 3 Mar 2011 at 11:42

Public Sector/News

Data theft

HBGary CEO steps down after Anonymous breach

HBGary's CEO resigns after Anonymous leaks emails stolen from the security firm.

By Tom Brewster, 1 Mar 2011 at 15:05

Public Sector/News

Hacker

Government website logins for sale?

A hacker claims to have Western government website logins for sale.

By Tom Brewster, 24 Jan 2011 at 14:55

Public Sector/News

Security

Cyber Security Challenge finalists unveiled

Team PEBKAC and Team Glitch have been announced as the winners of this weekend's face-to-face challenge.

By Tom Brewster, 17 Jan 2011 at 10:23

Public Sector/News

Tunisia

Anonymous takes on Tunisian Government

Tunisian Government websites are targeted by the hacktivist group Anonymous.

By Tom Brewster, 4 Jan 2011 at 13:53

Security/News

Hacker

Human rights bodies under seige from DDoS strikes

Human rights organisations have had to deal with increasing numbers of attacks in the past year, research suggests.

By Tom Brewster, 22 Dec 2010 at 11:21

Security/News

Cyber crime

DDoS attack turns servers into bots

A new distributed denial of service attack has been discovered that uses servers to distribute rather than PCs.

By Jennifer Scott, 14 May 2010 at 11:58

Web Servers/News

Security key on keyboard

Gizmodo hit by malware

Popular gadget site Gizmodo has confirmed its ads have been infected with viruses.

By Maggie Holland, 28 Oct 2009 at 08:49

Security/News

Report: US guilty of harbouring most malware

US overtakes China as the source of the vast majority of malware, according to new report from Sophos.

By Benny Har-Even, 9 Dec 2008 at 12:23

Security/News

Insiders the biggest data security threat

Organisations are ignoring the fact that their biggest threat to data security is from within - and around the mainframe.

By Miya Knights, 10 Oct 2008 at 13:53

Security/News

Spotify

Spotify targeted by malicious ads

The free version of Spotify is targeted by malicious ads, as hackers look to place malware on users' systems.

By Tom Brewster, 28 Mar 2011 at 17:29

Unified Threat Management/News

Fibre-optic networks vulnerable to hacking

Hackers can access data by tapping the fibre-optic networks used by businesses around the world, according to an IDC report.

By Asavin Wattanajantra, 3 Aug 2009 at 15:33

Hacking/News

Cogs inside head

Q&A: Understanding the hacker psyche

Understanding hackers is important for defending against the malicious ones. We talk to an ethical hacker about what inspires him and what he...

By Tom Brewster, 3 Nov 2010 at 10:43

Security/Analysis & Insight

MySQL

MySQL hit by irony attack

MySQL.com gets hit by an SQL injection attack, and hackers leak some disconcertingly weak passwords onto the net.

By Tom Brewster, 28 Mar 2011 at 15:35

Security/News

UPDATED: Hackers could take control of Microsoft's IIS server

A flaw in IIS could allow the bad guys to come in and take control.

By Asavin Wattanajantra, 1 Sep 2009 at 15:59

Web Servers/News

Oil

Night Dragon hackers smash energy multinationals

Hackers target global energy firms as they seek to gain insider information, McAfee reveals.

By Tom Brewster, 10 Feb 2011 at 15:36

Public Sector/News

Third security vendor in F-Secure hit by hackers

Hackers using SQL injection and cross-site scripting have taken another scalp, after successfully breaking into Kaspersky and BitDefender websites.

By Asavin Wattanajantra, 13 Feb 2009 at 11:02

Security/News

Internet browser

Websense warns of Amnesty International website hack

Security vendor claims campaign group's website was compromised earlier this week.

By Caroline Donnelly, 11 May 2012 at 15:17

Security/News

Arrest

Suspected LulzSec hacktivist arrested in Sony investigation

Another LulzSec suspect is arrested as the FBI continues to crack down on hacktivism.

By Tom Brewster, 23 Sep 2011 at 11:34

Security/News

Iran

Iranians the target of DigiNotar hack?

A growing pile of evidence suggests Iranian web users were being spied on as a result of the DigiNotar attack.

By Tom Brewster, 6 Sep 2011 at 11:38

Security/News

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