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Phone hacking incidents are on the rise and users need to take measures to prevent their phone conversations from being breached, warn industry watchers who say hackers today deploy various tactics to intercept conversations on landline as well as mobile phones.
No one is claiming immediate responsibility for Wednesday
Imperva's hacker intelligence initiative yesterday revealed that hackers are now using search engines to facilitate thousands of risk-free attacks.
After outer space was proclaimed as hackers' newest target, thunderous applause followed at the opening of Chaos Communication Camp 2011 in Finowfurt, Germany. In the next ten years, hackers want to have their own communication satellites in orbit, reported Heise Online. Nick Farr (@hackersonaplane) of Hackers on a Plane said, "We can conquer the entire galaxy, if we stop for five minutes, to behave like idiots."
At the Defcon hacker conference, which ended on Sunday, New Zealand security specialist Paul Craig released version 5 of iKAT (Interactive Kiosk Attack Tool). iKAT is a free web service that tries to bypass the protective mechanisms of internet kiosk PCs and gain control of the systems.
Apparently, "Anonymous" won't be accepting your friend request. Members of the shadowy collective known for its politically motivated Web hacks and attacks are targeting Facebook for what they claim to be the social-networking giant's misuse of personal information.
A division of CitiGroup in Japan announced hackers had stolen personal information on more than 92,000 customers, according to a story in Japan Times.
The security expert who made waves last week when he announced that he had hacked into a Macintosh laptop battery explained on Saturday how an oversight by Apple played a key role in his achievement.
The group known as Anonymous said Saturday it has hacked into some 70 mostly rural law enforcement websites in the United States, a breach that one local police chief said had leaked information about an ongoing investigation.
Forget computer viruses and worms. What's maybe the worst thing a hacker could do to your laptop? Access it remotely and shut it down -- or maybe even blow it up.
Nicholas Allegra lives with his parents in Chappaqua, New York. The tall, shaggy-haired and bespectacled 19-year old has been on leave from Brown University since last winter, looking for an internship. And in the meantime, he
The average large business's website sees 27 attacks per minute, though attackers--thanks to automation--can create spikes of up to seven attacks per second, or about 25,000 attacks per hour.
In a defiant statement addressed largely at FBI director Steve Chabinsky, members of the Anonymous and LulzSec hacktivist groups vowed to continue with their hacking campaigns and dared law enforcement to try and stop them.
Infamous pranktivist hackers LulzSec exploited basic security mistakes on a News International website to redirect users towards a fake story on the supposed death of media mogul Rupert Murdoch, it has emerged.
News yesterday that the Sun was hacked by LulzSec is just the latest in a long line of impressive hacks, but it again shows how hard it is to protect sites from such sustained, sophisticated attack.
After having stated at the end of June its intention to disband, the hacker group LulzSec has claimed responsibility for hacking the web site of The Sun newspaper, owned by News International. Visitors to the site late on 18 July were redirected to a fake page carrying a news story stating that Rupert Murdoch's body had been discovered after he had apparently committed suicide.
A new and improved botnet that has infected 4.5 million Windows PCs is "practically indestructible," security researchers say.
Phone hacking can happen to anyone. Here's how to secure your phone. As you've no doubt heard by now, phone hacking is the new
The Pentagon has admitted that a foreign intelligence service stole 24,000 files from a US defence contractor earlier this year.
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