More Celebrity Pictures Spread by Mail
	Celebrities have always been some of the most popular subjects on the web and spammers know it. That's why an important percentage of their attacks actually rely on celebrities, lots of messages promising hot pictures with Paris Hilton, Angelina Jolie and many other stars. However, the purpose of these emails is actually to drop malware on readers' computers and steal sensitive data or infect their systems. A similar at ... [read more >>]
	26 May 2008, 06:48GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Hackers Infest Tourist Website with Adult Content
	Websites are hacked every once in a while, especially due to software vulnerabilities or weak security measures, so it shouldn't be too surprising to see such a compromised page over the web. However, a new website has just got infested with adult content as hackers managed to break into the servers and got access to the material appearing on the page. What they did looks similar to attempting to promote adult services, but ... [read more >>]
	21 May 2008, 05:36GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

D.O.M. Team Hackers Busted in Spain
	Five members reportedly from the D.O.M. Team hacking group got busted in Spain as part of an investigation of the local police, FOXNews.com informed today. According to the report, two of the suspects were minors, aged 16. "The others are 19 or 20," the same publication adds. It seems like the group of websites attacked no less than 21,000 websites, some of them belonging to the government. However, there's no word ... [read more >>]
	19 May 2008, 03:02GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

US Military: A Botnet Will Surely Help Us Protect Our Nation!
	Colonel Charles Williamson III wrote an interesting piece published in the Armed Forces Journal, admitting to the fact that a potential botnet designed especially to protect the United States of America computers would be extremely useful for the nation, because it would help reject attacks launched from any region of the world. As you know, botnets are usually used by spammers or hackers to infect or spread an infection over the ... [read more >>]
	13 May 2008, 03:58GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Hackers Attack Epilepsy Website, Cause Serious Seizures
	Hacking attacks usually cause technical damage, meaning that attackers manage to break into the systems and steal or access certain information. Unfortunately, there are cases when such hack attacks prove to be really harming and people suffer because of them. Such an attack occurred at the Easter weekend when hackers assaulted the forum of the Epilepsy Foundation and posted links to quickly flashing images. For those of you who ... [read more >>]
	08 May 2008, 05:30GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

ATI Driver Mistakenly Flagged as Hack Attack
	Last week, the University of Colorado at Boulder officials said that three of their computers were hacked and information of about 9,000 students and 500 employees was put in danger. According to various reports, the university administrators spotted the attack only when the computers restarted themselves without any reason. After further investigation, it has been discovered that the systems contained some sort of spyware which ... [read more >>]
	08 May 2008, 04:42GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Social Networks - Tomorrow's Hackers' Favorite Targets
	The social networks out there, no matter if we're talking about Facebook, Bebo, Orkut, MySpace or others, recorded hack/spyware/spam attacks every once in a while, especially due to their increasing popularity. And like this wouldn't be enough, Kaspersky Lab predicts a tough fight for these social networks because attackers may attempt to spread their infections using social networking websites and even user profiles cr ... [read more >>]
	07 May 2008, 06:44GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Nigerian Sent to Prison for Hacking NASA Computer
	Hacking computers has always been an illegal activity and, even if attackers risked harsh punishments, they continued to launch attacks on computers from all over the world. However, some of them get caught and once it happens, they probably regret all they did during their hacking "job". This is the case of a Nigerian hacker who was sentenced to 18 months in prison after he admitted having hacked a computer belonging t ... [read more >>]
	06 May 2008, 10:27GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Phone Phishing Scam Steals Money from Your Pocket
	We've seen a lot of phishing scams in the recent few weeks and it seems like this avalanche of attacks is not even close to its end. The NSW Fraud Squad officers today warned the Sydney residents that a phone phishing scam attempts to lure them into disclosing private information such as financial details and bank accounts. An automated phone call received by lots of residents asks them to press a certain phone button in ord ... [read more >>]
	30 April 2008, 09:58GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Hackers Assault High-School Computers to Modify Exam Grades
	Exam cheating may get a new sense in the near future because this unfair way to get high grades at school tests evolves and brings out new techniques. If until now students struggled to create all sorts of cheat sheets, they are now moving further to high-end technology: hacking attacks. According to AP, six students got suspended a few days ago after it was revealed that they were involved in a hacking attack which affected the ... [read more >>]
	30 April 2008, 05:14GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

News Corp Hired Hacker to Attack Rivals
	The evolution of a lawsuit between News Corp. and DISH Network Corp. reveals shocking details which took place in the past, although nobody would ever expect such a thing from a large corporation like News Corp. To be more specific, a computer hacker who testified a few days ago revealed that he was hired by News Corp. to build pirating software, ... [read more >>]
	24 April 2008, 09:09GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Both Hackers and Athletes Now Concentrate on Beijing Olympics
	With the Beijing Olympics quickly approaching, both hackers and athletes are getting ready for the sports competition. Unfortunately, they have different purposes and, even if we all want to see a fair-play event, it seems that hackers are planning to cheat. According to MessageLabs, the company has detected no less than 13 different Olympic themed attacks, all of them being based on the upcoming competition hosted by Beijing. No ... [read more >>]
	23 April 2008, 16:36GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Hacker Sends Obama's Fans to Hillary Clinton
	The US presidential race is one of the front-page subjects for some time now but today, a different type of report hits the Internet: Barack Obama's website has been hacked and all the visitors of the page were redirected to the one belonging to his rival, Hillary Clinton! A post on the Community Blogs hoste ... [read more >>]
	22 April 2008, 04:00GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Users Install Antiviruses but Forget about Anti-Spyware
	A study published by APACS, a UK payment association, reveals what was already known by all of us: the number of the phishing attacks is continuously increasing. According to a report published by the mentioned association, there were no less than 10,235 reported phishing scams in the first quarter of 2008, compared to only 3,394 attempts in the same period of 2007. This means that the number of phishing attacks has almost triple ... [read more >>]
	21 April 2008, 17:06GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Hackers Postpone CNN Attack
	The short story so far: a pro-China hacker group that considered an article published by CNN offensive for their country prepared what they wanted to be a destructive attack over the website, in a move to take the page down. The attack was first scheduled for April 19 but, in a statement published by a member of the group, the hackers announced its delay. According to Dark Visitor, a blog which translated the hackers' statem ... [read more >>]
	21 April 2008, 04:48GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Indian Government's Computers Hacked
	Chinese hackers seem to be quite experienced these days as they manage to infiltrate into any vulnerable system found out there, connected to the web. After lots of reports concerning Chinese hackers who managed to broke into a certain computer, here's another one: the network belonging to the Indian Ministry of External Affairs got hacked a few days ago. The bad guys may come from China. According to IRNA, the hackers in ... [read more >>]
	14 April 2008, 05:23GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Adnan Ghalib Stabbed
	Adnan Ghalib is one name most of you have probably forgotten. However, someone out there remembered the name of the paparazzi-turned-Britney's-bedmate well enough to stalk him, send him death threats and eventually put them into practice. A report has emerged claiming that just about the same time Britney was out getting her car wrecked in a minor pile-up, Ghalib was attacked and stabbed by a mystery hit man - or woman. And ... [read more >>]
	14 April 2008, 04:37GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Women Smarter than Men when It Comes to Online Security
	Hackers work 24/7 and new victims of their malicious attempts appear every day. But what's interesting is that, of the total number of complainants who reported attacks, no less than 57.6 percent were male. This means that women are more difficult to trick when it comes to hacking/infecting/compromising a computer, so hackers would better search for men when looking for new victims. "Nearly half were between the ages ... [read more >>]
	04 April 2008, 17:26GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Thousands of Clean and Pirate Websites Affected by Massive Web Attack
	A few days ago, security researchers around the world spotted a new avalanche of IFrame attacks that revealed a pretty new hack technique: the users are redirected to several pages until they reach a ‘deadly’ final one which attempts to deploy the infection. Today, security researcher Dancho Danchev has ... [read more >>]
	14 March 2008, 11:39GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Cyber Criminals Uninstalling Each Others’ Malware
	Usually, when hacking a computer, cyber criminals have to choose one of the seven levels this can be attempted at. All of the reported stories of famous over-protected sites, that have had their security found a match for, have suffered because of this. Just in the same way, Trojans work with your PC on a level under that being constantly monitored by the anti-virus software. The only catch is that the malware cannot attempt to d ... [read more >>]
	29 February 2008, 11:26GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Taleban Insurgents Threatening to Destroy Mobile Networks
	The Taleban (also known as Taliban), the nationalist Afghanistan movement, threatened today to attack mobile networks and mobile companies offices across the country, unless the carriers agree to switch off their signals during night-time. Taleban militants say that foreign troops, including the US one, are using ... [read more >>]
	25 February 2008, 10:21GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

WordPres Blogs DoS Attack
	Blogs were inaccessible for about 5 to 15 minutes in the 4 days that have passed since Saturday, when the attack started. Automattic, the company that maintains WordPress.com, was knee deep in the work laid before them by hackers all throughout this period and managed to restore most of the service’s original functions by yesterday afternoon. Logging into accounts and posting was only the tip of the DoS (denial of service) att ... [read more >>]
	20 February 2008, 10:53GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Kaspersky Warns Against Dial-Up Trojans
	This one goes out to all the remaining dial-up users all over the world. Be warned! Some cyber criminals will single you just because of it and you don’t want to have to fix the damage they’ll do. Right now you have a bull's-eye on your balls, because they’ll hit you where it hurts most. The latest attack aimed at old school dial-up users and that topped last year’s charts is with a Trojan dialer. It will attempt to stea ... [read more >>]
	07 February 2008, 15:06GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

U.S. Hackers Shut Down Panama's National Assembly Website?
	We all know that hackers are always struggling to find new vulnerable targets, attack them and take advantage of the found weaknesses. But when a hacker manages to infiltrate into a website belonging to a country's government and modify its content, this really means something. For them, I mean, because they can be really proud of what they did, no matter if they post their nicknames on the hacked page or they prefer to remain anonymo ... [read more >>]
	23 January 2008, 15:16GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

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 hardware in a computer network: the router. According to the latest security reports, a new kind of attack tries to lure Internet users on spoofed banking pages, where they are faced with an exact clone of the login form. Although the ma ... [read more >>]
	23 January 2008, 09:51GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Warning! Vishing Attacks in Progress!
	People's money and their bank accounts represent the most important target for numerous hackers/attackers out there, so most attempts aim to steal these sensitive details. The Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) reported a few days ago that a new type of attack called "vishing" continues to rise and to threaten more and more people. Vishing is somehow similar with phishing because they both aim to steal financial ... [read more >>]
	22 January 2008, 15:26GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Rip It All Off, Honey!!
	Oh boy, this is a funny one indeed. I always had a feeling that Bjork had more of a kinky side than most people imagined, but it wasn't until this weekend that we had confirmation. No, the singer didn't show up at a concert dressed in dominatrix gear and waving around a whip (perhaps that would have been a wiser choice), she just... decided that a half-naked photographer was better than a fully dressed one. Kidding. The ... [read more >>]
	14 January 2008, 05:29GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Pennsylvania Website Hacked
	A new hack attack targeted the official Pennsylvania website one week ago, as some hackers who were located in China attempted to infiltrate into the page. The state representatives took down the entire website, no matter the content was affected or not, Mia DeVane, a spokeswoman for the Office of Administration, said according to "The Morning Call". Although the hack attack managed to invade some parts of the website, ... [read more >>]
	07 January 2008, 17:06GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Facebook Also Likes Phishing
	It was only a matter of time, but I can't really find a reason for stealing somebody's Facebook login credentials since the service is free for all. Maybe spamming or infecting people's computer is enough to convince attackers to launch phishing schemes on the web... However, a phishing scheme has already been identified these days, when a Chinese domain hosted a Facebook-like website asking for users' login c ... [read more >>]
	03 January 2008, 08:17GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Windows Worm Using Your Computer for Flood Attacks
	WORM_RBOT.HBZ is the latest threat spotted in the wild that targets the Windows systems and attempts to drop its files on most versions of the Microsoft operating system including 98, ME, NT, 2000, XP and Server 2003. The worm was discovered by security company Trend Micro, which wrote that it could easily reach your system because it might be deployed by other malware, or directly, when a user visits a malicious website. Just li ... [read more >>]
	28 December 2007, 04:24GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Escaped Zoo Tiger Kills One, Mauls Two!
	We expect to hear these news from the villages of India. But this crime scene occurred Wednesday at the San Francisco Zoo: an escaped Siberian tigress killed one visitor and mauled two others. The 300-pound (136-kilogram) Tatiana had been already involved in an attack on a zookeeper last Christmas. That incident made the Zoo improve the pen where tigers were kept. "The three men—one of them 19 years old and the others in their earl ... [read more >>]
	27 December 2007, 05:16GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

The Duffsters Pull a Britney!
	In case you were wondering whether Hilary Duff and her sister Haylie could make the headlines for anything else than ruining a movie or (in Hilary's case) showing off the fact that wearing panties went out of fashion years ago – here is proof that they still have that spark that makes them hit the screens with a bang. Except this time, it was not a show, a concert, a movie or anything similar – on the contrary. The Duff sist ... [read more >>]
	21 December 2007, 05:26GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Police Website Hacked!
	'We got punk'd' the Tucson Police Department should say after their official website has been hacked by an Indonesian hacker. All the press releases published on the webpage were renamed to "Hmei7 has touched your soul", The Register reported today. According to the same source, the hacker managed to bypass the firewall and injected an SQL code, in order to get access to the press release category. The we ... [read more >>]
	20 December 2007, 04:24GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Bai Ling's Nipples Molest Santa
	Oh, no! No! Please! Santa is under attack! I mean really! Some dirty-looking monkey has just made a surprise attack on the poor guy, and I'm really panicking here. What if she bites him? What if she infects him with some deadly virus and then he'll be crippled for life? I mean, he's already old and probably his immune system's in the tank – so why should he be subjected to the attacks of what looks like a preh ... [read more >>]
	15 December 2007, 04:52GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Five Californian Phishers Investigated by the FBI
	Phishing has made new victims, so the authorities are now struggling to find the ones responsible for the damages which appear to be up to $400,000. Xinhua today reports that 5 Californian men are now investigated by the FBI, because they are suspected for being important parts in large phishing schemes, conducted ... [read more >>]
	13 December 2007, 08:53GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Facebook and MySpace Attacks Exploded During 2007
	Since 2007 represented a huge success for social networking services, such as MySpace and Facebook, the attackers have adapted their techniques and targeted their attempts to the users connected to these websites. Security company MessageLabs rolled out an annual security report today, revealing that this year's attacks over social networking services increased with a shocking percentage. Usually, this type of attacks attem ... [read more >>]
	10 December 2007, 09:05GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

SourceForge.net Hacked!
	SourceForge.net is one of the most popular locations for software developers around the world, hosting millions of open-source projects. According to Wikipedia, SourceForge.net reached 155,585 projects and 1,658,777 registered users in August 2007. I think I made myself clear and made you understand that the website is pretty important for both developers and users. Because it is so popular, a major hack would be quite a disaste ... [read more >>]
	07 December 2007, 10:41GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Hackers Trying to Get Control over the World's Second Fastest Computer?
	A new day, another hack attack. This seems to be the perfect motto for the companies and organizations around the world, as they are all attacked by more or less powerful hackers aiming to steal their data. But this time, hackers targeted the Oak Ridge National Laboratory, which hosts the second fastest computer in the world, AP reported today. Although the lab's official said the attacks were supposed "to be part of a ... [read more >>]
	07 December 2007, 06:14GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Oh, God, Phone Scam Threatening Your Family...
	OK, I admit, this is not so related to computers, but I was shocked when I first read this piece of news. You must be sick to call somebody and tell him his sister was hurt in an accident although nothing happened. You know, some people might suffer heart attacks caused by these stupid pranks. But let's get back to the subject. Keloland.com informs that a phone scam has been discovered in Rapid City and the local police has ... [read more >>]
	06 December 2007, 16:31GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

UK's Number 1 Web Host Hacked!
	Fasthosts, the UK's number 1 web host as it proclaimed itself, suffered an attack on November 29, which targeted clients' Control Panel and FTP passwords. Because the risk of losing the accounts was pretty serious, Fasthosts took the decision to automatically change all the passwords and to inform customers about the intruders. This way, the clients were protected of any kind of attack and they also knew that the compa ... [read more >>]
	06 December 2007, 08:26GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Al Qaeda Threatening the World (the Virtual One)
	Terrorists are becoming more tech savvy than anytime before, as many of them design websites that are supposed to promote the Al Qaeda ideology all over the world, a Saudi researcher informed, according to Reuters. Khaled al-Faram revealed that no less than 5,600 websites have already been available on the web, while approximately 900 pages have been rolled out every new year, the same source continued. Although you might be tem ... [read more >>]
	05 December 2007, 04:29GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Shorter Is Better, Phishers Believe
	Everybody knows the phishing attacks are extremely dangerous for any Internet user, either protected or not, because they attempt to steal login credentials or bank information and use them in other malicious activities. Very often, a user can easily discover a phishing attempt, by analyzing the URL link. But, this is not a security measure anymore, as the attackers are now trying to use shorter links, in order to lure visitors ... [read more >>]
	03 December 2007, 04:40GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Hackers Broke Into The Rolls-Royce Network
	It has happened before, but this time, hackers bit the dust as they didn't manage to access valuable data stored on the computers. Rolls-Royce, a famous company based on the production of luxury vehicles and airplane engines, was the victim of a Chinese hack attack targeting the private data stored on the firm's computers, "TerraNet" reported citing "The Times". According to the same website, some an ... [read more >>]
	03 December 2007, 02:54GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Get Ready For The Cyber Devastation, Experts Warn
	With more and more attacks targeting computers from all over the world, the security experts warn the countries that they should be prepared for an impressive avalanche of attacks. Speaking for vnunet.com, Dave Marcu, security researcher and communications manager at McAfee, said a 'cold war' could start anytime soon on the Internet as the hackers' attack become more powerful. "The nature of the equaliser t ... [read more >>]
	29 November 2007, 05:33GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Hacker Attacks Apple Fan Blogs
	Apple is one of the companies which were often avoided by hacks and viruses because most of the infections were focused on Microsoft's Windows and not on Mac OS X or Apple technologies. But the Cupertino company is now affected by a series of hacks targeting the Apple fan blogs that are accused of "fanboyism" as the attacker said in the messages posted on the affected websites. "This website has been flagged f ... [read more >>]
	28 November 2007, 08:35GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Americans Smashed By Identity Theft
	Identity theft happens all over the world, but it seems that the Americans are the most vulnerable to this kind of web attack. According to a survey conducted by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), no less then 8.3 million Americans have been victims of this kind of attacks in 2005. This number represents an impressive 3.7 percent of all American adults, according to FTC. From the total number of victims, 1.8 millions US residents discover ... [read more >>]
	28 November 2007, 05:50GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Hacker Steals Thousands of Emails and Passwords
	Convio, a web software company based on eCRM solutions and working with several non-profit organizations, confirmed that a hacker managed to obtain thousands of emails and numerous passwords, after he broke into GetActive. This technology provided by the company is used by the non-profit organizations to send e-mails, which means it contained lots of contact details along with passwords and other type of information. Among the re ... [read more >>]
	28 November 2007, 03:27GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

God, These Google Hackers Are Smart!
	Yesterday, the folks at security company Sunbelt confirmed that the latest trend in today's web attacks is related to Google, as more hackers attempt to get a higher PageRank in Google and bring more potential victims to their websites. Usually, they manage to do so by hacking other websites and placing hidden links inside them, but it seems that another ingenious technique is being used now. Adam Thomas, of the Malware Rese ... [read more >>]
	28 November 2007, 02:22GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Phishing Attacks Caused By ISP's Negligence, Consumers Believe
	Cloudmark and YouGov conducted a new survey concerning the phishing attacks and their source, 42 percent of the respondents considering that their trust in a brand would be seriously reduced if a phishing message included the company's name. But what's more impressive is that 26 percent of the people included in the questionnaire said that they are the ones responsible for the their protection in front of the phishing a ... [read more >>]
	26 November 2007, 10:13GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Extremely Easy-To-Use Hack for Recording Any VoIP Phone Call
	Don't get too excited thinking that you'll find a hacking tutorial around here because Softpedia is not encouraging hacking or any other illegal activity. In fact, there's nothing illegal about today's piece of news since it was only a test conducted by the UK VoIP expert Peter Cox. According to VoIP News, Peter Cox developed a program which, once installed on a company network, automatically records the VoIP ... [read more >>]
	26 November 2007, 05:55GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia