New Phishing Scams Available on the Web
	Hackers and phishers don't rest until they devise a new scheme, by which they can force honest web users into giving them their personal information. A number of phishing schemes have recently been reported that appear to use a scenario based on recent worldwide events. The Federal Bureau of Investigation has recently warned the general public about a new scheme by which scammers intended to take the users' IRS fund che ... [read more >>]
	13 May 2008, 07:12GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

News Corp. Manager Admits to Have Known about Hacking Claims
	As an update to the evolution of the lawsuit between News Corp. and DISH Network Corp., we bring you news about shocking statements of a Senior Manager at News Corp. The legal process between the two companies is a result of the testimony of a computer hacker who revea ... [read more >>]
	08 May 2008, 08:07GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Hacking the School's Electronic Student Records
	Hacking into the schools network seems to be a rather usual behavior with students from the United States educational establishments. With an increasing number of students who are capable of breaking into their own school network, one has to wonder about the level of security of these networks. According to the Chicago Tribune, Wednesday, a New Trier Township High School student was charged with allegedly breaking into the school ... [read more >>]
	08 May 2008, 04:42GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Hackers Change High School Grades
	If you have been a student, you most certainly know how inconvenient it is when you receive a low school grade. The wonders of technology have allowed the creation of computer-based school networks in economically developed countries like the United States. Like everything else that is based on a computer, these school networks are vulnerable to attacks from skillful hackers. The experts at ShoposLabs have reminded educationa ... [read more >>]
	07 May 2008, 11:36GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

17 People Arrested for Attacking 1 Million Computers
	Hacking has become more and more organized in the past years. Very rarely will a computer geek be seen sending spam and phishing all by himself, organizations have been formed and there’s even a black market dealing with acquiring security vulnerabilities, paying up to one hundred grand depending on how severe the find is. The Quebec police reported earlier today that 17 young hackers have been arrested, under charges of attac ... [read more >>]
	21 February 2008, 16:56GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Hackers Help Money-Laundering!
	Criminals have found out that using hacking to sabotage law enforcers is quite an efficient tactic. It’s not the first time something like this happens, but it’s a first for anti-money laundering website, Bobbear. The British site had been built to inform the community about websites used for cyber-crime, stealing money, to be more exact! Now, how do hackers actually help money laundering? Well, they don’t do it directly, bu ... [read more >>]
	12 October 2007, 06:15GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Hackers Could Meddle With the Voting Campaign
	Hackers are known to have a taste for sites that attract a lot of visitors, and next year is election year in the United States. Malicious users could take advantage of the traffic electoral sites are going to get, for their own inscrutable purposes, as pointed out by security experts on Symantec’s website. Now, hacking such sites is not something new – several weeks ago there was a piece of news about a hacker which hit a E ... [read more >>]
	11 October 2007, 14:41GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Hackers Could Shut Down Car Engines!
	Some people just have no idea what they are doing. Here we go again – this is another case of overzealous security that can seriously end up in hurting the ones who should be protected! General Motors is going to come up with a system to make car thefts history… at least in their opinion! The technology is called Stolen Vehicle Slowdown and it’s used, as you might have imagined, to slow down cars. So, basically, should the Police ... [read more >>]
	11 October 2007, 03:31GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Hack Aftermath: Gunmen Replace Students!
	Now that’s really weird. I haven’t heard of such a hack going on in a very, very long time. Nowadays hackers are driven by financial considerations and those that hack sites and modify them (without anything being related to money) usually do it to send out a message. That was the case of the Turkish hackers that attacked more than 5.000 Swedish sites. But something rather dubious has happened with Ivy Tech’s site… Many of you ... [read more >>]
	10 October 2007, 14:36GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Stupid People Get Hacked
	Apparently, being stupid doesn’t only have severe consequences in real life, but in cyber-space as well. And this isn’t just one of my crazy opinions – it’s certified by a McAfee study. People are using the same simple passwords for a lot of accounts. Sure, it’s easy to remember a single password for all the sites you have an account on, but it’s also stupid! Those passwords aren’t put there, just so that you may interact with th ... [read more >>]
	10 October 2007, 07:02GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Infection Spreads Like Fire in China!
	China has a very large population, the largest in the world, with more than 1.31 billion people! One huge country and a pretty well informatized one too. I guess that due to this huge number of inhabitants and the fact that a lot of them have PCs, computer virus infections spread real fast. All a malware writer has to do is launch a worm and boom! It infects hundreds of thousands of computers, maybe a million, like Fujacks did! ... [read more >>]
	09 October 2007, 11:15GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Hackers Attack, eBay Responds!
	eBay is just like the Pentagon, every week there is news of some hackers targeting them and doing something pretty bad. Several days ago, a data leak on eBay’s forum made the news – some hacker posted sensitive data belonging to a lot of users on it (the forum). Also, eBay has acknowledged more than once that they are daily hit by hackers but that they repel the bad guys most of the times and upgrade their security module. So ... [read more >>]
	09 October 2007, 05:51GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

No Money, No Hacking!
	There just might be a chance to stop malware authors, for good, that is. Sure, I agree that we are not close to that point but we are going towards it. Now, how do you stop people from writing viruses? Well, you certainly can’t have a cop next to every user to bop him or her one on the noggin whenever he starts doing something bad. However, other things can be done! Let’s go to the bottom of things – why do people write viruses ... [read more >>]
	09 October 2007, 05:14GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Hacker: What Utility Should I Target Today?
	Hackers are restless and you know it! They will change their tactics, their targets etc., but they will never stop. However, a recent study by SecureWorks (a firm providing managed security services) shows a 90% increase in the number of hacker attacks against utilities. From January to April, SecureWorks blocked an average of 49 attackers per utility client per day. Whereas, from May through September, it saw an average of 93 ha ... [read more >>]
	08 October 2007, 14:31GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

US Building Anti-Hacker Shield
	The United States have been attacked by hackers many times by now. The press has paid a lot of attention to this issue, and there have been many articles written about the Pentagon getting hacked by the Chinese. I really regret saying this, but sometimes, if some bad things do not reach the press, they remain unchanged, and this goes for American cyber-security as well. I don’t know if you’ve read the recent news, but both the ... [read more >>]
	08 October 2007, 09:53GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Web-Jihad: Caricature Got Hackers All Steamed Up!
	These guys had it coming! You can’t just have a caricature with Prophet Muhammad’s head on a dog’s body posted in a newspaper and expect the Muslims to stand around doing nothing. Though illegal, considering previous happenings, what I’m going to relate will seem natural to you. Hackers in Turkey have attacked more than 5.000 Swedish websites in the past week, replacing images with messages, as the Sydney Morning Herald inform ... [read more >>]
	08 October 2007, 07:01GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Hacked and Bombed!
	The Israelis have bombed the Syrians, but that’s not something out of the ordinary, as these countries have been at war since 1967. Now, what is somewhat weird is that they managed to bypass every defense system, reaching their target, just south of the Turkish border. They used F-15 and F-16 planes to get there and bomb the target. These planes aren’t what you’d call state of the art and they have no stealth technology. Flyin ... [read more >>]
	05 October 2007, 03:38GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Hackers to Target Media Players
	Internet Criminals are always thinking of new ways to scam users or hack their machines. And what concerns them the most is mass efficiency. Having a method that could work in a situation or two is not something efficient, cyber-crooks are looking for magic bullets. They’re trying to deploy tactics that will enable them to get to as many users as possible. So, how do they hit the maximum number of people? Well, there ar ... [read more >>]
	02 October 2007, 09:53GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

What Vodka and Hackers Have in Common
	If you’re a fan of security news, then you’ve probably read a thousand times that Russian hackers did this, Russian hackers did that. But who are these guys? Well, the most dangerous hacker threat in this country comes from the Russian Business Network. Their name is rather ironic, considering the fact that it sounds like they’re into legal business, when actually all they do is commit cyber-crime. They have been hosting kiddie-p ... [read more >>]
	01 October 2007, 09:38GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

The Americans Have Their Own Hackers to Fight The Chinese, Russians etc
	Assessing the threat is never an easy thing to do and doing it with promptitude is even harder. Cyber-attacks have been something a lot of countries have been fearing with the Internet advancing at such a high speed. But only recently have a lot of scary possibilities popped up. And I’m saying recently and not pointing to a certain time period, because nobody knows for sure when these possibilities appeared. I guess that governme ... [read more >>]
	28 September 2007, 08:34GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

The Hidden Aspects of Hacking and Viruses
	I wanted to write about this for a long time, since it is pretty important, but I never got the chance to do it; plus, there wasn’t enough material to back up my statements… until now. Sophos expert Fraser Howard wrote a great technical paper on "Modern web attacks" that is very inspiring and also ... [read more >>]
	28 September 2007, 03:47GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Poor Pirates Complain That Nasty Law Enforcers Harass Their Business
	Sometimes, law enforcers do anything in their powers and even use illegal methods to prove the crooks’ activity. Of course, if the accused ones are proved to be innocent, then the law enforcers might get sued. Pirate Bay, the file sharing service is in such a case – they plan to sue companies, that earlier accused them of conducting illegal activities, as seen on WebUser. Thing is the "Pirates" are suing companies becau ... [read more >>]
	26 September 2007, 05:16GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Too Many American Computers Controlled by Overseas Hackers
	Hacking is one serious issue nowadays, as it is a both cheap and efficient weapon. Whiz kids with too much power have become a threat to many states’ national security. What’s even worse is the fact that the thing that ISPs fear most, botnets, is a really "trendy" thing amongst hackers. As United Press International informs us, a former senior US information security official says that there are nearly three quarter ... [read more >>]
	25 September 2007, 05:38GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Who Gets the Hackers’ Attention?
	Hackers make a lot of money these days, more than many other criminals do – and you know why? It’s because they’re smart! When they pick a target, they search for something that’s going to bring them a lot of cash, no matter how hard it is to hack. If in real life, there are some systems that you can’t possibly bypass, on the Web there’s nothing fully secure, and hackers will exploit anything they can to get what they want. T ... [read more >>]
	24 September 2007, 08:06GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Everybody Likes Social Websites. Hackers Are No Exception
	When I said hackers like social websites, I didn’t mean that they surf MySpace all day long searching for bands or who knows what. These guys are interested in the potential of these sites, in the resources they have and that the hackers could use in their criminal activity. In case you have not figured this out by now – these websites have huge databases with names and e-mail addresses, a fact which means that if they get hacked ... [read more >>]
	20 September 2007, 09:59GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Hacker Was a History Fan
	Hackers attack websites everyday, even if it’s not in the news. As studies show it, hackers are after financial profits most of the time. You rarely see a "good old fashioned hack" when the site is down and a message pops up, so that’s why I decided to write about this hacker’s deeds. Now, this guy was motivated and not only was he a nationalist, but also, he was pretty good at history. The story is about a Turkish h ... [read more >>]
	20 September 2007, 09:16GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Hackers Hit Web Host
	It’s one thing when a company that uses the web gets hacked into, but when a web host gets hacked, this can mean one of two things: either they were hit by pros, or they had really bad security. The second case would seem outrageous to me – you cannot afford to be a web host and not have good security. If web hosters don’t know anything about web security – then who does? In any case, the ones that have been hit are Layered T ... [read more >>]
	20 September 2007, 03:38GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Hackers Go Pro
	We already knew that hackers could cause serious problems. Today, I even found out that cyber-crime is a lot worse than illegal drug distribution. Symantec has a study that will back this up even more. They state that hackers are not only thrived by financial gains (fact which we already knew) but that they are now using more professional attack methods. This fact only seems natural to me – they are evolving along with the web, j ... [read more >>]
	19 September 2007, 09:35GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Hackers - Worse Than Drug Dealers
	Cyber-crime is said to do a lot more damage than the whole drug distribution "industry". That being said, it means that hackers cause more financial losses than drug dealers do. And I’m not just saying this, it’s McAfee CEO David DeWalt that said cyber-crime is now worth $105 billion. That is a huge number and surpasses the value of illegal drug trade worldwide. Does this surprise you? It shouldn’t and let me tell yo ... [read more >>]
	19 September 2007, 05:17GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Automatic Data Processing, Inc. – Phishing Target
	Automatic Data Processing, Inc. is an international computer service company. They specialize in payroll processing, but offer various other services as well, such as human resources, screening and selection services and others. They sit on huge databases and recently, there has been news of one of them getting hacked. Databases getting hacked means that the people whose information had been stolen will either be targeted by spam ... [read more >>]
	17 September 2007, 10:22GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Worst Virus Ever: Storm Now Infects Sites Too!
	I cannot believe this! The e-mail borne Storm just started infecting web pages. And what can I say? Its new feature popped up in style after it infected a US Republican Party site. The webpage got hacked and it had been spreading a form of Storm that would attack any vulnerable machines that visit the site. It is not so important that some site got hacked, nor that it spreads a virus – this happens all the time. Not even the ... [read more >>]
	17 September 2007, 08:59GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

How Hackers Are Born
	Perhaps you were wondering how people become hackers and where from they get the resources to do all that nasty stuff. Well, in case you really were asking yourself such questions, then this article is for you. Well, there is no such thing as a black-hatter school, or none that I’ve heard of. Hackers are usually people that have worked in the IT business, or people that have graduated in computer science, or in any case, they sur ... [read more >>]
	17 September 2007, 06:09GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Hacker: "I Was Just Browsing!"
	Now, here’s a bizarre case of data breaching for you. The TD Ameritrade Company had a huge database with sensitive information belonging to clients. And when I say huge, I mean 6.3 million accounts. Hackers broke into it using the classic backdoor tactic, so what was weird in that? Well, the fishy part was that they didn’t actually steal all the data that was available to them. They just retrieved info such as e-mail addresses, n ... [read more >>]
	17 September 2007, 03:37GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Get Busted in 3 Easy Steps
	Making money on the web is an easy thing. The best part about it is that you don’t even have to leave the comfort of your home, like the rest of us that go to work. Basically, there are two ways in which you can make money on the web: legal and illegal. Of course, the illegal way will put you into jail nice and easy. This "how to get busted" tutorial is based on a true story from Ghana. Here’s what you have to do: th ... [read more >>]
	14 September 2007, 04:44GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Internet Scam Gets 10 Busted
	Ten people of different nationalities have been arrested in Germany on accusations of Internet fraud. The scam had not been limited to Germany, but was at a world wide scale and it is presumed that its victims had lost hundreds of thousands of euros. The culprits were Russians, Ukrainians and Germans and they were residing in different cities. That’s the thing about Internet, you don’t need to be in the same place with your a ... [read more >>]
	13 September 2007, 09:02GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Hot News: The Police Just Stopped Slacking!
	The Interpol finally thought that it would be a nice idea to properly assess cyber-threats. I admit that of all the law enforcers, the Interpol has been fighting the most against cyber-crime, but it sure did take them a lot to figure out that it would be great if they deployed global and regional anti-crime centers to fight web-based criminal activity. I sure hope that this works. I don’t think they’ll do too much damage to the h ... [read more >>]
	13 September 2007, 05:24GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

No Wonder We Get Hacked!
	I was just browsing the Net to see what news have popped up recently when I accidentally ran into an alarming fact – 40% of European citizens suffer from digital illiteracy, as c|net informs. Those figures are huge and I guess that they are bigger in some countries. How can you expect to be secure when you have no idea what’s that machine in front of you? And now I’m not talking about people that aren’t using computers. There are ... [read more >>]
	12 September 2007, 11:13GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Online Game Frauds and How to Dodge ‘Em
	Online gaming has become very popular as of late, especially MMORPGs (massive multiplayer online role playing game) and to be honest, I think that this just might be the future of gaming, as it is way more fun to battle human intelligence than AI. In any case, whenever something is popular it gets the attention of hackers as well. And with so many people playing online, malicious users can only think of how to take advantage of their numbe ... [read more >>]
	12 September 2007, 03:39GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

The Unhackable Bank Account
	Wow! Someone finally made malware-based bank hacking impossible! Not matter how skilled hackers may be, there is no way they can ‘win’ on this one. Now, a part of the authentication process just got impossible to hack, thanks to Bank of America cyber-security experts. The bank site will generate a 6-digit code and send it to the customer's mobile phone, while the user will have to introduce the code in order to gain access t ... [read more >>]
	11 September 2007, 08:23GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

The Threats You Should Watch Out For
	The Web is full of threats, and sure, some of them won't get to you, but it's better not to rely on that and stay protected in any case. And what better way to defend yourself against cyber-threats than to know what you're up against. Knowing your "enemy" is an vital part of any defensive strategy. CA Inc. has released a report that warns PC users of Internet threats that might affect them in this year� ... [read more >>]
	11 September 2007, 05:39GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

The Truth Behind Cyberwar
	After the article that appeared in the Financial Times last week, a lot of papers and sites have been writing about Chinese hackers and their possible connection to the People's Liberation Army. Some have even said that the hacks were the PLA's work, even though Chinese officials have been denying any government implication. Also, some journalists have said that the Chinese PLA, with their war-hackers can take out a who ... [read more >>]
	11 September 2007, 03:07GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Cyberwar: The French Too Get Hacked by The Chinese
	First, the US suffered. An attack on the Pentagon downed a part of their system. Then, Chinese hackers went and infected German government officials' computers with Trojan viruses, then, they went and hit English machines as well. The latest on episode on "I've been hacked by the Chinese" now features the French state. When are they going to stop? Who's next? I guess that nobody can tell for sure, but I b ... [read more >>]
	10 September 2007, 14:31GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Hackers Hack, ISPs Slack
	In many people's opinion (mine amongst them) ISP shouldn't just stand for Internet Service Provider but for Internet Service Police as well. Are we asking for too much? I don't think so, since they are the ones that can really do something against hackers. Not once have researchers and white hat hackers discovered vulnerabilities that sites had, or malicious users' IP addresses, reported them to ISPs which hav ... [read more >>]
	10 September 2007, 05:34GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

It's Not Hacker Skills, It's Site Flaws
	Hackers are always probing the net to see which users are vulnerable and which sites have flaws that they can exploit. Of course, it's a good thing to deploy security measures on your website, but it's imperative to use them if you are the army. You can't just play around like that, I mean, represent the armed force of a country, store a lot of data online and not have great security measures for your site. That� ... [read more >>]
	10 September 2007, 03:59GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Hacker Control Via ISP
	Knowing the rate of cyber-crime the UK has it's no wonder they're trying to think of anything that might work to take it down. Now, a few Lords are asking Internet Service Providers to "Police" the Internet. There is no law for this just yet, but it all just seems ethical and logical to me... I'm no expert on Internet providing, but I do know that traffic is not so hard to monitor. And if that isn' ... [read more >>]
	07 September 2007, 10:48GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Germans – Security Freaks!
	I guess that the Germans have panicked a bit because of all the hackings that took place this year and now they are deploying more and more security measures. This is not a bad thing, but it's sad that hackers had to set examples, for countries to act on cyber-security... Anyway, they have an even newer program to protect themselves against any threats coming from the Internet. As NetworkWorld tells us, the German governm ... [read more >>]
	06 September 2007, 16:26GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Poor People Get Monitored on the Web!
	Have you noticed how some laws affect only the poor? Or how law enforcers' actions seldom affect the rich? Well this is just another one of those cases, but it's regarding cyber-security now! Recently the site of the Bank of India has been hacked (the Russian Business Network is said to have done it). Since that attack, the Mumbai (formerly Bombay) Police has decided to monitor Internet cafes, because that's whe ... [read more >>]
	06 September 2007, 05:07GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

UK Great Hackers Come From... a Small Fishing Village...
	As you may or may not know, the United Kingdom is home to some of the greatest hackers the world has seen. London is the biggest hacker colony in England, but guess who else is on the same list! Iiiiiit's Brighton!!! I've never heard of it until now, but as I've seen on The Argus this little town is ranked as number 6 in the UK for Internet fraud. Initially I couldn't believe this so I went and searched for ... [read more >>]
	05 September 2007, 10:38GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Vote For Porn!
	It all happened in the Sedgemoor District of Somerset. Letters have been sent out to people to try and make them vote. The thing about this is that a site has been created so that citizens can vote online. Since a lot of people are too busy to get out of their houses to vote, this new service comes in handy. They vote on the Internet from wherever they are and I have to say this is quite comfortable. As it is hosted on the web, ... [read more >>]
	31 August 2007, 10:18GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

FBI Pounding On Cyber-Crime
	The Federal Bureau of Information has a growing interest in cyber-crime, and this does not surprise me at all, since the US has been the first to show a greater concern with cyber-security. What can I say? This is great, because knowing the Feds could be on their tracks, I guess that hackers will be somewhat discouraged. The FBI has recently put Saad Echouafani on their "Most Wanted" list. He did not commit any crime ... [read more >>]
	28 August 2007, 05:35GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia