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It hasn't stopped yet; the Storm virus still rages on the Internet, and now it has changed a bit, in order to trick users even better. Of course it still uses standard-issue hacker technique - involving high-profile names to create an illusion of credibility. According to eWeek, this has actually nothing to do w... |
28 August 2007
03:36 GMT |
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Chinese hackers have hit many targets (civilian as well as governmental) before, in countries like Canada, UK, US and Australia, but only recently has there been news of attacks against Germany. When I first read about this on SecurityFocus I thought that they've really accomplished something big, since Germany... |
28 August 2007
03:00 GMT |
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Can Voice Over IP calls be listened to by malicious users? Well, while using the basic "It's on the Net so it can be hacked" mentality, the answers is "Yes", at least for now. Phishing by phone has not been considered a real issue till now, because talking on the phone costs money, while e-mailing is free. Also,... |
27 August 2007
05:14 GMT |
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In the old days, hackers would just use schemes, all sorts of malware, a lot of them created by themselves or other techies aiming at taking down sites; but nowadays, everything has changed. Now, if they can't crack it with their standard procedures and programs, they simply resort to spending more money on soft... |
27 August 2007
02:44 GMT |
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This is a site where security researchers auction their most recent disclosures. Is this right? Sure, it's great that these guys are finally getting some dough for all their work, but what if these flaws are bought out by hackers that will never disclose them to the original program/site creators? I don't t... |
24 August 2007
09:04 GMT |
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This is just shameless! Hackers have always used high-profile names in their schemes but now, they are abusing Microsoft's image to scam gullible users. Please read this article in full, and do not let yourself fooled if you ever get such an e-mail!I've seen a copy of the message on The Register, and you ca... |
24 August 2007
06:12 GMT |
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At the beginning of this year, hackers had attacked Estonia's online infrastructure. This was quite serious, even the United States sent some experts to help out in their case. You can read an article about this attack by clicking on this link. Well, the Estonians didn't just leave this matter unattended af... |
22 August 2007
06:20 GMT |
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You might already know this, Wells Fargo & Co. experienced some service problems that disabled ATMs and online accounts for their customers, as The Napa Valler Register informs us. This crash left people without access to their money for about 24 hours. You can read more about this matter by clicking on this here lin... |
22 August 2007
04:52 GMT |
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Lately, there was news about hackers stealing data, that it became something sort of common. How many were affected this time? Well, about 60.000 people, which is nowhere close to what Prg has done to Monster.com. So, the good news is that it could have been worse. It all happened in Norway, when a group of hackers h... |
21 August 2007
11:44 GMT |
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Many parts of the official Gentoo website have been taken down due to hacker attacks. There is no telling when their website will be fully back online. Gentoo is an open OS that is based on the Linux technology (which has Unix as a platform as well) that has great maneuverability. Gentoo Linux is very easy to configu... |
20 August 2007
03:09 GMT |
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There have always been a lot of unwanted messages on the Internet, but not like today. Researchers have found out that close to 90% of the e-mails received on the Internet are spam. And I for one, agree - I just checked my mail this morning and I had 2 messages saying I won the lottery (I don't even play the lot... |
17 August 2007
14:16 GMT |
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As all online deals, brokerage can be the victim of hackers. Accounts passwords can be found out if the proper tools are used. So, people should be more careful when hiring brokers online, as some of them may be scammers themselves, and still others may be using insecure servers, which means your data is going to be ... |
17 August 2007
09:32 GMT |
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One man from Arizona has been charged and sentenced for using stolen identities to steal cash from the original persons' accounts. You've probably heard about identities being stolen a million times before, but I for one, have never noticed a more severe case than this one. As Sophos tells us, the criminal ... |
17 August 2007
08:36 GMT |
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DNS servers have never been renowned for their top notch security system and this is an ongoing fact for years now. But, as seen on eWeek, security experts don't actually give a damn, saying that there are far more important things these days.Now, for those of us that are not so fond of techie stuff, DNS stands ... |
17 August 2007
06:41 GMT |
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As usual, hackers have just found an even better and more elusive way of infecting one's computer. As it has been earlier stated, there has been a spam outburst lately, a big part of the messages being trojan infested. Neither spam nor trojans are new stuff to security software developers, but recently, cyber-cr... |
17 August 2007
05:57 GMT |
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A Romanian hacker was charged, after a joint operation of the Romanian police and the FBI, with hacking into NASA computers. The US space agency notified in July the Romanian police that its servers had been breached by unidentified people who accessed secure networks from computers based in Romania.Victor Faur, 26,... |
9 July 2007
05:01 GMT |
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Intel Corp. introduced last year a new technology that allows authorized personnel to power up and repair turned-off PCs within the corporate network at virtually any time, in emergency situations, like when the computer suffered a major meltdown, caused by a failure of the operating system or by a virus that crashe... |
18 June 2007
10:10 GMT |
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July, 22, 1994, Las Vegas. 13 years have passed since then. A lot of events have happened that day, like O.J. Simpson pleading "Absolutely 100% Not Guilty" or IBM's unveiling of OpenDoc Alpha for OS/2, or CNBC expanding the deal with Prodigy. But apart from these events, another one was available for a more rest... |
16 June 2007
07:31 GMT |
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A lot of the DEFCON mystery has dissipated into thin air since the first conference took place. Back in 1993, holding a hacker's rendez-vous definitely led people into thinking that there was more to it than shown. But, since then, a lot has changed and the media always gets its way around the conferences, repo... |
26 May 2007
07:46 GMT |
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Not such a long time ago (but with the technological progress we are experiencing, it seems like it all happened ages ago) the world was freaked out by a type of outlaws that were taking criminal activity to the next level. It was not the case of a crime syndicate formed of influential dons or crime leaders. The worl... |
12 May 2007
07:24 GMT |
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