Three tips for a better Anonymous
Has the Anonymous movement reached a midlife crisis?
Robert McMillan | 07 Aug | Read more
Stories by Robert McMillan
A power plant hack that anybody could use
The night before the start of this week's Black Hat hacker conference here in Las Vegas, security researcher Dillon Beresford gave a demonstration to a small audience in his room at Caesar's Palace. The topic: how a hacker could take over the Siemens S7 computers that are used to control engines, machines and turbines in tens of thousands of industrial facilities.
Robert McMillan | 05 Aug | Read more
Spam king Sanford Wallace indicted for Facebook spam
Notorious spam king Sanford Wallace is facing federal fraud charges for allegedly breaking into Facebook accounts and sending 27 million spam messages in 2008 and 2009.
Robert McMillan | 05 Aug | Read more
Facebook to pay hackers for bugs
Facebook is going to pay hackers to find problems with its website -- just so long as they report them to Facebook's security team first.
Robert McMillan | 30 Jul | Read more
Beware of 'wrong transaction' hotel spam
If you get an e-mail message telling you a hotel has erroneously charged your credit card account, be careful. The odds are that it's part of a new spam campaign that could infect your computer.
Robert McMillan | 28 Jul | Read more
Anonymous takes another shot at Arizona police
The Anonymous hacking group has taken another swipe at police in Arizona, launching online attacks against several police union websites and publishing e-mail messages stolen from law enforcement officers.
Robert McMillan | 02 Jul | Read more
Cisco: Spammers aren't making money like they used to
Worms, denial-of-service attacks and spam just aren't paying out like they used to. That's what Cisco Systems found when it took a close look at the illegal marketplace for scammers and spammers.
Robert McMillan | 01 Jul | Read more
With FBI raid, law enforcement circles LulzSec
Time may be running out for the members of LulzSec as police continue to step up their inquiries into the hacking group.
Robert McMillan | 30 Jun | Read more
LulzSec's parting Trojan is a false positive
The LulzSec hacking group <a href="http://lulzsecurity.com/releases/50%20Days%20of%20Lulz.txt">sailed off into the sunset Saturday,</a> leaving behind a treasure trove of stolen data along with what some antivirus programs identified as a nasty surprise for anyone who downloaded the Torrent file: <a href="https://www.infosecisland.com/blogview/14784-Warning-Original-50-Days-of-Lulz-Payload-is-Infected.html">a Trojan horse program.</a>
Robert McMillan | 28 Jun | Read more
Citi hackers made $2.7 million
Citigroup suffered about US$2.7 million in losses after hackers found a way to steal credit card numbers from its website and post fraudulent charges.
Robert McMillan | 25 Jun | Read more
AT&T iPad hacker pleads guilty
A 26-year-old man who last year helped hackers publish personal information belonging to about 120,000 iPad users pleaded guilty to fraud and hacking charges in a New Jersey court Thursday.
Robert McMillan | 24 Jun | Read more
Brazilian government, energy company latest LulzSec victims
Websites belonging to the Brazilian government and energy giant Petrobras were knocked offline Wednesday in a series of cyberattacks.
Robert McMillan | 23 Jun | Read more
Despite arrest, Lulzsec sails on
The hacking group known as LulzSec pledged to continue their online rampage Tuesday, a day after U.K. police arrested a man allegedly affiliated with the group.
Robert McMillan | 22 Jun | Read more
Fraud starts after Lulzsec group releases e-mail, passwords
Debbie Crowell never ordered the iPhone, but thanks to a hacking group known as Lulzsec, she spent a good part of her Thursday morning trying to get US$712.00 in charges reversed after someone broke into her Amazon account and ordered it.
Robert McMillan | 17 Jun | Read more
LulzSec attacks gaming sites ... just for laughs
The hacking group known as LulzSec called it Titanic Takeover Tuesday. Gamers called it by a variety of names, many of which cannot be reprinted here. But for system administrators at a handful of gaming companies, Tuesday, June 14 was a nightmare: the day their websites went down under an online attack.
Robert McMillan | 15 Jun | Read more