The voluntary blocking of online child abuse material being implemented by ISPs Telstra and Optus is not attempting to address hardened offenders but instead looking to limit the availability of material to “curious individuals”, according to the Internet Industry Association (IIA).
Chloe Herrick | 28 Jun | Read more
Are your kids interested in hacking? Well, now you can bring them to <a href="https://www.defcon.org/index.html">DefCon</a>, the annual convention for hackers, security researchers, and undercover FBI agents trying to figure out what the hackers are up to.
Over the weekend, the hyperactive group of hackers who call themselves Lulzsec announced they are <a href="http://www.pcworld.com/article/231201/lulzsec_says_goodbye_with_new_data_dump.html?tk=rel_news">breaking up the band</a>, while also claiming that their "50-day cruise" had been planned all along.
Hacking season is not over yet. Even though LulzSec, the group of hackers who made a name for themselves by hacking Sony, Nintendo, and <a href="http://www.pcworld.com/article/228983/hackers_deface_pbs_site_promise_more_lulz.html?tk=rel_news">PBS</a> among others, <a href="http://www.pcworld.com/article/231201/lulzsec_says_goodbye_with_new_data_dump.html?tk=rel_news">called it quits</a> on Saturday, another group wants to pick up the slack.
Daniel Ionescu | 28 Jun | Read more
Hacking Sony apparently didn't stop George Hotz from landing a job at Facebook.
Brennon Slattery | 27 Jun | Read more
A blog here, a screen name there, an old social-networking profile or two--the more you use the Web for work and play, the easier it is for others to <a href="http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/195659/users_are_their_own_worst_enemy_for_online_privacy.html">dig up dirt on you</a>. And while you may not worry much about a few errant comments or tags, you'd surprised at how complete a portrait someone can paint of you with a few quick Google queries.
Patrick Miller and Ginny Mies | 27 Jun | Read more
One of the most controversial figures in Russia's online world, ChronoPay co-founder and CEO Pavel Vrublevsky, has been arrested on suspicion of ordering a DDoS attack against a rival firm.
John E Dunn | 27 Jun | Read more
<a href="http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/231198/lulzsec_calls_it_quits_after_50_days_of_mayhem.html">LulzSec</a> , the hacker group that has been a thorn in the side of major institutions ranging from Sony to the CIA, says it is going away -- but not quietly.
The decision by computer hacking group LulzSec on Saturday to fold operations may be helping another online group, Anonymous, which stepped up attacks over the weekend.
John Ribeiro | 27 Jun | Read more
The computer hacking group LulzSec said Saturday it had ended its campaign of cyberassaults on government and corporate websites and that it was time for it to "sail into the distance."
James Niccolai | 26 Jun | Read more
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
Lulz Security's hacking continues to get political: on Friday the group attacked the Arizona Department of Public Safety in retaliation for immigration laws.
Jared Newman | 25 Jun | Read more
In the midst of all the high-profile hacks rolling out almost daily, a hacker civil war is also under way. It's become almost as hard to keep up with the number of attacks carried out against hackers as it is to track the plethora carried out by hackers. Multiple hackers have claimed responsibility for disabling the Lulzsec website this week, while other hacking groups have made it their mission to reveal the real-world identities of Lulzsec members.
Companies and bloggers that run their own WordPress installations should make sure that they have not downloaded any of three popular plugins that were, for about 24 hours, playing host to <a href="http://www.csoonline.com/topic/43400/malware-cybercrime">malicious code</a>, WordPress creator Auttomatic warned.
Robert Lemos | 25 Jun | Read more
Hotel firm <a href="http://www.travelodge.co.uk/">Travelodge</a> has revealed some of its customer email addresses have been accessed following an attack.
Carrie-Ann Skinner | 24 Jun | Read more
Lulz Security, the hacker group that earlier attacked websites of the Central Intelligence Agency and Sony, released Wednesday information that it claimed was hacked from the computers of an Arizona law enforcement agency.
John Ribeiro | 24 Jun | Read more
Schools must deal with cybersecurity issues that affect students both during school and outside school hours, a Federal Government report recommends.
Lisa Banks | 24 Jun | Read more
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
Hactivist groups such as <a href="http://www.networkworld.com/news/2011/061311-turkey-arrests-32-anonymous-hackers.html">Anonymous</a> and <a href="http://www.networkworld.com/news/2011/062211-lulzsec-ousted.html">LulzSec</a> hearken back to earlier days when Web attacks were done for bragging rights, not profits, says the new CTO of incident-response, forensics company Mandiant.
Tim Greene | 24 Jun | Read more
A 19-year-old British man who remains the lone suspect detained for a series of successful cyberstrikes by the hacking group Lulz Security will remain in police custody until at least Saturday, a London court ruled Thursday.
Jeremy Kirk | 24 Jun | Read more