In Pictures: The nastiest cyber security stink-bombs of 2013 (so far)
From online bank heists to Chinese hackers, 2013 is adding up to be a security mess
Michael Cooney | 02 Jul | Read more
From online bank heists to Chinese hackers, 2013 is adding up to be a security mess
Michael Cooney | 02 Jul | Read more
Asia Pacific fibre network operator Pacnet was hacked by the US National Security Agency (NSA) in 2009, according to the latest leaks from NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden.
Following Tuesday's hacking of the Associated Press' Twitter account, the microblogging site is reportedly working on a two-step authentication security solution to help prevent future hijackings.
Kristin Burnham | 24 Apr | Read more
MusicBrainz, the popular open content music database, disclosed at the end of March that a database dump had taken place and user information had been downloaded.
Patrick Budmar | 19 Apr | Read more
For these unfortunate souls, the potential punishments far outweighed the alleged crimes
Ted Samson | 11 Apr | Read more
Whether it is on the phone, online or in person, here are ten lies hackers, phishers and social engineers will tell you to get what they want
Joan Goodchild | 19 Mar | Read more
Southern Cross Computer Systems’ team of hackers has been crowned the Australia/Asia champions in the Global CyberLympics.
Patrick Budmar | 23 Oct | Read more
Hackers who sell the servers to Dedicatedexpress.com are paid a commission
Antone Gonsalves | 23 Oct | Read more
These days barely a day goes by where there isn’t some sort of network security breach or hack or malfunction of some sort. This year too we had the rise of groups such as Anonymous and Lulz that sought out attention for their activities. Here we take a look at the year in pictures of some of the key security problems that grabbed our attention.
Michael Cooney | 08 Dec | Read more
HP has refuted claims by researchers at Columbia University that a security flaw in its HP's LaserJet printer could give a hacker remote access to the device and the power to set it on fire.
Phreaking is a term not often used these days. It was introduced to describe the technique of simulating telephone tones to fool a phone system into giving you free calls.
Skeeve Stevens | 08 Nov | Read more
600,000 Facebook accounts were "compromised" yesterday, or thereabouts.
Andrew Birmingham | 31 Oct | Read more
If the Internet is the new Wild West, then hackers are the wanted outlaws of our time. And like the gun-slinging bad boys before them, all it takes is one wrong move to land them in jail.
JR Raphael | 24 Oct | Read more
The inability for network defenders to tell between a human-led attack and one that was led by automated malware is crucial to defending against advanced persistent threats (APTs), according to US security firm, HB Gary.
Recent publicity for online hacking groups such as Anonymous and Lulzsec has seemed to show that nobody is immune from attack on the Internet. Once targeted, it seems that these groups are capable of breaching security systems and retrieving data, including identity information, from the most secure systems.
Robert Layton | 13 Aug | Read more