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Operation Payback picks up speed, WikiLeaks denies involvement

The WikiLeaks saga continues. As Julian Assange spends his time in the segregation unit of Wandsworth prison, hoping that his lawyers will be able to reverse the court’s …

Doorways on non-default ports make compromised websites harder to spot

Are negligent site and server administrators at least as much to blame for compromised sites that redirect users to doorway pages to pirated software as the cyber criminals …

ProFTPD.org main FTP server compromised

A warning has been issued by the developers of ProFTPD, the popular FTP server software, about a compromise of the main distribution server of the software project that …

Week in review: Online shopping safety, malware hybrids and Packet Wars

Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news, articles and reviews: Google Apps Script API flaw allowed attacker to impersonate Google Details …

Two indicted for university hack binge

Two former students of the University of Central Missouri have been charged with computer intrusion, intercepting electronic communication and aggravated identity theft, …

Week in review: Firesheep countermeasure tool, Facebook bug and Barracuda bug bounty program

Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news, articles and reviews: Firesheep countermeasure tool BlackSheep Zscaler researchers have created, …

Popular Twitter account hacked by spammers

Spammers have recently hacked the account of Twitter phenomenon “Sh*tMyDadSays”, posting a message to the popular page’s 1.8 million followers. The tweet, …

Royal Navy site hack forces MoD to suspend website

A Romanian hacker known as ‘TinKode’ has claimed to have broken into the main British Royal Navy website, www.royalnavy.mod.uk, and posted sensitive information …

GoDaddy-hosted websites injected with malicious code

Webmasters of websites hosted on GoDaddy have to check their source code yet again, as attackers using a number of different domains inject rogue code into their pages, which …

BoingBoing hacked and defaced

BoingBoing.net, the popular blog and “directory of wonderful things”, has been hacked and its home page replaced with a message containing vulgar language and …

Iranian Cyber Army behind TechCrunch Europe hack?

Political hacking might give the perpetrators a sense of accomplishment and some personal satisfaction, but will rarely bring them money. Since they obviously already have the …

Week in review: Kaspersky hacked, Facebook privacy breach and the rise of Java exploits

Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news, interviews, articles and reviews: Facebook apps send user information to ad agencies Various …

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