Comcast hackers charged

Michael W. Jones — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 17:45:38 +0000

Although it seems that few hackers are caught and brought to trial, the members of the Kryogeniks hacker “gang” have been charged with a Website hacking stunt that was costly to Comcast.

The Comcast exploit was not all that complicated, but it [...]

RIP Kanye West prank excites Twitter, entices hackers

Dave Parrack — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 00:47:11 +0000

Posting a hoax about someone dying on the Internet is clearly a sick thing to do. Not only can fans and followers be tricked into believing it’s [...]

UK hacker heads to Europe to avoid enforced US trip

John Lister — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 17:47:48 +0000

A man accused of unlawfully hacking into NASA’s computer systems has been refused permission to appeal to Britain’s supreme court against extradition to the United States. Gary McKinnon’s only remaining option, an appeal to European courts, appears unlikely to succeed.

McKinnon [...]

Hotmail phishing scam: researchers begin Spanish inquisition

John Lister — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 16:37:38 +0000

Analysis of the list of Hotmail passwords recently published online suggests they may have been gathered by phishing attacks aimed at the Latino community. It also suggests many people are either unimaginative or lazy when it comes to choosing a password.

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What are Obama’s cyber-war powers?

Michael W. Jones — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 15:19:11 +0000

With worries over cyber-attacks growing, questions are beginning to arise about what powers the Obama administration has in defending against coordinated attacks against critical American sites.

The reality of the problems that can be caused by cyber-attacks were [...]

Google cries democracy as France & Germany attack books deal

John Lister — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 15:59:37 +0000

Google has told the European Union that a proposed deal to settle the row over its book search system will aid democracy. The firm is trying to smooth over hostilities on the continent with the governments of both France and [...]

Credit card hacker Albert Gonzalez: Mastermind or fall guy?

John Lister — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 13:14:50 +0000

Lawyers for Albert Gonzalez, accused of carrying out the biggest series of credit and debit card data thefts in history, appear close to formally admitting his involvement. But they maintain he was merely an associate rather than the mastermind.

Gonzalez was this [...]

Cruising the Web in search of terrorists

Michael W. Jones — Sun, 16 Aug 2009 18:55:27 +0000

The struggle against terrorism has components at many different levels and includes a wide variety of people, including a tiny army of five women in Singapore who watch terrorists in cyberspace.

The women are [...]

Major Internet provider Comcast profits from user misfortune

Mike Ferro — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 02:53:09 +0000

Comcast is the largest cable service provider in the US, providing hi-speed broadband Internet service to millions of homes. The cable company recently came under fire for implementing a new service [...]

Social networkers forced to quit cold turkey

Michael W. Jones — Sun, 09 Aug 2009 17:24:36 +0000

Denizens of a couple of social networks were faced with quitting cold turkey when attacks on an eastern European blogger took down the sites upon which they have come to rely for contact [...]

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