February 2011
August 2009
First SMS Worm: Made in China
(via)Ah another first, and once again China is at the forefront! We recently reported about a Chinese company sharing their huge malware database and now a group of Chinese companies has managed to develop the first SMS worm!
July 2009
Network Solutions Suffers Large Data Breach – 500k cards ripped
(via)For nearly three months, malware planted by hackers on servers operated by Network Solutions intercepted more than 573,000 credit and debt card numbers used to services rendered by the domain registration and hosting service provide.
Techs caught red-handed hacking into customers’ laptops
(via)Several computer repair outlets in the UK have been left red-faced after their employees were caught on camera hacking into customers’ private details and trying to charge for unnecessary repairs.
Grand Theft Auto film all but ruled out
(via)Dan Houser disbelieves open-world crime games could be turned into two-hour movie, says Rockstar would have to have creative control of any such project.
Intel chief: Computer attacker still a mystery
(via)The U.S. still has not figured out who was behind the July 4 cyberattacks that took down a series of government Web sites, National Intelligence Director Dennis Blair said Wednesday.
DD-WRT firmware vuln gives you root
(via)A hacker has discovered a critical vulnerability in open-source firmware available for wireless routers made my Linksys and other manufacturers that allows attackers to remotely penetrate the device and take full control of it.
Hackers who caused Internet failure arrested
(via)Four suspects who allegedly caused an Internet failure in six provinces and autonomous regions of China on May 19 were arrested in Jiangsu Province, Xinhua News Agency reported Wednesday.
My Brute – Time Waster
(via)MyBrute has asploded the internets. It’s gained so much attention that a MyBrute Guide is needed for you to create the ultimate BRUTE! Here’s a newbie guide to anyone interested in the game. Post a comment if you want to contribute to the MyBrute Guide. Credits due will be given to your contributions.
June 2009
Superhacker Max Butler Pleads Guilty
(via)PITTSBURGH — A skilled San Francisco-based computer hacker who once sought to unite the cyber underworld under his benign rule pleaded guilty to federal wire fraud charges here Monday
How To Configure Your Router for Gaming
(via)Playing games over the Internet is a lot easier than it used to be. Nobody wants to go back to the days of modem initialization strings, manually entering IP addresses, and getting disconnected whenever someone else picked up the phone
April 2009
One in four companies report attacks via social networking sites
(via)A recent Sophos poll revealed that 63 per cent of system administrators worry that employees share too much personal information via their social networking profiles, putting their corporate infrastructure
A $99 Graphics Card Might Be All You Need
(via)With the release of AMD’s latest budget graphics card, the Radeon HD 4770, the GPU giant is bringing a lot of technology to the table.
Microsoft: 3% of e-mail is stuff we want; the rest is spam
(via)Spam makes up close to 100 percent of all e-mail traffic on the Internet, according to Microsoft. In a new security report, Microsoft said that 97 percent
Teens are happy hacking for cash
(via)If you thought that the spotty teen hacker working from a back bedroom was an outdated stereotype now that organised cybercrime is big business, think again.
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