Security News > 2008

Hack into a Windows PC - no password needed
2008-03-05 08:40

http://www.theage.com.au/news/security/hack-into-a-windows-pc-no-password-needed/2008/03/04/1204402423638.html By Asher Moses The Age March 4, 2008 A security consultant based in New Zealand has...

Unknown hacker hijacks Macao's government website
2008-03-05 08:40

http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-03/03/content_7710750.htm www.chinaview.cn 2008-03-03 MACAO, March 3 (Xinhua) -- The online directory page of Macao's Public Administration and Civil Service...

Terrorists Hacking Power Systems
2008-03-03 06:03

http://cryptome.org/hack-power.htm http://groups.yahoo.com/group/coldwarcomms/message/12951 To: coldwarcomms () yahoogroups com From: Date: Sat, 1 Mar 2008 10:40:46 -0800 (PST) Subject:...

GAO Finds Data Protection Lagging
2008-02-27 12:05

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/02/25/AR2008022503120.html By Christopher Lee Washington Post Staff Writer February 26, 2008 Despite a steady stream of embarrassing...

UAE banks invest in IT security on hacking fears
2008-02-21 07:03

http://www.business24-7.ae/cs/article_show_mainh1_story.aspx?HeadlineID=2605 By Ryan Harrison Emirates Business 24/7 February 20, 2008 Investment in anti-hacking technology is growing...

Black Hat Descends on Washington
2008-02-20 06:38

http://www.internetnews.com/security/article.php/3728856 By Sean Michael Kerner InternetNews.com February 19, 2008 WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The name "Black Hat" for years has been synonymous with...

Former FEMA director Michael Brown talks disaster recovery -- including his own
2008-02-20 06:37

http://www.financialweek.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080215/REG/886415246 Financial Week Weekender February 15, 2008 These days, former Federal Emergency Management Agency Director Michael...

Petrobras announces loss of top secret information
2008-02-19 09:02

http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-02/15/content_7609428.htm By Bi Mingxin www.chinaview.cn 2008-02-15 RIO DE JANEIRO, Feb. 14 (Xinhua) -- Detailed information about Brazil's recent oil and...

Cyber pranksters aim for a SWAT team response
2008-02-19 09:01

http://www.dailynews.com/ci_8291447 By Rick Coca LA Daily News Staff Writer 02/17/2008 He told the 911 dispatcher he had killed someone in the house and more bloodshed would follow. When SWAT...

Laptop with more than 5,	000 patients' details stolen from hospital
2008-02-15 08:10

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=514463&in_page_id=1770 The Daily Mail 14th February 2008 A laptop containing personal records of more than 5,000...