Security News

RSA hack -- a lesson in how not to handle a PR disaster!
2011-03-23 07:10

http://eskenzi.wordpress.com/2011/03/21/rsa-hack-%E2%80%93-a-lesson-in-how-not-to-handle-a-pr-disaster/ By yvonneeskenzi March 21, 2011 I’ve been doing PR for the IT security industry for 16...

HBGary's Hoglund identifies lessons in Anonymous hack
2011-03-18 07:43

http://www.csoonline.com/article/677340/hbgary-s-hoglund-identifies-lessons-in-anonymous-hack By Robert Lemos CSO March 17, 2011 On Superbowl Sunday, HBGary CTO Greg Hoglund found himself locked...

Anonymous probed for hack threat against WikiLeaker captors
2011-03-09 11:46

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/03/08/anonymous_investigated/ By Dan Goodin in San Francisco The Register 8th March 2011 The Pentagon has asked for an investigation into threats made by the...

Anonymous hack showed password re-use becoming endemic
2011-02-11 09:50

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/02/10/password_re_use_study/ By John Leyden The Register 10th February 2011 Computer scientists have discovered that password re-use is far more prevalent than...

Russian Convicted of $9 Million RBS WorldPay Hack Avoids Jail
2011-02-10 09:56

http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2011/02/rbs-hacker-avoids-jail/ By Kim Zetter Threat Level Wired.com February 9, 2011 A Russian hacker convicted of the $9 million hack of RBS WorldPay has avoided...

Scandinavian gamers hack NH medical center to play Call of Duty; compromise records of 230,000
2011-01-14 08:03

http://www.unionleader.com/article.aspx?articleId=6add3fd7-0f3f-4680-aa61-232503e7eaca&headline=Scandinavian+gamers+hack+NH+medical+center+to+play+Call+of+Duty%3b+compromise+records+of+230%2c000...

United Airlines Caught in Twitter Hack
2010-02-27 08:51

http://www.nbcchicago.com/news/business/united-twitter-hack-85544162.html By BJ LUTZ NBC Chicago Feb 26, 2010 The Twitter account for United Airlines on Friday morning was among several notable...

N.Korea 'Hacks into S.Korea-U.S. Defense Plans'
2009-12-18 09:04

http://english.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2009/12/18/2009121800317.html The Chosun Ilbo Dec. 18, 2009 Suspected North Korean hackers may have gained access to a war plan devised by South Korea...

Re: Time Warner Cable Exposes 65, 000 Customer Routers to Remote	Hacks
2009-10-23 07:15

Forwarded from: *Hobbit* And why was a similar hue and cry not raised two+ years ago over Actiontec's similar backdoor they deliberately built into DSL modems branded for Verizon?...

MIT Subway Hack Paper Published on the Web
2008-08-12 19:25

http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2327898,00.asp By Chloe Albanesius PCMag.com 08.12.08 Massachusetts transit officials were skeptical that three MIT students were providing them with their...