Security News

The Worst-Case Hack Scenario
2006-01-24 06:27

http://business.newsfactor.com/story.xhtml?story_id=41047 By Jack M. Germain January 23, 2006 A flurry of data breaches at major corporations late last year seemed to confirm a growing consensus...

Paris Hilton Hack Started With Old-Fashioned Con
2005-05-20 05:10

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/05/19/AR2005051900711.html By Brian Krebs washingtonpost.com Staff Writer May 19, 2005 The caper had all the necessary ingredients to...

Students hack into computer and steal tests
2004-09-23 07:16

http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/09/23/1095651427237.html September 23, 2004 A computer system at a Gold Coast Catholic high school is being upgraded after students broke into a...

Wardriver pleads guilty in Lowes WiFi hacks
2004-06-07 06:38

http://www.securityfocus.com/news/8835 By Kevin Poulsen SecurityFocus June 4, 2004 In a rare wireless hacking conviction, a Michigan man entered a guilty plea Friday in federal court in Charlotte,...

Charges filed in 'Deceptive Duo' hacks
2004-05-03 07:33

http://www.securityfocus.com/news/8559 By Kevin Poulsen SecurityFocus May 3 2004 A Florida man has been charged in federal court in Washington DC for his alleged role as one-half of the...

Bad Raps for Non-Hacks
2003-06-17 07:14

http://www.securityfocus.com/columnists/167 By Mark Rasch June 16, 2003 A few odd cases show that you don't have be a digital desparado to be accused of a cybercrime... particularly if you...

County board can't hack an unsafe network
2003-06-11 06:28

http://www.uniondemocrat.com/news/story.cfm?story_no=11027 By SCOTT PESZNECKER June 10, 2003 Despite the state budget crisis that's also hitting counties, Calaveras County supervisors on Monday...

Australia leaves the hack door open to cyber sabotage
2003-04-08 11:17

http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/04/07/1049567603965.html By Nathan Cochrane and Sue Cant April 8 2003 Next Australia's critical information infrastructure is at risk because of the Federal...

Commuters hack wireless networks
2003-03-27 09:43

Forwarded from: William Knowles http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/2885339.stm 26 March, 2003 Jumping on to the increasing number of wireless networks around cities such as London has become...

Re: Start-up banks on hack-proof Linux
2002-09-30 06:21

Forwarded from: Kurt Seifried