Security News

Web attackers deface gov't sites, steal from financials
2011-03-16 06:04

http://www.csoonline.com/article/677028/web-attackers-deface-gov-t-sites-steal-from-financials By Robert Lemos CSO March 15, 2011 Driven by the hacktivism of the loose-knit Anonymous group,...

S. Korea's major web sites hit by DDoS attacks
2011-03-04 11:05

http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/world/2011-03/04/c_13760843.htm English.news.cn 2011-03-04 SEOUL, March 4 (Xinhua) -- A fresh wave of cyber attacks hit major South Korean Web sites,...

79% of web users put personal info in passwords
2010-12-23 09:12

http://www.pcadvisor.co.uk/news/index.cfm?NewsID=3254182 By Carrie-Ann Skinner PC Advisor December 20, 2010 Nearly four in five (79 percent) web users admit to using personal information and...

Pennsylvania's Web security officer leaves post a week after talking about PennDOT hacking incident
2010-03-11 06:21

http://www.pennlive.com/midstate/index.ssf/2010/03/pennsylvanias_web_security_off.html By JAN MURPHY The Patriot-News March 10, 2010 Last week, Pennsylvania's chief information security officer...

Firm to Release Database & Web Server 0days
2010-01-12 17:05

http://www.krebsonsecurity.com/2010/01/firm-to-release-database-web-server-0days/ By Brian Krebs krebsonsecurity.com January 11th, 2010 January promises to be a busy month for Web server and...

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...

Hacker breaks in to PM's web site
2008-04-18 09:12

http://www.polskieradio.pl/thenews/human-interest/?id=80534 18.04.2008 Hackers broke into the web site of the Prime Minister's Chancellery last night, the second time this week that a government...

Not-so-secret intelligence chief puts his personal details on the web
2007-11-19 07:20

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=494407 By Simon Cable The Daily Mail November 16, 2007 It may not be the most advisable action when you've been...

Web worker stole 100,000 users' details
2007-08-22 06:13

http://www.contractoruk.com/news/003412.html Aug 22, 2007 A Cable & Wireless employee was yesterday identified to Contractor UK as having stolen the personal details of 100,000 broadband customers...

Giuliani campaign fixes dangerous flaw on new Web site
2007-03-27 06:55

http://www.smh.com.au/news/Technology/Giuliani-campaign-fixes-dangerous-flaw-on-new-Web-site/2007/03/27/1174761429592.html March 27, 2007 Republican presidential front-runner Rudy Giuliani's...