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Pirate Bay co-founder can be extradited to Denmark to face hacking charges
- A Swedish district court has ruled that Pirate Bay co-founder Gottfrid Svartholm Warg can be extradited to Denmark to face charges that he was involved in one of the country’s largest hacking attacks. What’s more, Warg must remain in custody…
Google raises cash bounty for reporting vulnerabilities in its services
- Google takes security seriously; so much so that it is willing to pay a bounty to anyone who manages to find a vulnerability in any of its services. The company began offering these payouts a couple of years ago, and…
Georgia Tech researchers hack iPhone with malicious wall-charger
- Researchers from the Georgia Institute of Technology are claiming that they have developed a method to inject arbitrary software into iOS via a USB wall-charger.
Apple's two-factor authentication doesn't protect iCloud data
- Apple implemented an optional two-factor authentication for Apple IDs back in March in an effort to provide users with tighter security over their account but according to one security software company, Cupertino isn’t doing enough.
Google will make critical security exploits known after a week
- Google and its team of security researchers are known for catching some of the biggest security exploits in other companies' products. Normally, the period for revealing a flaw to the general public is 60 days, which gives the affected company…
LulzSec member Jeremy Hammond pleads guilty to Stratfor attack
- Jeremy Hammond, aka "Anarchaos," of hacker collective LulzSec has today plead guilty to a single count of conspiracy to engage in computer hacking. Hammond was arrested last year after Hector Xavier Monsegur, aka "Sabu," cooperated with the FBI in investigations of LulzSec…
UK LulzSec hackers sentenced to varying prison terms
- Four LulzSec hackers have been sentenced in the UK to varying prison stints. The men pleaded guilty to denial-of-service attacks on 20th Century Fox, the CIA, Nintendo, Sony and others and accepted their sentencing as part of a plea bargain.
Seven arrested in New York for alleged 'criminal flash mob' ATM cybercrime
- Authorities in New York have arrested seven people in connection with a hacking scheme in which perpetrators stole $45 million from ATMs around the world. The attackers hacked into computer systems of banking and financial institutions in two separate but…
Pentagon accuses China of trying to hack US defense networks
- Accusations of cyber-attacks allegedly perpetrated by China have been floating around for years, but today, for the first time, the Pentagon is directly accusing the Chinese of trying to break into US defense computer networks.
Wiikey reverse-engineers the Wii U, mod chip coming soon
- Wiikey, the company that sells mod chips for the Nintendo Wii, said in an update on their website they have successfully reverse-engineered the Wii U drive authentication, disk encryption, file system and “everything else” needed to build a mod chip…
Police arrest Dutch man believed to be responsible for massive DDoS attack
- Law enforcement officials in Spain have arrested a Dutch man they believe is linked to cyber attacks that took place last month. The man was arrested at his home in Barcelona at the request of Dutch authorities. Police seized his…
LulzSec leader arrested in Australia, authorities say
- Australian authorities claim they have arrested the self-proclaimed leader of the hacking group LulzSec. The unnamed individual was charged with two counts of unauthorized modification of data to cause impairment and one count of unauthorized access to, or modification of,…
AP Twitter account compromised, tweets White House attack
- The Associated Press’ Twitter account was hacked earlier today and used to distribute a tweet claiming explosions at the White House had injured President Barack Obama. The account was suspended by Twitter shortly after the tweet was sent out.
Hacker demonstrates how to hijack an airplane using an Android app
- A security consultant by the name of Hugo Teso claims he has created an Android app called PlaneSploit that would allow him to remotely attack and hijack commercial aircraft. He recently presented his findings at the Hack in the Box…
uPlay hacking tool grants access to Ubisoft's entire catalog
- A new hacking tool available on a Russian gaming forum allows users to circumvent security measures in place on Ubisoft’s uPlay game distribution platform. Specifically, the hack tricks the platform’s authorization tool into thinking the user has access to Ubisoft’s…
The War Z taken offline after user data compromised in server breach
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After disappointing many folks with a rocky debut in December, The War Z is making negative headlines again. According to a notice plastered where its game forum used to reside, hackers have gained access to the company's message board and game databases, including...
Auernheimer sentenced to 41 months for breaching AT&T servers
- Andrew Auernheimer will spend the next three years and five months of his life in prison. The 27-year-old was sentenced today in federal court in Newark, New Jersey, after being convicted on November 20 of breaching AT&T’s servers, stealing personal…
Reuters employee indicted for conspiring with Anonymous members
- An employee of Reuters has been indicted by the US Justice Department on the grounds that he helped members of the loose-knit hactivist group Anonymous deface the Los Angeles Times website. 26-year-old Matthew Keys of Secaucus, New Jersey, was charged…
Critical Windows USB exploit allows flash drives to grant root access, patch issued
- Microsoft's Patch Tuesday yielded an interesting security fix for a glaring vulnerability in how the Windows kernel handles USB device enumeration. The critical vulnerability allowed potential hackers with physical access to a Windows PC to run arbitrary code with system…
Evernote resets all user account passwords following security breach
- A recent security breach at online note-taking service Evernote forced the company to reset all of their 50 million users’ passwords as a precautionary measure. The company noted (no pun intended) that there is no evidence that any content stored…
Researcher finds flaw that grants access to any Facebook account
- A security expert recently outlined steps on his blog that allowed him to gain unprecedented access to anyone’s Facebook account. Nir Goldshlager said a flaw in Facebook’s OAuth service, which is used to by developers to solicit permission from users…
Apple, Facebook not only companies targeted by recent hack. More details surface.
- Security experts believe a sophisticated attack responsible for infiltrating computers at Twitter, Facebook and Apple wasn't isolated to just those companies. According to a report by ComputerWorld, the attack -- which targeted a previously unknown Java exploit -- gave hackers…
Google has reduced hacked Gmail accounts by 99.7 percent since 2011
- E-mail spam is practically a way of life in this day and age but that doesn’t mean we have to accept the way things are. That especially holds true for Google as the company recently outlined some measures they have…
Apple says they were hacked by the same group that hit Facebook
- In a rare admission on Tuesday, Apple announced they too have fallen victim to a sophisticated malware that targeted Twitter and Facebook in recently weeks. Just like the attack on Facebook, Apple says some of their employees’ computers were infected…
New Mac virus skirts Gatekeeper, initiates creepy reverse-shell connection
- A new trojan virus is targeting computers running Mac OS X and initiating an encrypted reverse-shell connection, allowing attackers potentially unfettered access to infected machines armed with basic, inbound-only firewalls. Security firm Intego appears to be the first to report…
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