Sign up for a new account or log in here:
TechSpot News
hacking articles
Max Payne 3 multiplayer cheaters forced to play with each other
-
Given the complexity of modern games, they inevitably ship with glitches and vulnerabilities. Such is the case with Max Payne 3, which has a problem with multiplayer cheaters using invincibility hacks, infinite adrenaline exploits and more. Although most people are honest...
LulzSec Reborn strikes again, leaks 10,000 Twitter accounts on Pastebin
- An alleged restructured version of the LulzSec hacker group has taken responsibility for a collection of around 10,000 user accounts related to a third-party Twitter service. This is the second major attack that the otherwise quiet group has taken responsibility…
Last.fm becomes latest victim in string of security breaches
- A number of high profile websites have fallen victim to security breaches this week and if today’s developments are any indication, it doesn’t look like the end is anywhere in sight. The latest victim is Internet music provider Last.fm who…
eHarmony confirms breach, about 1.5 million passwords stolen
- eHarmony has confirmed that nearly 1.5 million of its users have had their passwords -- or more specifically, hashed passwords -- stolen by hackers. The popular match-making site may have fallen victim to the same hackers who compromised LinkedIn's password database…
LinkedIn password database leaked, company confirms intrusion
- LinkedIn may have suffered a serious blow in terms of the security and safety of its users today. Hackers claim to have leaked over 6.5 million password hashes originating from the career-focused social networking site. Although the hash values appear…
Google will begin warning users of state-sponsored attacks
- Internet search giant Google has announced it will begin alerting Gmail users if they are being subjected to what it calls "suspected state-sponsored" attacks as well as offering advice on how to have additional layers of security to prevent unauthorized…
Flame malware subverts Windows Updates, infects networked PCs
- Flame or Flamer, an admittedly sophisticated piece of malware, appears to have more tricks up its sleeve than security researchers had initially believed. Security firm Kaspersky has discovered that the virus turns infected PCs into Windows Update servers which may…
Exploit allows command prompt to launch at Windows 7 login screen
- An unpatched exploit in Windows 7, Windows Server 2008 R2 and Windows 8 Consumer Preview allows a user to launch an elevated command prompt by manipulating the sticky keys function. The hack requires very little knowledge and can be exploited…
Apple iOS 'Absinthe' jailbreak: 1 million downloads and counting
- An untethered jailbreak for iOS 5.1.1 called Absinthe 2.0 released late last week has already been downloaded over 1 million times. Chronic-Dev, the team behind the jailbreak, claims that more than 200,000 third generation iPads were among those jailbroken.
Blizzard: Battle.net account theft increase normal, hacking not issue
- Blizzard has responded to the recent upswing of stolen Battle.net accounts since the release of Diablo 3. Although critics might be tempted to point the finger at Blizzard's security, the game company says that every complaint it has investigated has…
VMware source code stolen by hacker, published online
- VMware just became the latest victim of hackers, with the firm acknowledging a breach that resulted in source code for their ESX virtualization products being stolen and posted online. The attack is reportedly the work of a hacker known as…
Sophos: 20% of Macs harbor Windows malware
-
Although folks are currently fixated on the Flashback botnet, Sophos draws attention to the fact that one in five Macs harbors some kind of Windows-oriented malware. The company gathered results over seven days from 100,000 Apple machines using its free antivirus program...
Violating a terms of service agreement is not criminal, federal court says
- On Tuesday, the federal Ninth Court of Appeals ruled that violating a "terms of service" agreement is not a criminal offense. At the heart of the debate were concerns that violating a terms of service agreement, despite being a set…
Pastebin looking to hire staff to police posted content
- The owner of Pastebin.com has announced plans to boost their current abuse report system by hiring more staff in a bid to help with policing sensitive information continually posted on the site, which now experiences in excess of 17 million…
FTC fines RockYou $250,000 for exposing identities of 32 million gamers
- Online social gaming outfit, RockYou, has settled with the FTC after an embarrassing security snafu in 2009 allowed hackers to reveal the accounts and passwords of more than 32 million users. The company has been fined $250,000 and is required…
iPhone and Android passcodes can be bypassed within seconds
- Swedish security firm, Micro Systemation, has demonstrated how simple it is to defeat lock screen passcode mechanisms on both iPhone OS and Android devices. To do it, the company shows off their own security tool called XRY, a utility used…
Weekend tech reading: Meet the hackers of Pwn2Own
-
At a Google-run competition in Vancouver last month, the search giant’s famously secure Chrome Web browser fell to hackers twice. Both of the new methods used a rigged website to bypass Chrome’s security protections and completely hijack a target computer. But while those two hacks...
Verizon shows increases in malware, hacktivism, security breaches
- Making note of the social unrest which unfolded in 2011, Verizon's 2012 data breach investigation report (very large pdf) highlights a tumultuous year for computer and network security. Although a couple of numbers were down from previous years, attacks related…
Study: 51% of Internet traffic is from bots, 31% is harmful
- According to research by Incapsula, approximately half of all Web traffic stems from automated sources. The outfit determined that humans only represent about 49% of traffic, while the remaining chunk is derived from bots. Of that bot-related traffic, 20% stems…
Google rushes out Chrome patch for sandbox exploit, other still lurks
- Shortly after two security researchers publicly bested Chrome at Pwn2Own and Pwnium a couple days ago, Google has rolled out a fix for one of the exploits. However, the second hack remains both a mystery and ominously at large.
LulzSec leader worked with the FBI for months, turns in fellow hackers
- LulzSec, the hacking collective loosely associated with Anonymous, suffered a major blow today after law enforcement officials in the U.S. and U.K. arrested three of its members and charged another two with the help of none other than the group's…
Google wants hackers to hammer on Chrome for $1 million
- Google has withdrawn support for TippingPoint's annual Pwn2Own hacking competition following rule changes. Previously, entrants were required to reveal all the details about exploits used to compromise security. That stipulation no longer exists and folks are allowed to enter 2012's…
Anonymous targets US ammunition supplier, Combined Systems
- Combined Systems, a Pennsylvania-based company who manufactures tear gas used by law enforcement agencies around the world had its website defaced and then destroyed yesterday by hackers associated with the loosely knit group Anonymous, as part of the first anniversary…
Most Popular
| Trending | Featured |
Subscribe to TechSpot
Get free exclusive content, learn about new features and breaking tech news.
TechSpot on: