All the stories tagged with hacking
Twitter Reportedly Testing Two Factor Authentication
04/24/2013, It is being reported that Twitter is internally testing a two factor authentication security system which will be incrementally rolled out to users in the near future. Two factor or two step authentication safeguard accounts from hacking attempts in a far better [...]
U.S. To Form Working Group With China On Cybersecurity
04/14/2013, In recent months we have heard both U.S. and China bicker back and forth on cyber attacks originating from the other’s homeland, but now both of them will be collectively working on cybersecurity. U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, during [...]
Xbox Live Accounts Of ‘High Profile’ Microsoft Employees Hacked
03/20/2013, South Korea isn’t the only place to see some hacking activity occur today as Microsoft has been the victim of a number of “high profile” accounts get hacked. “A handful of high-profile Xbox LIVE accounts held by current and former Microsoft [...]
Cyberattack alert! Car and candy companies are not spared
03/11/2013, Over the last few months, 40 known companies have been identified as victims of cyberattacks. As more details are being revealed, it turns out that these attacks are not only targeted at tech companies such as Apple or Twitter but [...]
Website Used To Hack Apple And Facebook Found
02/20/2013, Yesterday we reported that Apple has been the target of Hackers. Apple claimed that the source of the hack was the same as used to hack Facebook. The malware used in both these cases came from a popular forum of [...]
Jawbone MyTalk Experiences Limited Hack
02/13/2013, Jawbone has announced that a small number of accounts had been compromised by cyber-attacks. The company did not mention how many, but did use the word “limited” to describe the scope of the attack. In any case, some user data [...]
Twitter Hacked! 250,000 Accounts At Risk
02/01/2013, Twitter has confirmed that approximately 250,000 users are affected in the recent hack but denied that the hack is related to the outage yesterday. As security measure, Twitter did reset all affected passwords and revoked all session tokens from affected [...]
Series of hotel break-ins attributed to security flaw in hotel keycard system
11/27/2012, Remember earlier this year we reported that thanks to a hacker, a security flaw was discovered in the keycard system used by hotels around the world? One would assume that after learning about this flaw that hotels around the world [...]
Teen hacker sentenced to six years of supervised Internet access
11/09/2012, A hacker from a group called UG Nazi was sentence in Long Beach, California on Wednesday. Going under the moniker “Cosmo” or “Cosmo the God,” the 15-year old pleaded guilty to multiple felonies including credit card fraud, identity theft, bomb [...]
Russian cybercrime market is well-established, says report
11/05/2012, In a report entitled “Russian Underground 101,” Japanese security software company Trend Micro claims that the cybercrime market in Russia is getting more commercial than ever, with hackers offering services for a price. Using data gathered from online forums and [...]
GoDaddy Attacked, Millions Of Sites Down
09/10/2012, Members of the well-known online hacktivist group, Anonymous, have attempted a number of high-profile cyber attacks in the recent past. It seems that the latest to go on the list of their victims is the popular web hosting giant, GoDaddy. [...]
Apple’s leaked UDIDs: Blue Toad Publishing may be the real source
09/10/2012, Lask week, an online hacktivist group, AntiSec, leaked 1 million Apple UDIDs onto the web. The group claimed that it was able to lay its hands on a total of 12 million Apple device IDs by breaching FBI servers. At [...]
Apple UDID Leak: Why Does It Matter?
09/04/2012, Ealier today, AntiSec hackers claimed that they had been able to breach into FBI servers and gain access to a list of 12 million Apple UDIDs. The group leaked 1 million UDIDs online, claiming them to be a part of [...]
