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Mayor of New Jersey town arrested on hacking and conspiracy charges

The mayor of West New York, New Jersey, was arrested together with his son on Thursday, for allegedly hacking into a website that criticized him and his administration.

By Lucian Constantin | 25 May, 2012 15:45

Tags: cybercrime, Access control and authentication, data breach, Criminal, legal, intrusion, security

Security researcher urges IT managers to keep up with SAP patches

More than 95 percent of over 600 SAP systems tested by security firm Onapsis were vulnerable to espionage, sabotage and fraud, mainly because patches had not been applied, according to a researcher.

By Loek Essers | 24 May, 2012 16:37

Tags: Hack In The Box, enterprise architecture, Architecture, software, fraud, Exploits / vulnerabilities, data protection, data breach, intrusion, security, sap

Bredolab botnet author sentenced to 4 years in prison in Armenia

The creator of the Bredolab malware received a four-year prison sentence in Armenia on Monday for using his botnet to launch DDoS (distributed denial-of-service) attacks that damaged multiple computer systems owned by private individuals and organizations.

By Lucian Constantin | 23 May, 2012 15:50

Tags: security, malware, legal, cybercrime

IIA seeks input into iCode review from ISPs, security vendors

The Internet Industry Association (IIA) has called for participating internet service providers (ISPs) and security vendors to contribute to a review of the IIA’s iCode.

By Hamish Barwick | 03 April, 2012 12:15

Tags: iCode, Internet Industry Association (IIA), internet service providers (ISPs), security

Privacy Commissioner opens investigation into Fairfax site hack

The Australian Privacy Commissioner, Timothy Pilgrim, has launched an investigation into the recent hacking of Fairfax microsite, Herald Education. Fairfax’s Young Writer was also hacked.

By Computerworld Staff | 03 February, 2012 11:56

Tags: hacking, security breach

SLIDESHOW: 8 Free Wi-Fi security tools

Even if you have an enterprise-level Wi-Fi spectrum analyzer, free Wi-Fi tools can also come in handy

By Eric Geier | 15 December, 2011 12:40

Tags: security, wi-fi

Social engineering: How to hack humans

You get a call from a software company -- a Microsoft partner perhaps -- who tells you your computer is infected with a virus.

By Rohan Pearce | 03 November, 2011 15:12

Tags: security, social engineering

Study: Hackers, IT pros share personal information online

Hackers apparently can be just as careless as their victims.

By Christina DesMarais | 16 October, 2011 04:52

Tags: antivirus, bitdefender, hackers, online security, security, social networks, technology standards

Sony halts 93,000 accounts after breach

Sony says it suspended 93,000 accounts on its online entertainment networks after a large number of unauthorised sign-in attempts, months after a huge breach forced it to halt some services.

By AAP | 13 October, 2011 09:09

Tags: hackings, Playstation Network, security, sony, Sony PlayStation Network (PSN)

Hacker group's cyber war on US police

A hacker group says it's "defaced and destroyed" websites at scores of US police agencies in retaliation for the arrest of suspects accused of hacking into the CIA, British crime agency SOCA, and Sony.

By AAP | 08 August, 2011 09:20

Tags: AntiSec, cyber attacks, hacking, security, security breach

LulzSec hack timeline: Doing it for the lulz

Fresh from their latest hack, Computerworld Australia brings you a timeline of LulzSec's major scalps

By Diana Nguyen | 19 July, 2011 14:17

Tags: Denial of Service (DoS), hackers, hacking, LulzSec, security, security breach

LulzSec harvests Aussie emails, passwords

Fresh from attacking the CIA's CIO.gov website with a denial of service (DOS) attack, hacker group LulzSec has struck again with a leaked list of 62,000 email addresses and passwords, including some harvested from Australian organisations.

By Hamish Barwick | 17 June, 2011 12:14

Tags: email addresses, LulzSec, passwords, security, security breach

Hackers claim US Senate website break-in

A hacking group that prides itself on attacking weakly protected websites for fun says it has breached the website of the US Senate.

By AAP | 14 June, 2011 10:08

Tags: hackers, hacking, LulzSec, Lulz Security, security, security breach, US Senate

Norwegian military admits to March cyberattack

The Norwegian military has admitted to being hit by a potentially serious targeted cyberattack attack in March, sources in the country have reported.

By John E Dunn | 24 May, 2011 04:12

Tags: security

Sony hit again with two hacks

An intruder has apparently broken into So-net, an internet service provider subsidiary of Sony, and stolen about $1200 worth of virtual tokens.

By Jaikumar Vijayan | 21 May, 2011 06:07

Tags: f-secure, Malware and Vulnerabilities, security, sony

AusCERT 2011: Second Stuxnet worm on the horizon

The rogue Stuxnet worm that infected an Iranian nuclear facility two years ago has provided a blueprint for cyber criminals and we can expect to see another one in the future.

By Hamish Barwick | 16 May, 2011 14:55

Tags: AusCERT 2011, Eric Byres, siemens, Stuxent worm

AusCERT 2011: Identity theft no joke for Welsh comedian

As a professional comedian Bennett Arron gets paid to see the funny side of things, but a run-in with identity thieves in the 1990s had him far from laughing.

By Hamish Barwick | 16 May, 2011 10:38

Tags: AusCERT 2011, Bennett Arron, id cards, identity theft

Analysis: Is Sony getting a bad rap on its data breach?

Sony didn't show up for last week's Capitol Hill hearing on its massive data breach, thought to have affected more than 100 million video gamers. But that didn't stop Representative Mary Bono Mack from laying into the company, along with Epsilon, a marketing company that experienced a similar breach just weeks before.

By Robert McMillan | 14 May, 2011 10:22

Tags: data breach, Game platforms, games, security, sony

EMC: RSA SecurID info swiped via sophisticated hack attack

EMC issued a warning today that hackers have stolen information about its RSA SecurID two-factor authentication that could be used by cybercriminals to more easily breach customers' systems,

By Ted Samson | 18 March, 2011 10:38

Tags: cyber crime, EMC, hacking, intrusion, security

Night Dragon brings security vulnerabilities into the boardroom

A hacking operation dubbed ‘Night Dragon’ has targeted energy utilities, using tried-and-tested intrusion methods to steal intellectual property related to oil field exploration and bidding plans, according to security company McAfee.

By Georgina Swan | 11 February, 2011 10:06

Tags: China, energy, gas, intellectual property, mcafee, Night Dragon, Oil, security, vulnerability

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