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Reuters broke the news earlier this month that Internet giant VeriSign was repeatedly hacked during 2010. VeriSign does not believe the attacks breached the servers that support the firm's Domain Name System network, but at this point, has ruled nothing out. Should that particular network be breached...
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Occupy Wall Street protesters have gone high tech, with some hacking and attacking those they feel are responsible for their situation. According to reports, Bank of America's web page on Google Plus appears to have been hacked, and it doesn't look like B of A people are behind the page either...
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It's Hysterical Video Tuesday. This is one ticked off grandma. And if you are guilty of hacking her grandson's account, you better watch out. She's coming for you, with or without her teeth. http://tempuri.org/tempuri.html
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It's no secret that identity theft is an ever-changing beast. The ID thief knows that he must constantly change how he goes about stealing personal and financial information in order to commit his crimes. He must change because consumers are becoming more and more savvy, not only about what identity...
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A band of computer hackers who pride themselves on having been able to hack some of the most high-profile networks in the country has struck again – and this time, they hacked the Senate's server in Washington, D.C. The system was hacked, but the security of the network was not compromised. The group...
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Facebook is a social networking site that connects more than 500 million people. Users can create a profile, and add pictures, links and comments, and then choose network of Facebook friends with whom to share their profile. There are a variety of different privacy settings that allow other users to...
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After being lost for almost a decade, an unreleased documentary about hacking reappeared on “Pirate Bay,” a Swedish peer to peer file sharing site. Narrated by actor Kevin Spacey, the 90-minute Hackers Wanted follows the exploits of Adrian Lamo, who pleaded guilty in 2004 to cracking the internal network...
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A worm is spreading via Yahoo Instant Messenger that tricks people into downloading what they think is a photo from a friend but instead accesses a victim's IM contacts. If you receive a message from someone you know, with the word "photo" or "photos" and a smiley face icon, along...
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The Internal Revenue Service has issued its 2010 “dirty dozen” list of tax scams, including schemes involving return preparer fraud, hiding income offshore and phishing fraud schemes. In a statement, IRS Commissioner Doug Shulman said that “Taxpayers should be wary of anyone peddling scams that seem...
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If you attended the University of Massachusetts Amherst between 1982 and 2002, your records might be among those involved in a data breach that occurred last fall. UMass announced August 5 there was a security breach between September 15 and October 27, 2008 in which a single server was penetrated. The...
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