Apple is in the process of developing a tool that will detect and remove the Flashback virus from infected Macs, the company revealed Tuesday. An estimated 600,000 Macs, or the market equivalent of 8.5 million PCs, have been infected with the Flashback Trojan botnet, which was originally discovered last year….
Anonymous hacker admits stealing abortion site’s passwords
A hacker identified with the hacktivist group Anonymous admitted to breaking into a British website offering advice on pregnancy, including abortion, and stealing the records of some 10,000 people. View full post on anonymous hacker – Yahoo! News Search Results View full post on National Cyber Security
Hacker admits breaking into UK abortion provider’s website, stealing 9,000 personal records
LONDON – A man claiming allegiance to the Internet activist group Anonymous has admitted hacking into the website of a major British abortion provider. James Jeffery appeared at a London court Saturday to admit two offences under the Computer Misuse Act. The 27-year-old was arrested Friday for breaking into the…
Symantec admits source code published by Anonymous is genuine
Symantec is in an ongoing fight against hackers in the group Anonymous that last January attempted to extort a payment of around $50,000 (£30,000) from Symantec in exchange for not publicly posting stolen Symantec source code they had stolen for various older Symantec security products dating to 2006. Late yesterday,…
Trustwave admits issuing ‘man-in-the-middle’ digital certificate
Mozilla debates punishment for the issuing of a subordinate root certificate that let company snoop on SSL-encrypted traffic Digital Certificate Authority (CA) Trustwave revealed that it has issued a digital certificate that enabled an unnamed private company to spy on SSL-protected connections within its corporate network, an action that prompted…
VeriSign admits it was hacked in 2010 but managers not told
Internet giant VeriSign suffered a series of data breaches in 2010 and even now senior executives are not sure exactly what was compromised, the company has admitted in a filing made to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). News of the previously unmentioned breaches has been uncovered by Reuters from…
Symantec admits security source code stolen after network hack
Symantec has admitted its own network was compromised having previously denied the source code of some of its flagship security products was stolen. In a statement provided to Reuters, the security software giant acknowledged that hackers had broken into its network when they stole source code of some of the…
Google admits to Kenyan data scraping allegations
Google has admitted that some of its employees fraudulently gained access to the servers of a Kenyan business directory and tried to poach its customers. The US search giant said it was “mortified” to discover that staff working on its Getting Kenyan Businesses Online (GKBO) project – an initiative to give small businesses…
Man admits theft from employer
An Upper Southampton man has admitted ripping off his employer to fuel his addiction to painkillers. View full post on computer theft – Yahoo! News Search Results View full post on National Cyber Security
British student admits hacking into Facebook
Glenn Steven Mangham has pleaded guilty of hacking into Facebook. He faces five charges for repeatedly trying to penetrate the defenses of the social network and will be sentenced in February. View full post on facebook hacker – Yahoo! News Search Results View full post on National Cyber Security