Is there a bigger hassle than password management? Based on ample evidence showing that a majority of users opt for simplistic, easy-to-guess passwords like “123456″ and, sadly, “password,” I’d say no. Here’s the problem: You need a robust, virtually impossible to crack password. You need a different one for each…
Fake YouTube site targeted Syrian activists, digital watchdog EFF says
A fake YouTube site purporting to show videos supporting the opposition in Syria has been taken down after it tried to infect visitors with malicious software, according to digital watchdog Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF). The EFF is “deeply concerned about this pattern of pro-government malware targeting online activists in authoritarian…
Senior System Software Engineer – Site Application Engineering / Akamai Technologies / Cambridge, MA
Akamai Technologies/Cambridge, MA (MA) Senior System Software Engineer – Site Application Engineering Location: US-MA-Cambridge Posted Date: 3/9/2012 Cost Center: 264 Category: Engineering ID: 5944 About the Job Akamai’s Site Application Engineering team is looking for an experienced System Software Engineer to work on integration of our new Front End Optimization…
Interpol site becomes new victim of cyber attack
LONDON, UK: In a suspected cyber attack, Interpol's website was brought down briefly on Tuesday. View full post on cyber crime hacking – Yahoo! News Search Results View full post on National Cyber Security » Computer Hacking
Hacker group says it broke into city site
<!–Saxotech Paragraph Count: 10–> Hackers affiliated with the group Anonymous are taking credit for hacking the Springfield city website and obtaining the Social Security numbers and other personal information of thousands of citizens. City officials announced Monday that the springfieldmo.gov site was hacked Feb. 17 and that about 2,100 people…
Trio of Teens Arrested for Hacking Greek Government Site
The teenagers’ computers were seized for forensic examination. View full post on eSecurityPlanet RSS Feed View full post on National Cyber Security
Teen hacker claims smut site hack: ‘I didn’t do it for money’
Hardcore group 'fesses up to breach as youth uploads 'members privates' A teenage hacker claims to have broken into the Brazzers, the hardcore porn portal, before making off with hundreds of thousands of user login details.… View full post on lulzsec hacker – Yahoo! News Search Results View full post…
Entire Cryptome whistleblowing site hacked by Blackhole exploit kit
The Cryptome.org whistleblowing website was hit by a serious web hijack last week that for several days borrowed thousands of its pages to serve malware, the organisation has admitted. Starting on 8 February, attackers were able to hide malicious scripts pointing to malware on every one of the site’s 6,000…
Pornography site information accessed by hacker
Home Calcutta News.NetSaturday 11th February, 2012 A computer hacker from Morocco has claimed to have accessed a disused pornography web site to find the names of 350,000 former users. In an open email, the hacker, who described himself as a 17-year-old with ties to hacking group Anonymous, said he had…
Hackers apparently hit Swedish government site
Analysis: Obama, GOP work to frame what matters: how economy is now, or where it's headed? More>> View full post on obama hacking government – Yahoo! News Search Results View full post on National Cyber Security