Syrian hacker group pops FT Twitter account, website 

Syrian hacker group pops FT Twitter account, website

Posts pro-Assad messages.
LulzSec hackers sentenced between one to three years, accessory to 32 months 

LulzSec hackers sentenced between one to three years, accessory to 32 months

Sentenced totals six years in prison.
Sentencing begins for London LulzSec four 

Sentencing begins for London LulzSec four

Charged for DDoS attacks against CIA, Sony and Nintendo.
OpUSA hacktivist campaign fails 

OpUSA hacktivist campaign fails

Limited, nuisance-level attacks brushed off.
Dutch police ask for powers to plant malware, hack DDoS servers 

Dutch police ask for powers to plant malware, hack DDoS servers

F-Secure won't help.
Dreyfus backs mandatory data breach laws 

Dreyfus backs mandatory data breach laws

More talks on the cards.
LulzSec 'leader' arrested in Sydney 

LulzSec 'leader' arrested in Sydney

Updated: Hacker a Sydney-based penetration tester.
ColdFusion zero day used in web host hack 

ColdFusion zero day used in web host hack

Hole patched.
Three LulzSec members plead guilty 

Three LulzSec members plead guilty

Hacking spree confessed.
Anonymous attacks Israel 

Anonymous attacks Israel

But authorities say #opIsrael attacks failed.
Commbank hack a dud 

Commbank hack a dud

Breached credentials almost two years old.
Microsoft Xbox staff accounts hacked 

Microsoft Xbox staff accounts hacked

Prankster admits to Horan iCloud hack.
Crims buy access to Brazilian national security database 

Crims buy access to Brazilian national security database

Hacker sells a month's access for $1000.
Hackers claim dox on Mrs Obama, Biden and celebs 

Hackers claim dox on Mrs Obama, Biden and celebs

Jay-Z, Beyoncé, and Britney Spears among those potentially affected.
Chinese hackers infiltrated Reserve Bank 

Chinese hackers infiltrated Reserve Bank

Documents reveal data breach history.
Sabu sentence delayed 

Sabu sentence delayed

Hammond awaits trial with same judge.
Hackers hijack Bit9 whitelist in targeted attack 

Hackers hijack Bit9 whitelist in targeted attack

Failed to install its own software.
Twitter says 250,000 accounts compromised 

Twitter says 250,000 accounts compromised

Java exploit used in hack?
UNSW hacked, servers shut down 

UNSW hacked, servers shut down

Motivations behind festive hacks unclear.
Red October espionage campaign targets governments 

Red October espionage campaign targets governments

Campaign undetected for five years.
$10k-a-month exploit kit trumps BlackHole 

$10k-a-month exploit kit trumps BlackHole

Two hundred new servers found hosting the Cool exploit kit.
TurkTrust denies security breach led to certificate gaffe 

TurkTrust denies security breach led to certificate gaffe

No 'malevolence, fraud or any other crime factor'.
Hackers claim raid on CCTV sites 

Hackers claim raid on CCTV sites

#NaziGods says it found government logins and emails during raid.
Scarlett Johansson hacker gets 10 years in prison 

Scarlett Johansson hacker gets 10 years in prison

Christopher Chaney plead guilty to cyber stalking and harassment of dozens of individuals.
Hacker nabs Yahoo! site backups 

Hacker nabs Yahoo! site backups

Finds website flaws.
Hackers claim exploit cache in raid 

Hackers claim exploit cache in raid

Rival vulnerability service hacked.
22k records stolen in Australian Defence Force Academy hack 

22k records stolen in Australian Defence Force Academy hack

Database hit by SQL Injection
Attackers can read USB storage attached to Samsung TVs  

Attackers can read USB storage attached to Samsung TVs

Remote attackers get root on smart TVs.
One million users compromised in US insurer breach 

One million users compromised in US insurer breach

Company mum on hack details.
Massive Romanian credit card ring busted 

Massive Romanian credit card ring busted

Police arrest gang accused of Australia's largest credit card fraud ring.
Pen tester builds wifi war-bike  

Pen tester builds wifi war-bike

Motorbike kitted out with wifi kit, helmet display.
FreeBSD package infrastructure compromised 

FreeBSD package infrastructure compromised

Full disclosure.
VMware source code dumped online 

VMware source code dumped online

Guy Fawkes Day hacks continue.
South Carolina tax breach also affects 657k businesses 

South Carolina tax breach also affects 657k businesses

Forensic investigators probe deeper.
Russian cyber crime prices fall 

Russian cyber crime prices fall

Black market diversifies.
Hackers steal over 75 percent of South Carolina social security numbers 

Hackers steal over 75 percent of South Carolina social security numbers

Some 3.6 million Social Security numbers and 387,000 credit and debit cards stolen.
UK wards off hacker's extradition to US  

UK wards off hacker's extradition to US

Courts decide if British hacker Gary McKinnon should face charges.
Second LulzSec member pleads guilty to Sony Pictures hack 

Second LulzSec member pleads guilty to Sony Pictures hack

Hacker expected to receive lighter sentence.
Hacker TinKode handed two-year suspended sentence  

Hacker TinKode handed two-year suspended sentence

Hacker fined $118,000.
Thousands of accounts leaked from top-rated unis 

Thousands of accounts leaked from top-rated unis

Melbourne Uni listed, but data looks benign.
Did Chinese hackers access the White House's nuclear secrets? 

Did Chinese hackers access the White House's nuclear secrets?

Chinese hackers were able to access the White House Military Office.
Hackers raid Adobe, compromise certificate to sign malware 

Hackers raid Adobe, compromise certificate to sign malware

Compromised cert to be revoked.
Hacktivism skews security trend analysis 

Hacktivism skews security trend analysis

Difficult to make sense of data breach numbers.
Pirate Bay co-founder arrested on hacking charges 

Pirate Bay co-founder arrested on hacking charges

Extradited from Cambodia.
App publisher not FBI leaked Apple UDIDs 

App publisher not FBI leaked Apple UDIDs

Researcher tips off victim.
Go Daddy denies DDoS, blames internal glitch 

Go Daddy denies DDoS, blames internal glitch

Hacker posts files to 'prove' attack
Sony hacker u-turns on sale of breached data 

Sony hacker u-turns on sale of breached data

Users in China and Taiwan impacted.
Scores of websites downed in GoDaddy DNS attack 

Scores of websites downed in GoDaddy DNS attack

Company hands beleaguered DNS to VeriSign.
Hackers ransom Romney tax returns 

Hackers ransom Romney tax returns

Claims Pricewaterhouse Coopers network was hacked.
FBI denies Antisec Java exploit hack 

FBI denies Antisec Java exploit hack

Hackers claim 12 million identifiers accessed.
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