FBI nabs 10 for Yahos worm spread on Facebook 

FBI nabs 10 for Yahos worm spread on Facebook

In Applications - By Danielle Walker, 13 December 2012 8:21 AM
Kiwi among those arrested.
Telstra users safe from Twitter SMS flaw 

Telstra users safe from Twitter SMS flaw

In Web/client - By Darren Pauli, Dan Kaplan, 5 December 2012 9:19 AM
Others should use PIN protection.
Free tool finds hacked data, stolen cards 

Free tool finds hacked data, stolen cards

In Hackers - By Darren Pauli, 22 November 2012 9:09 AM
Track leaky staff, hackers over Twitter, Reddit and Stack Exchange.
Facebook adds Webroot, AVG and Panda as friends into AV Marketplace 

Facebook adds Webroot, AVG and Panda as friends into AV Marketplace

In Applications - By Dan Raywood, 18 October 2012 7:40 AM
Malware crackdown.
Google App Engine open to session jacking  

Google App Engine open to session jacking

In Web/client - By Darren Pauli, 10 October 2012 1:21 PM
Cookie snatching tool opens engine.
Etsy joins bug bounty crew 

Etsy joins bug bounty crew

In Web/client - By Darren Pauli, 12 September 2012 9:59 AM
Offers $500 minimum, a t-shirt and a high-five.
Facebook facial recognition facing fresh investigation 

Facebook facial recognition facing fresh investigation

In Web/client - By Dan Raywood, 20 August 2012 9:20 AM
Faces fines of up to $30,057.
Buy 500 hacked Twitter accounts for less than a pint  

Buy 500 hacked Twitter accounts for less than a pint

In Hackers - By Darren Pauli, 20 July 2012 4:57 PM
Hacker offers entry-level cyber crime service.
Microsoft still bucks bug bounty trend 

Microsoft still bucks bug bounty trend

In Web/client - By Darren Pauli, 28 June 2012 3:30 PM
Redmond says BlueHat is better.
Google, Facebook fights malvertisers 

Google, Facebook fights malvertisers

In Applications - By Marcos Colon, 19 June 2012 2:14 PM
Giants want to bring integrity into ads.
Family robbed after cash photo posted to Facebook  

Family robbed after cash photo posted to Facebook

In Web/client - By Darren Pauli, 29 May 2012 11:04 AM
Armed men attack home seeking wads of cash.
App removes faces from Facebook 

App removes faces from Facebook

In Networks - By Darren Pauli, 24 May 2012 3:33 PM
Lets privacy pundits find unauthorised photos on social networks.
Impact of fake Facebook accounts detailed 

Impact of fake Facebook accounts detailed

In Messaging - By Dan Raywood, 27 April 2012 11:55 AM
The downturn in spam has led to a rise in rogue direct marketing on social networks.
Kelihos lives on thanks to Facebook trojan 

Kelihos lives on thanks to Facebook trojan

In Applications - By Marcos Colon, 2 April 2012 12:30 PM
After being "sinkholed," the Kelihos.B botnet is spreading through social networking sites.
Apaches destroyed using geotagged photo data  

Apaches destroyed using geotagged photo data

In Risk - By SC Australia Staff, 15 March 2012 9:02 AM
Embedded data reveals soldier positions.
Facebook cops requests for user data, logs 

Facebook cops requests for user data, logs

In Applications - 27 February 2012 11:42 AM
Government mostly backs down on failed requests.
Start-up falls afoul of computer crime laws 

Start-up falls afoul of computer crime laws

In Web/client - 23 February 2012 2:19 PM
Proxy system weighs on battle with Facebook.
Student jailed for hacking Facebook 

Student jailed for hacking Facebook

In Hackers - By Darren Pauli, 20 February 2012 8:44 AM
Not just 'harmless experimentation'.
Social security risks 

Social security risks

In Networks - By Jim Romeo, 6 February 2012 4:09 PM
Bigger and bolder action needed to fight fraud over social networks.
Dislike: Facebook sues alleged scammers 

Dislike: Facebook sues alleged scammers

In Web/client - By Stephen Lawton, 1 February 2012 10:29 PM
Seeks triple damages for defrauding users with surveys and porn.
Israeli hacker posts 18,000 Arab Facebook logins  

Israeli hacker posts 18,000 Arab Facebook logins

In Networks - By Greg Masters, 24 January 2012 9:44 AM
Calls for ceasefire in hacking war.
Koobface servers go dark 

Koobface servers go dark

In Networks - By SC Staff, 23 January 2012 1:47 PM
Suspects flee Facebook.
Beware Facebook Timeline scam pages 

Beware Facebook Timeline scam pages

In Networks - By Dan Raywood, 6 January 2012 10:47 AM
There's no Timeline Office.
45,000 stolen Facebook logins found 

45,000 stolen Facebook logins found

In Networks - By Greg Masters, 6 January 2012 10:45 AM
Ramnit virus variant harvested login credentials to a single server.
Facebook and the bug hunters 

Facebook and the bug hunters

In Hackers - By Angela Moscsaritolo, 2 November 2011 4:31 PM
The sometimes dangerous business of vulnerability disclosure is becoming profitable.
Researcher sends executable over Facebook 

Researcher sends executable over Facebook

In Applications - By Dan Kaplan, 29 October 2011 11:41 AM
Trick the parser.
USA Today hackers spruik Facebook page 

USA Today hackers spruik Facebook page

In Hackers - By Darren Pauli, 27 September 2011 2:26 PM
The Script Kiddies booted from Twitter.
Securing Facebook 

Securing Facebook

In Networks - By Darren Pauli, 18 August 2011 12:37 PM
Put on your black hat.
Twitter, BlackBerry make great riot intel 

Twitter, BlackBerry make great riot intel

In Networks - By Nicole Kobie, 17 August 2011 3:38 PM
British police accessed BlackBerry Messenger during riot attacks
Find Facebook security bugs, score $500 

Find Facebook security bugs, score $500

In Web/client - By Angela Moscaritolo, 2 August 2011 11:19 AM
Bounty hunting becomes trendy.
Scams exploiting Amy Winehouse, Norway massacre 

Scams exploiting Amy Winehouse, Norway massacre

In Web/client - By Dan Raywood, 26 July 2011 9:03 AM
Warnings have been made about a multitude of social networking videos claiming to show late singer Amy Winehouse.
Researcher says Facebook accounts worth more than credit cards 

Researcher says Facebook accounts worth more than credit cards

In Networks - By SC Australia Staff, 12 July 2011 10:00 AM
But prices are hard to pin down.
AusCERT presentation riles Queensland Police 

AusCERT presentation riles Queensland Police

In Hackers - 17 May 2011 7:09 PM
Herald story leads to police queries.
Facebook's 100,000 leaky apps 

Facebook's 100,000 leaky apps

In Applications - By Dan Raywood, 12 May 2011 8:51 AM
Old apps have sent your Facebook data, photos to advertisers.
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