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Bankers targeted in recruitment site hack

In Risk - By Liam Tung, 22 February 2011 2:31 PM

High-value targets.

Chinese auction site pulls plug on hacked iTunes accounts

In Risk - By Stewart Mitchell, 12 January 2011 2:39 PM

Taobao responds to complaints and media exposure.

MasterCard, Visa sites taken down in WikiLeaks revenge

In Hackers - By Jennifer Scott, 9 December 2010 9:22 AM

'Anonymous' hackers claim DDOS attack.

UK Royal Navy site hacked

In Web/client - By Tom Brewster, 9 November 2010 2:20 PM

Site compromised, but "no malicious damage".

Adding 'free' to searches increases malware risk

In Web/client - By SC Australia Staff, 20 September 2010 1:39 PM

Online music and videos present greater risks.

Security professionals' social networking site established by (ISC)2

In Cloud - By SC Australia Staff, 17 September 2010 1:20 PM

'Intersec' established to help professionals discuss the latest security issues and their careers.

Symantec warns of PDF update phishing scam

In Applications - 12 July 2010 11:17 AM

Emails seeking to harvest credit card details.

Google offers encrypted search with 'https' site

In Web/client - 25 May 2010 10:09 AM

Google promises private browsing via SSL page.

Over 4,500 logins uploaded to open source content site

In Web/client - By Dan Raywood, 24 May 2010 1:02 PM

Scammer leverages Scribd.

Facebook flaw exposes private information

In Messaging - By Dan Worth, 6 May 2010 10:14 AM

Social site admits to privacy settings 'bug'.

German government criticises Facebook's data regulations

In Messaging - By Dan Raywood, 9 April 2010 11:50 AM

Minister "astonished" by proposed changes.

Yahoo accounts of journalists based in China and Taiwan hacked

In Web/client - By SC Australia Staff, 1 April 2010 3:11 PM

Foreign journalists and academics targeted.

Twitter boss suggests China rollout

In Messaging - 18 March 2010 10:29 AM

Chinese version of microblogging site could happen.

US military plan to destroy Wikileaks leaked

In Web/client - By Iain Thomson, 17 March 2010 10:00 AM

Bush administration planned to discredit leak site.

Chinese hacker school shut down

In Hackers - By David Neal, 9 February 2010 11:15 AM

Raid on Black Hawk Safety Net.

Twitter accounts compromised in torrent site scam

In Messaging - By Angela Moscaritolo, 4 February 2010 11:53 AM

Poor password management to blame.

EFF kicks off browser tracking project

In Web/client - By Shaun Nichols, 1 February 2010 10:17 AM

Analyse traffic monitoring techniques.

Spammers taking advantage of free online hosters

In Web/client - By Phil Muncaster, 12 January 2010 9:40 AM

McAfee report highlights new trend.

Twitter attacked by 'Iranian Cyber Army'

In Messaging - By Rosalie Marshall, 6 January 2010 10:12 AM

Micro-blogging service inaccessible during early hours of Friday morning.

Researcher demonstrates Pentagon XSS vulnerability

In Web/client - By Dan Kaplan, 9 December 2009 11:10 AM

Though users more at risk than data.

Hosting services under attack

In Applications - By Shaun Nichols, 8 December 2009 3:54 PM

Phishing attack aims for site credentials.

Phishing emails featuring Trend Micro logos discovered

In Messaging - By Dan Raywood, 26 November 2009 10:26 AM

Links lead to malicious site.

Facebook worm detected that uses news feed

In Messaging - By Dan Raywood, 25 November 2009 10:35 AM

Infects associated profiles.

Disability site vulnerable to XSS attack

In Web/client - By Dan Raywood, 10 November 2009 11:09 AM

Betsie under threat.

Hackers hit Guardian Jobs web site

In Web/client - 27 October 2009 9:20 AM

CVs and personal data compromised.

Facebook hacking site discovered

In Messaging - By Phil Muncaster, 21 September 2009 11:30 AM

Site charges US$100 per hacked account - but is it a scam?

Twitter among web apps affected by patched XSS bug

In Applications - By Dan Kaplan, 7 September 2009 3:46 PM

Flaw lies in "escaping code".

Apache Software Foundation site hacked

In Web/client - By Phil Muncaster, 31 August 2009 10:04 AM

Suffers breach of systems.

Twitter XSS vulnerability not yet fixed

In Messaging - By Angela Moscsaritolo, 27 August 2009 10:43 AM

Claims patch doesn't work.

Twitter still reeling from attacks

In Messaging - By Phil Muncaster, 10 August 2009 8:07 AM

Yet to restore all applications.

Controversial UK mobile directory crashes

In Risk - By Phil Muncaster, 13 July 2009 10:06 AM

Service is overwhelmed by users rushing to remove their details.

Tagged.com faces legal action for data fraud

In Messaging - By Iain Thomson, 13 July 2009 10:02 AM

Accused of falsifying hits and spamming users.

Twitter set to charge for account verification

In Messaging - By Rosalie Marshall, 24 June 2009 10:14 AM

Plans more concrete revenue model.

Google clamps down on 'malvertising'

In Web/client - By Phil Muncaster, 22 June 2009 10:01 AM

New resources to help arrest the spread of malware through advertisingnetworks.

URL shortening site hacked to redirect millions of links

In Web/client - By Chuck Miller, 17 June 2009 11:22 AM

The Cligs URL shortening site was hacked during the weekend to cause 2.2 million links to redirect to the same site.

Phishing still a mystery to most web users

In Web/client - By Ian Williams, 12 June 2009 9:58 AM

Phishing web sites are still a mystery to the majority of internet users, according to a recent study by VeriSign.

Google rates Gumblar distribution URL as top malware site

In Applications - By Angela Moscaritolo, 5 June 2009 11:17 AM

The URL hosting the Gumblar attack, which has compromised thousands of legitimate websites with code that silently redirects users to a single Chinese domain, heads Google's ...

French hacker lays claim to Twitter attacks

In Messaging - By Shaun Nichols, 4 May 2009 9:47 AM

A French hacker is taking credit for a recent high-profile attack on microblogging site Twitter.

FBI agent discusses big cybercrime bust

In Hackers - By Shaun Nichols, 23 April 2009 3:11 PM

The man responsible for a recent cybercrime bust has shared his experiences at the RSA conference in San Francisco.

Twitter struck by new Easter worm attacks

In Messaging - By Phil Muncaster, 14 April 2009 10:18 AM

Twitter has been hit by yet more security incidents over the Easter weekend, although the intent seems to have been mischief rather than password harvesting this time.

Twitter hit by fake accounts that link to malicious sites

In Messaging - By Dan Raywood, 26 March 2009 11:15 AM

The microblogging and networking site Twitter has been hit by a ‘flood' of spam.

Conficker worm targets legitimate travel site

In Applications - By Chuck Miller, 3 March 2009 10:38 AM

The website for Southwest Airlines, along with a number of other legitimate sites, could face downtime due to the Conficker worm, according to a researcher.

Barack Obama site hosting trojan

In Hackers - By Angela Moscaritolo, 28 January 2009 10:42 AM

President Obama supporters wanting to view videos made by other fans of the newly inaugurated leader might soon find themselves infected with a virus.

Yahoo's HotJobs site vulnerable to cross-site scripting attack

In Applications - By Dan Kaplan, 28 October 2008 2:30 PM

Internet research firm Netcraft said it has detected a cross-site scripting vulnerability on Yahoo that could be used to hijack authentication cookies.

Web site hacks continue through Q2

In Web/client - By Phil Muncaster, 16 September 2008 2:14 PM

SQL injection and cross-site scripting are most popular attack vectors.

Security site hacked and defaced

In Web/client - By Craig Carpenter, 20 August 2008 10:28 AM

A security firm in Johannesburg has been hit by a hacker from Turkey.

CNET site compromised by malware

In Web/client - By Iain Thomson, 7 August 2008 10:18 AM

Technology news site CNET has been compromised and is hosting malware, according to a security alert issued by a web monitoring company.

ICANN downplays site hacks

In Web/client - By Shaun Nichols, 8 July 2008 9:44 AM

The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) is speaking out about a recent round of attacks perpetrated against its sites.

Ethical hacking site falls victim to hackers

In Web/client - By Richard Thurston, 5 June 2008 10:03 AM

Metasploit, the hacking tools site which is widely used by white hat hackers, has itself fallen victim to ARP poisoning, which led to the defacement of the site

Testing can save Web site own goals

By David Neal, 2 June 2008 12:03 PM

Security and availability should be the top priorities for anyone managing a web site, according to the project manager for Uefa.com.

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