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Anonymous attacks, defaces security firm website

In Hackers - By Dan Raywood, 8 March 2012 9:27 AM

Responds to international hacker arrests.

Roland's 'Backstage' website hacked

In Hackers - By Ry Crozier, 25 February 2012 1:43 PM

Personal data of some subscribers exposed.

Lush escapes fine over British data breach

In Risk - By Miya Knighs, 11 August 2011 1:02 PM

Took steps to protect data.

Researchers spot security holes in McAfee website

In Web/client - By Nicole Kobie, 30 March 2011 9:41 AM

Security firm says trio of vulnerabilities aren't serious

Government website logins for sale

In Networks - By Tom Brewster, 25 January 2011 10:44 AM

A hacker claims to have Western government website logins for sale.

US to prosecute Moscow card trader

In Hackers - By Liam Tung, 13 August 2010 9:41 AM

Russian cyber offensive.

New wave of website hacks seek to spread malware

In Web/client - By Angela Moscaritolo, 15 June 2010 10:15 AM

A new round of mass SQL injection attacks began Friday morning.

Google further revamps Buzz privacy settings

In Risk - By Dan Raywood, 8 April 2010 12:10 PM

Admits it "did not get everything right".

Facebook makes changes to privacy policy

In Messaging - By Dan Raywood, 30 March 2010 2:46 PM

As rogue AV scam hits site.

NSW Government alleges transport website hacked

In Web/client - By Ry Crozier, 25 February 2010 8:50 AM

Blueprint details leak two days before launch.

Twitter vows to circumvent censorship

In Messaging - By Dan Worth, 29 January 2010 11:45 AM

Company refuses to talk to Chinese government.

TechCrunch blog hit by hackers

In Web/client - By Dan Raywood, 27 January 2010 11:22 AM

Back online just in time for Apple launch.

Pakistani cyber crime website hit by hacker

In Web/client - By Dan Raywood, 12 January 2010 11:39 AM

Hacker managed to gain access to email database.

Facebook users hacked with direct messages

In Messaging - By Dan Raywood, 7 January 2010 10:28 AM

First Facebook security threat of 2010.

Stephenconroy.com.au resurfaces

In Risk - By Ben Grubb, 6 January 2010 10:36 AM

Regulator says it's OK.

Researcher demonstrates Pentagon XSS vulnerability

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

Though users more at risk than data.

NASA sites hacked via SQL injection

In Web/client - By Angela Moscaritolo, 9 December 2009 11:00 AM

25 administrator accounts compromised.

McAfee names dodgiest domains

In Web/client - By Phil Muncaster, 3 December 2009 10:35 AM

Cameroon's .cm domain tops the list of shame.

New Zealander accused of running major spam operation

In Hackers - By Dan Raywood, 2 December 2009 11:54 AM

Ordered to pay more than US$16 million.

Gumblar botnet on the march again

In Hackers - By Phil Muncaster, 19 November 2009 10:21 AM

Prolific malware is changing its behaviour to avoid shutdown.

Flaw detected on Yahoo! website

In Web/client - By Dan Raywood, 17 November 2009 10:46 AM

Imperva points to jobs section.

RSA shuts down scam site

In Web/client - 16 November 2009 11:30 AM

Job seekers duped by shipping criminals.

"Frighteningly bad" Adobe Flash flaw discovered

In Applications - By Greg Masters, 16 November 2009 11:15 AM

Issue is 'not patchable'.

64 percent of websites contain serious flaws

In Web/client - By Greg Masters, 13 November 2009 11:40 AM

Cross-site scripting and SQL injection remain the top methods of attack.

Gumblar site infections return, WordPress among affected

In Applications - By Angela Moscaritolo, 9 November 2009 11:47 AM

Sites show error message.

Google to offer webmasters samples of malware code

In Applications - By Angela Moscaritolo, 16 October 2009 11:17 AM

Aids in site clean-up process.

Concerns raised over the ability to use HTTPS on a malicious site

In Risk - By Dan Raywood, 14 October 2009 11:26 AM

Users could mistake malicious sites for safe sites.

Asprox botnet launches new wave of SQL injection

In Hackers - By Angela Moscaritolo, 7 October 2009 10:46 AM

Unknown number of websites compromised.

Jessica Biel tops Hollywood malware list

In Applications - By Shaun Nichols, 26 August 2009 5:33 PM

Actress trumps Brad Pitt as top cybercrime lure.

LimeWire cited as identity theft attack vector

In Risk - By Iain Thomson, 13 August 2009 2:49 PM

The use of LimeWire as a tool for identity theft has been highlighted by a court case in Seattle.

Bing in the dock over rogue pharmacy site ads

In Web/client - By Phil Muncaster, 7 August 2009 11:02 AM

Report alleges that Microsoft-sponsored links direct users to illegal sites.

Amazon criticised for security of lost passwords

In Web/client - By Dan Raywood, 6 August 2009 10:28 AM

Amazon has been criticised for relying on insecure methods for granting access to its sites after users claimed to have forgotten their passwords.

Hackers break into MI5 website

In Hackers - By Phil Muncaster, 31 July 2009 10:12 AM

Visitors' personal information may be compromised, but no risk to UK security.

Facebook hits back at rumours over use of members' photos

In Risk - By Dan Raywood, 28 July 2009 11:04 AM

Facebook has dismissed viral claims that it has changed its policy on user photos to allow them to be used in adverts on the site.

Hackers deface Aussie film festival website

In Web/client - 28 July 2009 9:56 AM

Organisers refused to withdraw a documentary.

Malware served up thanks to solar eclipse

In Web/client - By Chuck Miller, 27 July 2009 3:15 PM

In a reprise of an old trick, cybercriminals are using SEO poisoning to attract victims to a rogue software site, according to Trend Micro.

Website infected every 3.6 seconds

In Web/client - By Angela Moscaritolo, 23 July 2009 11:02 AM

Infected websites have been the single biggest threat over the past six months, and the threat vectors that have seen the most growth are Web 2.0 and social networking ...

Irish ISP Eircom hit by multiple attacks

In Web/client - By Dan Raywood, 21 July 2009 10:22 AM

The Irish ISP is experiencing an unprecedented volume of traffic that officials believe is the result of multiple DNS poisoning attacks.

ImageShack hit by hacking group

In Web/client - By Dan Raywood, 14 July 2009 10:22 AM

The image-hosting site ImageShack was compromised over the weekend.

Appellate court affirms that Zango can't sue Kaspersky

In Web/client - By Dan Kaplan, 1 July 2009 11:01 AM

An appeals court has upheld a ruling that Kaspersky Lab did nothing wrong when it blocked users' access to Zango programs.

Security experts uncover one-stop botnet marketplace

In Hackers - By Shaun Nichols, 18 June 2009 10:27 AM

Researchers have uncovered a fully-functional marketplace for the building and selling of botnets.

List of US nuclear facilities inadvertently posted on website

In Risk - By Chuck Miller, 4 June 2009 10:40 AM

In an inadvertent security breach, a document that detailed information on nuclear sites was posted on the US Government Printing Office's website.

Software crack site hides malware repository

In Web/client - By Chuck Miller, 3 June 2009 10:51 AM

A website found by a security research organisation serves malicious files to people who are looking for cracks to software applications.

"Beladen" website compromises cropping up

In Web/client - By Angela Moscaritolo, 2 June 2009 12:19 PM

A mass injection attack similar but unrelated to Gumblar has infected more than 40,000 websites, according to new research from Websense.

'Gumblar' attack explodes on to the web

In Applications - By Shaun Nichols, 15 May 2009 10:20 AM

A complex new malware attack is setting infection records and raising alarms from security experts.

Craigslist agrees to clamp down on Erotic Services

In Web/client - By Shaun Nichols, 14 May 2009 2:59 PM

Online classified site Craigslist has agreed to remodel the way it handles postings for salacious services.

Paul McCartney's website hacked to distribute malware

In Applications - By Dan Kaplan, 8 April 2009 10:19 AM

The website for former Beatle Paul McCartney is the latest legitimate website hacked to serve up malware.

Malicious links planted in blogs

In Applications - By Dan Raywood, 6 April 2009 12:59 PM

Spammers have moved to use blogs to lure users to clicking on malicious links.

Censorship opponents slam website hack

In Web/client - By Brett Winterford, 27 March 2009 3:07 PM

Opponents of the Federal Government's filtering scheme have condemned last night's hacking of one of its websites as damaging to their fight against censorship.

Hackers identify a new vulnerability on BitDefender website

In Web/client - By Dan Raywood, 18 February 2009 10:23 AM

The website of BitDefender has been hit by hackers for the second time in a week.

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