Hacker raided by FBI after leaking Microsoft next Xbox release information

FBI agents this week raided the home of a Australian hacker who recently leaked a slew of details about Microsoft's next release of Xbox console. “They just took all my computers my hard drives, all of my technology, they took my bank cards, credit cards, bank statements,” he said. He had claimed...

Blizzard Account Holders Urged to Change Passwords After Breach

Video game publisher Blizzard, makers of Diablo III, World of Warcraft and other wildly popular games, is urging account holders on North American servers to change their passwords after the company’s security team this week discovered someone illegally accessed the internal network. “At this tim...

Hackers destroyed a pump used by a US water utility

Hackers destroyed a pump used by a US water utility Hackers destroyed a pump used by a US water utility after gaining unauthorized access to the industrial control system it used to operate its machinery. Five computer screenshots posted early Friday purport to show the user interface used to...

Hackers destroyed a pump used by a US water utility

Hackers destroyed a pump used by a US water utility Hackers destroyed a pump used by a US water utility after gaining unauthorized access to the industrial control system it used to operate its machinery. Five computer screenshots posted early Friday purport to show the user interface used to...

Audit Report Shows Many Cracks in DigiNotar Security

A new report on the security of DigiNotar paints an ugly picture of the certificate authority’s safeguards and network infrastructure, showing that the company had all of its CA servers on one Windows domain and likely failed to separate the critical components on its network, making it easy for...

Citigroup Attackers Used Simple, Clever Entry Point

The technique hackers used to break into Citigroup’s network last month was at once clever and simpler than security researchers expected, a report from the New York Times says. According to the article, hackers were able to log onto a site used by the credit card company’s customers to gain acce...

Lulzsec Hackers Break Into U.S. Senate Computers

Lulzsec Hackers Break Into U.S. Senate Computers The loosely organized hacker group Lulz Security broke into a public portion of the Senate website but did not reach behind a firewall into a more sensitive portion of the network, Martina Bradford, the deputy Senate sergeant at arms.Lulz announced...

CitiBank hacked & large number of customer data stolen

CitiBank hacked & large number of customer data stolen Security breaches happen, they're going to continue to happen … the mission of the banking industry is to keep the customer base safe and customers feeling secure about their financial transactions and payments Citigroup said today that hacke...

Hackers stole classified information from two Canadian ministries

Hackers stole classified information from two Canadian ministries The hackers sent e-mails to staff that seemed to come from senior managers, the Canadian Broadcasting Corp. reported. When recipients opened the attachments, the hackers got a path into the federal network. Stockwell Day, then the...

Sony CEO Warns "Bad New World" Will See More High Profile Hacks

In the aftermath following April’s mammoth Sony PlayStation Network breach, the company’s Chief Executive warns of a “bad new world” of cyber crime in an interview with The Wall Street Journal on Tuesday. Howard Stringer of Sony Corp. spoke with the newspaper on security, hackers and how the atta...

Reality TV Show X-Factor Spills Data On 250,000 Hopefuls

Reality TV hopefuls are prepared to bare all for a chance at insta-celebrity. But prospective contestants for the new Simon Cowell show X-Factor probably didn’t expect that their names, e-mail addresses and phone numbers to be up for grabs. Alas, that’s how it turned out after a network breach at...