Beware! Subtitle Files Can Hack Your Computer While You're Enjoying Movies

Do you watch movies with subtitles? Just last night, I wanted to watch a French movie, so I searched for English subtitles and downloaded it to my computer. Though that film was excellent, this morning a new research from Checkpoint scared me. I was unaware that a little subtitle file could hand...

Military Contractor Mitsubishi hacked

Military Contractor Mitsubishi hacked Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd said on Monday that its computers had been hacked into, with one newspaper saying the target was Japan's biggest defence contractor's factories for submarines, missiles and nuclear power plant components. "There is no possibili...

Gary McKinnon

For more than a year between February of 2001 and March of 2002, a British national, Gary McKinnon, was allegedly able to hack into nearly 100 United States military and NASA computers. Prosecutors have accused McKinnon of having committed the “biggest military computer hack of all time.” McKinno...

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...

Gaming Mouse-Maker Razer Hit With Infected Firmware

Gamers trying to update their mouse or keyboard drivers from accessory maker Razer USA’s Web site recently may have gotten more than they bargained for. According to the IDG News Service, the company’s computers appear to have been hacked, and its support site used to spread malicious Trojan hors...