4 times students compromised school cybersecurity

For many students school can be a tough time, and we've all heard stories about bored or frustrated kids compromising school cybersecurity to change grades. Sometimes the students are celebrated, and other times it ends in them being expelled from school, or even prosecuted. Of course, these acts...

College Student Expelled After Bringing Web Vulnerability to School's Attention

A Canadian college student was expelled after reporting a vulnerability in the school’s Web site that potentially exposed private data on more than 250,000 students. The high-achieving computer science major, Hamed Al-Khabaz and another student, Ovidiu Mija, in November were developing a mobile a...

Israeli Military, Intelligence Sites Down After Threat by Anonymous

The Websites of Israel’s Mossad and Shinbet intelligence services as well as the Israel Defense Forces IDF site were knocked offline today following a Nov. 4 threat by Anonymous. However, members of the group may not be to blame. On Nov. 4, members of Anonymous threatened a cyber-attack in...

Bahrain says Iranian hackers hit government website

Bahrain says Iranian hackers hit government website Bahrain's authorities said late Saturday that Iranian hackers hit a government website. In retaliation, the Bahrain Chamber for Commerce and Industry is urging a boycott of Iranian goods, The Associated Press reported. According to the governmen...