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Web 2.0 threat looms
Comment Because it can allow attackers to run code in the user's browser, the possibilities are limitless - attackers can hijack a web session, deface websites or introduce malware. The web is already the main target for... [26 Nov 2007]
Microsoft.co.uk defaced
News It said in a statement: "Microsoft has learned of a criminal attempt to deface a sub-site of Microsoft.com. Details have emerged of an attack which defaced Microsoft's UK website. Hackers broke through the site's... [03 Jul 2007]
Hackers deface KevinMitnick.com
News Instead of the usual description of Kevin Mitnick, his consulting services and books, the famed hacker's website on Sunday displayed a vulgar message. Online vandals, apparently operating from Pakistan, broke into the computer hosting... [22 Aug 2006]
Hackers deface Microsoft.fr
News Hackers on Sunday broke into a part of Microsoft's French website, replacing the front page with online graffiti. The intruders were able to access the server that was running 'http://experts.microsoft.fr/', Microsoft confirmed on Monday. [20 Jun 2006]
Hackers deface SCO website
News Hackers defaced SCO Group's website on Monday, targeting the company's controversial claims to elements of the Linux operating system. In a hack that began sometime before 0530 (PST) on Monday, someone placed a graphic atop SCO's home... [30 Nov 2004]
US vote site blocks overseas ISPs
News The goal is to make it more difficult for hackers to deface and/or hijack the website," said Lieutenant Colonel Ellen Krenke. Many of the world's major internet service providers have been blocked from providing access... [22 Sep 2004]
Brazil 'home to 80 per cent of world's hackers'
News Financial losses from cybercrime in Brazil now exceed those from bank robberies, with the country home to a significant number of black hat hacker gangs, including the group which won a competition last year to deface... [15 Sep 2004]
'Jihad' online is just hype
News Jose Nazario, attack researcher for security company Arbor Networks, said: "There has been a lot of occasions of people saying, 'hey, let's have a party and deface a lot of websites', and not much has come from it. [26 Aug 2004]
5 years ago... The Pope makes net debut
News The controversies surrounding the Catholic Church and religion in general means the Vatican website has set itself up as a target for hacktivists - a recent phenomenon of protestors who deface websites and plot cyber... [11 Aug 2003]
No justification for weekend hacking competition
Comment The first group or individual to hack, or crack, 6,000 servers and deface them wins. This weekend a controversial competition is set to take place in which hackers will attempt to cause as much damage as possible in the... [03 Jul 2003]
Hacker vandalism contest controversy
News It means instead that they are rooting [taking over] targets, waiting to deface them during the contest time. To deface in a short time, defacers are using special mass-defacement tools that can... [03 Jul 2003]
Will's Web Watch: Kermit on drugs as IP rights go up in smoke
Comment Many of these sites deface corporate logos or use corrupted versions of their URLs - such as NTHellworld which borrows heavily from the branding of NTL to attack the UK cable provider. The latest intellectual property... [11 Apr 2003]
Hacker says hacker is irresponsible
News We don't want anybody to deface websites. A hacker who defaced 13 websites earlier this week and claimed he was working in the interests of a hacker group has been denounced by the group's leader. The hacker claimed to... [11 Oct 2001]
Online cheaters beware
Comment doesn't appear to have been the work of nasty hacker types, although on Tuesday, a group known as Prime Suspectz did managed to deface Microsoft's New Zealand website. Tracey, in a fit of pique, decided enough was enough... [26 Jan 2001]
Hackers deface Nasdaq-Amex site
News The Nasdaq and American Stock Exchange Web site was reportedly hacked yesterday by a group calling itself the United Loan Gunmen. The group defaced the home page and claims to have set-up a temporary email address on the site -... [16 Sep 1999]
