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Largest hack and ID theft in US: Three suspects charged
News The three men were indicted on charges of conspiring to hack into computer networks and stealing data as far back as October 2006. They also allegedly installed backdoors and sniffers to intercept data in real-time as it... [18 Aug 2009]
Protecting the Beijing Olympics from hackers
News The Atos Origin system used multiple servers to correlate unexpected incidents on the system to spot both fast and staggered attempts to hack the network. Automated real-time security audits also allowed Atos Origin to... [30 Oct 2008]
Oyster card security vulnerabilities uncovered
News In the wake of his team's publication of the hack details, Jacobs said, the implication for Oyster card administrators at Transport for London (TfL) was that public confidence in the travelcards could be undermined, and... [08 Oct 2008]
Stolen ePassports 'worth £20m' on black market
News The presence of so many potentially strong false identities would have a very high black market value - perhaps in the range of £20m - and so a criminal enterprise would easily justify making the investment to hack the... [29 Jul 2008]
Has Barclays stamped out fraud with PINsentry?
News Some users have also complained about the necessity of carrying the device with them, leading one user to hack PINsentry to send new access codes to his mobile phone via SMS. A is for Antivirus The UK's... [18 Jul 2008]
Nato beefs up cyber defences
News A state-of-the-art monitoring technology will allow Nato to instantly spot anybody trying to hack into its systems. From antivirus to zero-day, click here for silicon.com's alphabetical guide to security. [05 Mar 2008]
'Tamper-proof' chip and PIN terminals hacked
News Saar Drimer and Steven Murdoch, overseen by Professor Ross Anderson, managed to hack two widely used PIN terminals: the Ingenico i3300 and the Dione Xtreme. In a research paper seen by silicon.com's sister site ZDNet UK,... [27 Feb 2008]
Linux, Leopard and Vista: The ultimate hack contest
News A is for Antivirus Apple Mac, Microsoft Windows and Linux operating systems are to be pitted against each other in an ethical hacking contest in Vancouver next month. Security from A to Z Click on the links below to find... [08 Feb 2008]
Banking hack attacks routers, warns Symantec
News Parsons said this was "a simple hack", and advised SMEs to change default security settings on routers, and educate users about clicking on suspicious links. From antivirus to zero-day, click here for... [25 Jan 2008]
CPS hack attack guidelines: 'Confused'
News A is for Antivirus Guidelines published this week by the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) on how to interpret amendments to the Computer Misuse Act (CMA) have been branded "confused" by a renowned security expert. [04 Jan 2008]
Hack forces Fasthosts to change user passwords
News A is for Antivirus UK web-hosting company Fasthosts has reset customer passwords after a hacker breached one of its servers. Security from A to Z Click on the links below to find out more. B is for Botnets [03 Dec 2007]
Windows XP Hacks: Hack Your Way Through the Interface
White Paper Hidden in the mazes of the Registry are countless ways to hack XP's interface. The system tray, also called the notification area, is the small area on the farright side of the taskbar, in which utilities and programs... [10 Oct 2007]
Sony USB device harbouring "nasty" rootkit
News They added that another easy hack for malicious-software authors would be to launch code from their chosen directory and add a start-up entry for the software to ensure it is hidden immediately as the PC boots up. [03 Sep 2007]
Hacking a Mac 'just works', says researcher
News Macs are as easy to hack as they are to use, according to security researcher Charles Miller. A is for Antivirus Miller and his colleagues at Independent Security Evaluators discovered the first known... [14 Aug 2007]
Will Mac security fears rise in line with growth?
News The relative 'safety' of the Mac environment is not so much an issue of obscurity, as it is a lack of hack-leverage and perhaps biological diversity," said Heiser. Greg Day, senior antivirus researcher... [01 Aug 2006]
