A Russian hacker group that has attacked some of the biggest news and business sites in the world claims it penetrated CNET's website over the weekend and stole a database of registered reader data.
A representative from the group calling itself W0rm told CNET News in a Twitter conversation that it stole a database of usernames, emails, and encrypted passwords from CNET's servers. The database affects more than 1 million users.
An Albanian hacker accused of being involved in a $14m cyber attack pleaded guilty to bank fraud in a New York hearing on Friday.
Qendrim Dobruna, 27, stole card data from a US payment service working with American Red Cross, using the information to withdraw money from cash points worldwide.
A sophisticated group of hackers believed to be associated with the Chinese government, who for years targeted U.S experts on Asian geopolitical matters, suddenly began breaching computers of experts on Iraq as the rebellion there escalated, a security firm said on Monday.
CrowdStrike Inc said that the group is one of the most sophisticated of the 30 it tracks in China and that its operations are better hidden than many attributed to military and other government units.
True hardware hackers and makers in the open-source movement create for the joy of creation itself, but they probably wouldn't turn down a free trip to space as a reward for their ingenuity, either.
With hackers attacking almost every government body, institution and business, organisations have to do more than hide behind technology -- they have to invest in people too, from the server room to the boardroom. That's the message from cybX, a new cybersecurity training scheme in North Yorkshire.
Cybx is a simulator for an organisation's technical staff to run through mock cyber attacks -- a sort of boot camp for those in the front line of cybersecurity. cybX begins its first mini training exercise next week, and full courses start at the beginning of August.
LulzSec hacker Hector Xavier Monsegur -- aka "Sabu" -- may walk out of court a free man on Tuesday.
In a memo filed this week in a US district court, prior to Monsegur's scheduled sentencing on May 27, government attorneys say that because of his "extremely valuable and productive" work as an informant for law enforcement, Monsegur should be spared a long prison term.
A U.S. criminal indictment against Chinese Army personnel over alleged hacking describes how stolen intellectual property was funneled to Chinese companies, an unresolved question for analysts.
In the first legal action of its kind, federal prosecutors charged five members of Chinese Army signals intelligence Unit 61398 with stealing nuclear, solar power and steel trade secrets from six U.S. organizations over eight years. China denies the accusations.
Hackers in Australia, Canada, Asia and Europe have flooded chatrooms, online forums and websites in recent days complaining about their homes being raided and computers seized by authorities.
The FBI and federal prosecutors in New York plan to announce the results of US raids as soon as Monday, the Wall Street Journal reported.
In a report that documents the activities of the Iranian Ajax Security Team, FireEye contends that Iran-based hacker groups are becoming increasingly more sophisticated in their attacks and could mirror the evolution of elite Chinese hacking organizations to become a hacking superpower.
While FireEye stops short of making a connection between the hackers and the Iranian government, the report notes “the objectives of these groups are consistent with Iran's efforts at controlling political dissent and expanding offensive cyber capabilities.”
A cybercrime boss has offered a Ferrari to the hacker who can come up with the best online scam, according to a European law enforcement official.
Speaking to the Independent on Sunday, Troels Oerting, the head of the European Cybercrime Centre (EC3), said that a video was posted on the so-called dark net, an encrypted network that ensures users' anonymity, offering lavish rewards for young technological talent.
