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Armenia jails Russian computer virus 'mastermind'

A court in Armenia on Tuesday gave a four-year jail sentence to the alleged Russian mastermind behind a computer virus crime group which infected some 30 million computers worldwide.

Technology / Internet

created May 22, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Hackers booby-trap foreign policy group websites

Internet security researchers warned that foreign policy and human rights websites are being booby-trapped by hackers in what appears to be cyber espionage.

Technology / Internet

created May 16, 2012 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (3) | comments 12

Hackers pick Google's pocket with Mac virus

A virus infecting Macintosh computers is picking Google's pocket by hijacking advertising "clicks," tallying as much as $10,000 daily, according to Internet security firm Symantec.

Technology / Software

created May 01, 2012 | popularity 3.1 / 5 (10) | comments 4

HP slams 'sensational' reports about LaserJet printer hack vulnerability

(PhysOrg.com) -- Columbia University researchers have demonstrated how hackers can use printers not only to infect computer systems and steal information but to set printers on fire. Their claims were made ...

Electronics / Hardware

created Nov 30, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 32 | with audio podcast report

Security experts warn of new 'almost indestructible' TDL-4 botnet threat

(PhysOrg.com) -- Security experts Sergey Golovanov and Igor Soumenkov of Kaspersky Lab have detailed the threats of a new strain of the TDSS botnet, dubbed TDL-4, on SECURELIST, calling it likely the most sophisticated botnet ...

Technology / Internet

created Jul 01, 2011 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (11) | comments 17 | with audio podcast report

Report: China hackers stole key Google program

(AP) -- Computer hackers stole a program that controlled access to most of Google Inc.'s services when they attacked the Internet company late last year, according to a report published late Monday.

Technology / Internet

created Apr 20, 2010 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (16) | comments 7

Computer security firm Symantec extorted by hackers

Computer security firm Symantec on Tuesday confirmed it tried to turn the tables on hackers who threatened to release stolen source code if a demand for $50,000 was not met.

Technology / Internet

created Feb 07, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 16

Hackers protest BART decision to block cellphones

(AP) -- Hackers broke into a website for San Francisco's mass transit system Sunday and posted contact information for more than 2,000 customers, the latest showdown between anarchists angry at perceived ...

Technology / Internet

created Aug 15, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 9

Anonymous, WikiLeaks team up

Anonymous defended WikiLeaks when it was facing a funding cutoff, but the release of the Stratfor emails appears to be the first direct collaboration between the hackers and the anti-secrecy site.

Technology / Internet

created Feb 28, 2012 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (4) | comments 6

Anonymous antics spark hacker feud

Hackers bent on derailing Anonymous clashed with members of the notorious group at a DefCon gathering in Las Vegas late Saturday.

Technology / Internet

created Aug 07, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 29

Intel predicts the death of mobile computing as we know it

(PhysOrg.com) -- The folks over at Intel have come up with an interesting prediction, one that may make all of you feel a little bit foolish for buying a laptop, and a netbook or a tablet. They are predicting that as time ...

Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation

created Jul 13, 2011 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (21) | comments 20 | with audio podcast weblog

AP Exclusive: CIA following Twitter, Facebook

(AP) -- In an anonymous industrial park in Virginia, in an unassuming brick building, the CIA is following tweets - up to 5 million a day.

Technology / Internet

created Nov 04, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (5) | comments 1

China calls US culprit in global 'Internet war'

(AP) -- The Chinese military accused the U.S. on Friday of launching a global "Internet war" to bring down Arab and other governments, turning the tables on allegations of major online attacks on Western targets originating ...

Technology / Internet

created Jun 03, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 3

Stolen-data trove offers look inside a botnet

(AP) -- Getting hacked is like having your computer turn traitor on you, spying on everything you do and shipping your secrets to identity thieves.

Technology / Software

created Mar 15, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (5) | comments 0

Apple software update thwarts iPhone-iPad hack

Apple on Friday released a software update to patch a vulnerability that hackers could use to break into the company's popular iPad, iPhone and iPod Touch gadgets.

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Jul 16, 2011 | popularity 2.8 / 5 (6) | comments 6