Indian-origin student guilty to UK computer hacking

31 Jul, 2012, 12:39 pm IST General

An Indian-origin student of Liverpool John Moores University charged with hacking into it's computer system has pleaded guilty, the Mersyside ... More

2 South Koreans arrested for mobile customer data theft

30 Jul, 2012, 1:28 pm IST General

South Korean police said they arrested two men who allegedly stole the personal details of about 8 million mobile phone subscribers More

U.S. charges 24 people in massive hacking sting

27 Jun, 2012, 10:08 am IST General

U.S. law enforcement officials on Tuesday said 24 suspected hackers had been arrested in a sting operation spanning four continents that targeted online More

UK hackers admit plotting attacks on CIA, firms

26 Jun, 2012, 9:37 am IST General

Two British hackers pleaded guilty in a London court on Monday to plotting attacks against computers of international firms, law enforcement bodies ... More

Online bank-theft software grows more sophisticated

18 Jun, 2012, 2:50 pm IST General

Two of the most pervasive and dangerous types of software for stealing money from bank accounts have been improved and can now transfer ... More

Hacked companies fight back with controversial steps

18 Jun, 2012, 12:23 pm IST General

Frustrated by their inability to stop sophisticated hacking attacks or use the law to punish their assailants, an increasing number of U.S. companies ... More

Accused British hacker charged in U.S. over LulzSec attacks

14 Jun, 2012, 10:09 am IST General

A federal grand jury in Los Angeles has indicted a 20-year-old British citizen on charges related to attacks by the LulzSec hacking group on the Fox and PBS ... More

Anonymous may take down F1 and FIA.com websites in protest of "evil regime"

22 Apr, 2012, 2:12 pm IST Shayne Rana General

To protest and "evil regime" in the kingdom of Bahrain, Anonymous has threatened leave the F1 website "'a smoking crater in cyber space". More

Accused LulzSec hacker pleads guilty in Sony breach

09 Apr, 2012, 9:03 am IST General

Accused LulzSec hacker Cody Kretsinger pleaded guilty on Thursday in federal court in California to taking part in an extensive computer breach ... More

Microsoft seizes servers in Zeus cyberfraud

27 Mar, 2012, 9:29 am IST General

Microsoft Corp claimed a victory in efforts to combat online banking fraud, saying it had confiscated several servers used to steal login names and passwords, .... More

Hackers attack Hong Kong "civil referendum" ahead of poll

23 Mar, 2012, 3:11 pm IST General

Hackers have disabled an independent Hong Kong "civil referendum" aimed at gauging how people might have voted if allowed in a scandal-laced, ... More

IBM eyes cybersecurity market with new platform

23 Feb, 2012, 11:31 am IST Software

International Business Machines is gearing up to take a chunk of the growing Internet security market by applying its data analytics to help companies ... More

Briton jailed for "extensive" Facebook hack

18 Feb, 2012, 12:42 pm IST Social Networking

A British student, who hacked into Facebook's internal network risking "disastrous" consequences for the website, was jailed for eight months ... More

Social media hacking seen as risk to advisers

26 Jan, 2012, 12:10 pm IST Social Networking

Financial advisers may be overlooking one potential threat in the rush to develop new client relationships through social media: hackers More

Israeli and Saudi hackers wage cyber war against each other

21 Jan, 2012, 3:24 pm IST Aaron Almeida Social Networking 1 Comments

Earlier this month, an Israeli credit card company had been hacked with as many as 20,000 cards have been compromised. This was done by a Saudi hacker called More

Suspicion grows China was behind hack of US commission

19 Jan, 2012, 9:47 am IST Social Networking

Suspicion is growing that operatives in China, rather than India, were behind the hacking of emails of an official U.S. commission that monitors relations ... More

India accused of hacking into U.S commission's emails

10 Jan, 2012, 11:38 am IST Anuradha Shetty Social Networking

In a startling volley of allegations, India has been accused of being guilty of hacking a U.S commission's e-mail ... More

Anonymous hacks into security think tank

26 Dec, 2011, 10:10 am IST Padmini Harchandrai Web services

Anonymous, the loosely structured hacking group tweeted, "Not so private and secret anymore?" refering to a hack into a security firm's website. According More

China hackers breach U.S. Chamber of Commerce

21 Dec, 2011, 2:18 pm IST Web services

Hackers in China broke through the computer defenses of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce last year and were able to access information ... More

Congress website hacked, Sonia Gandhi's profile defaced

10 Dec, 2011, 1:07 pm IST Karan Shah Web services

Sonia Gandhi’s profile page on the Congress website was hacked yesterday with hackers placing sexual innuendo and other content on the webpage.The site More