Malware
FT hacked. Syrian Electronic Army hijacks Financial Times blogs and Twitter accounts
The Syrian Electronic Army has struck again - this time adding the scalp of the prestigious Financial Times to its collection of hijacked accounts belonging to well-known media organisations.
Opinion: No, the LulzSec hackers weren't noble
Graham Cluley argues that it's not cool, or funny, to hack into companies, expose the private information of members of the general public, and to launch denial of service attacks.
Jail for the LulzSec hacking gang members
BREAKING NEWS: Members of the notorious LulzSec hacking gang have been sentenced at Southwark Crown Court in London.
Have your say - LulzSec: helpful, harmless or hideous? [VOTE NOW]
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LulzSec are about to be sentenced, which will tell us what the judge thinks.
But why not tell us what you think, right here, right now?
How to measure the biggest and most dangerous threats
Just about every security company publishes some sort of prevalence data - those little bar charts and top tens showing the most important and widespread threats. The raw data behind these easy-to-consume representations can be very useful to security experts and testers.
The LulzSec hackers who boasted they were "Gods" await their sentence
Four members of the notorious LulzSec hacking gang, who attacked websites belonging to the likes of the CIA, the NHS and the Serious Organised Crime Agency (SOCA), are due to be sentenced by the UK authorities.
Outbreak! Fake Amazon UK emails spammed out, delivering malware
Although there has been increased talk recently on drive-by-downloads and compromised websites being used to deliver malware, it's worth remembering that email-based malware is far from dead.
Doctor Who episode leaks out early: exterminate spoilers!
The BBC America shop accidentally shipped an episode of Doctor Who to thousands of US fans before it was broadcast on television. Even as you read this, battles are being waged against spoiler hackers, while fan site Kasterborous suggests fans just unplug from the internet.
Phishers waste woman's £1m life savings on cheeseburgers, champagne and gold
Crooks who swindled a woman out of her £1 million ($1.5 million) life savings, and blew their ill-gotten gains on cheeseburgers, gold and computers, are now facing jail time.
Monday review - the hot 19 stories of the week
It's that time of the week again - here's your roundup of everything we wrote in the last seven days.
An unholy alliance - Fake Anti-Virus, meet Bogus Support Call!
What happens when a scammer decides to marry fake anti-virus and bogus support calls?
Paul Ducklin has a bit of a weekend chuckle at the result...
Seriously, this is how the Syrian Electronic Army hacked The Onion
Satirical news publication The Onion has gone into detail about how hackers managed to steal its passwords, access its internal emails, and hijack its Twitter account.
Subway multimillion-dollar hack ringleader pleads guilty
Adrian-Tiberiu Oprea, a Romanian national and the alleged ringleader of the gang responsible for a multimillion-dollar hack of the Subway fast-food chain, has pleaded guilty.
Monday review - the hot 20 stories of the week
Get up to date with everything we wrote in the past seven days - it's weekly roundup time.
Network gaming company uses its "cheat-prevention" client to build a Bitcoin botnet
One problem with network games: how do you trust the other people in the contest?
You could build a network that requires your customers to installed a special "cheat-blocker" client...
...and then use the client to mine Bitcoins.
US Department of Labor website hacked, serves malware, now fixed
A subdomain of the US Department of Labor's main website, running off a separate server - what's known colloquially as a microsite - was modified to serve up malware.
Paul Ducklin takes a quick look at the attack...
German ministry replaced brand new PCs infected with Conficker worm, rather than disinfect them
After computers in Germany became infected with the notorious Conficker worm, 170 of them were disposed of and replaced with new equipment at the taxpayers' expense.
Wouldn't it have been easier (and cheaper) to have wiped the drives and restored from a backup?
How to rate a comparative anti-virus test - a six-step guide
It sometimes seems like anyone with a computer feels qualified to do comparative anti-virus testing. There are a lot of pitfalls to look out for, which often trip up unwary would-be testers and regularly lead to wonky data and odd conclusions. So how do you know which tests are any good?
"Wire transfer canceled"? Watch out for spammed-out malware attack
If you've received an email in your inbox telling you that your wire transfer has been cancelled, take care - as it's the latest attempt by online criminals to infect the general public's Windows computers.
Monday review - the hot 20 stories of the week
Catch up with all the security news from the last seven days - it's weekly roundup time.
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