Twitter anger over bomb tweeter
Tweeters have joined forces to support Paul Chambers, the man convicted and fined for a Twitter message threatening to blow up an airport.
View ArticlePolice recruits screened for digital dirt on Facebook
Law enforcement agencies are digging deep into the social media accounts of applicants, requesting that candidates sign waivers allowing investigators access to their Facebook, MySpace, YouTube,...
View ArticleHackers hit Mastercard and Visa over Wikileaks row
The attacks came after the Anonymous group of hackers pledged to pursue firms that have withdrawn services from Wikileaks.
View ArticleThe top 50 passwords you should never use
Are you one of the many people who is using a dangerously easy-to-guess password?
View ArticleLush shuts website after hack attack
Cyber thieves are cashing in after stealing credit cards in a hack attack on the website of cosmetics firm Lush.
View ArticleNotorious Hacker Group LulzSec Announces It Is Disbanding
A publicity-seeking hacker group that has blazed a path of mayhem on the Internet over the last two months, including attacks on law enforcement sites, said unexpectedly on Saturday it is dissolving...
View ArticleHackers reported about Obama’s death on Twitter
Hackers broke into Fox’s political Twitter account early Monday, posting updates saying President Barack Obama had been assassinated. A series of six tweets coming from the FoxNewsPolitics account...
View ArticlePayPal UK Twitter Account Hacked
Another day, another high-profile hack. The Twitter account of PayPal UK was hacked Tuesday and used to post links to an anti-PayPal site. “This account was hacked earlier. We have it in our control...
View ArticleAnonymous hits US military site
Anonymous, the international cyberactivist network, has announced the release of 90,000 military email logins which its members obtained in one of the biggest-ever hacking operations. On the photo...
View ArticleUSA Today’s Twitter account falls victim to hackers
The same group that hacked NBC News’ Twitter account on September 9 and sent tweets about a bogus attack on Ground Zero apparently grabbed hold of USA Today’s Twitter feed today and fired off a clutch...
View ArticleMicrosoft no longer accepts long passwords, shortens them for you
Microsoft doesn’t like long passwords. In fact, the software giant not only won’t let you use a really long one in Hotmail, but the company recently started prompting users to only enter the first 16...
View ArticleSilicon Valley at front line of global cyber war
Chinese President Xi Jinping and American counterpart Barack Obama will talk cyber-security this week in California, but experts say the state’s Silicon Valley and its signature high-tech firms should...
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