Hackers stories - Page 8

The gaming community has a pretty short memory, but one of the hackers involved in the onslaught of attacks against Sony has finally been sentenced.

Scammers target holidaymakers with spammed malware through flight and hotel deals, hitting a high of 6% of all spam. Stay vigilant!.

Hackers around the world will be screaming a collective cry of despair, as one eager cyber-bandit went after the world's most powerful man's wife. Oh uh.

Just how lucrative is the internet crime market? Very; information is digital gold and hackers can get paid up to $200 per password.

WikiLeaks has faced a massive DoS attack, rendering their site almost inaccessible for ten days, as hackers flood servers with bogus traffic.

Millions of mobile phone users in South Korea suffer security breach during five month hacking spree across the country.

Hacker Dimitry Olegovich Zubakha faces US extradition after Cyprus arrest for DDoS attacks on Amazon and eBay, risking 10 years in jail.

Symantec declares pcAnywhere safe after rolling out crucial patches, following a 2006 source code theft that left users vulnerable.

Is your password 'password' or '123456'? Too many are, risking online security, reveals latest SplashData report.

Gabe Newell, one of the founders of the game distribution site, says it is as yet unknown whether or not the information has been used.

Spinal Tap fans will want to turn it up today, because it is the eleventh of the eleventh of 2011, or what one Californian group has dubbed Nerd New Year.

Businesses are urged to secure their PABX phone systems as a surge in hacking has left some companies with phone bills hundreds of thousands high, warns TCF.

LulzSec bids farewell to hacking, citing boredom, amidst questions on their dissolution following a member's arrest in England.

In response to rising high-profile cyber breaches, a British firm unveils Pin+, a pattern-based system aiming to provide robust, hacker-resistant passwords.

Sony's PlayStation Network is on the road to recovery after hackers compromised it, causing a nearly month-long outage.

48 year old Bruce Raisley, a computer hacker once involved with the NBC show To Catch a Predator was sentenced to two years in jail.

Google swiftly removed malicious apps from Android Market using a killswitch after 'Droid Dream' attack, issuing a vital security update in March.

Play.com has confirmed a security breach, with customers receiving spam emails linked to an incident at its email provider.

You may be confident that your computer system is secure from intruders, but have you ever thought about your phones?.

Be wary what information you are sharing with the world, as there are many opportunists with their eyes furtively fixed on you.