Scribd Hack Exposes Thousands of Users
An posting from Tech News about Scribd Hack Exposes Thousands of Users: It's much easier to spend your Internet time watching funny cat videos than to actually do something productive, but the educational stuff is out there. Take Scribd, for instance: a virtual library of free content that ranges from book previews to science journal articles […]
Hackers Compromise The War Z Forum, Game Databases
An posting from ThreatPost about Hackers Compromise The War Z Forum, Game Databases: Hackers compromised the forum and game database of the massively multiplayer online game, The War Z, forcing the game’s producer OP Productions to temporarily take the game and its forum offline. In a security alert issued yesterday, OP Productions informed The War […]
EADS, ThyssenKrupp attacked by Chinese hackers: report
An Interesting article in NBC News technology section: FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Airbus parent EADS and German steelmaker ThyssenKrupp recorded major attacks by Chinese hackers in 2012, German magazine Der Spiegel reported, citing unidentified people within the two companies. That is a trend seen throughout the German economy, where companies are increasingly being attacked by Chinese […]
Microsoft says small number of its computers hacked
An Interesting article in NBC News technology section: SEATTLE (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp said on Friday a small number of its computers, including some in its Mac software business unit, were infected with malware, but there was no evidence of customer data being affected and it is continuing its investigation. The world's largest software company […]
NBC website hacked and distributes malware - here's what happened
An interesting article form Naked Security about NBC website being hack :The latest high-profile organisation to fall victim to cybercriminals is the National Broadcasting Company (NBC), one of the so-called Big Three television networks in the USA. NBC's website was "owned" and used as a go-between in a campaign to infect online visitors automatically. For […]
Jeep joins Burger King in Twitter hack club
A new article from NBC News technology section on twitter accounts being hack: Just a day after Burger King's Twitter account was hacked and renamed McDonalds, Jeep is suffering the same fate — but the takeover hoax isn't credited to the fast food empire this time. Jeep's hacked account says it's been bought by […]