Hackers exploit Obama site to spread malware

Monday, January 26th, 2009

A social networking site operated by the 2008 Barack Obama campaign is serving up malware to unwary visitors a full week after the tactic was reported, a security researcher said today. My.BarackObama.com, still active after the innauguration last week of President Obama, is being used by hackers trying to dupe users ...

World’s Most Famous Hackers

Sunday, January 25th, 2009

Here is a great list of the world's most famous hackers to date.  This page includes information about what each hacker is famous for and also includes a photo of them.  Very interesting read: http://zed.m6.net/dyne/hackers.php

Hacker Leaves Message for Microsoft in Trojan Code

Monday, January 12th, 2009

Here's a new way to get Microsoft to pay attention to you: Slip a brief message into the malicious Trojan horse program you just wrote. That's what an unnamed Russian hacker did recently with a variation of Win32/Zlob, a Trojan program victims are being tricked into installing on their computers. The message ...

Weak Password Brings ‘Happiness’ to Twitter Hacker

Tuesday, January 6th, 2009

An 18-year-old hacker with a history of celebrity pranks has admitted to Monday's hijacking of multiple high-profile Twitter accounts, including President-Elect Barack Obama's, and the official feed for Fox News. The hacker, who goes by the handle GMZ, told Threat Level on Tuesday he gained entry to Twitter's administrative control panel ...

FBI issues code cracking challenge

Monday, December 29th, 2008

The FBI today challenged anyone in the online community to break a cipher code on its site.  The code was created by FBI cryptanalysts. The bureau invited hackers to a similar code-cracking challenge last year and got tens of thousands of responses it said. A number of sites host such cipher ...