Microsoft today issued a security alert for some of its products. A vulnerability has been detected in Windows operating systems Vista and Server 2008, and in Microsoft products Office 2003-2010 and Lync. Hackers could potentially send a link via email or the Web to unsuspecting users, who would then be convinced to click it to […]
Anonymous has involved itself in a variety of squabbles and issues, the latest of which involving censorship in Singapore. The hacking collective has created a video threatening the People’s Action Party government of Singapore, something following on the heels of an alleged attack on the nation’s infrastructure by one hacker referred to as “the messiah”. […]
A weird thing happened in St. Petersburg last week. The Russian press reports that local officials intercepted a shipment from China that contained home appliances with "spy" microchips capable of spreading malware to wi-fi enabled devices within 200 meters. Tea kettles were apparently the chief culprit.
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You’ve probably heard security articles talk about JavaScript being used to attack websites, but you might not know why it’s quite so dangerous. This video helps explain.
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Middle school boys can be a handful. Tracking dirt into the house, crashing their bikes, helping Anonymous
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The completely competent folks of the NSA are saying that its nuked website
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NSA.gov was unresponsive late Friday afternoon due to a distributed denial of service (DDoS), according to packs of Anonymous-types on Twitter. Indeed the website would not load for us when we tried, but it’s hard to know why until we get confirmation from the NSA. If it is indeed a DDoS attack on the NSA, it would not be the first.
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It’s easy to see how self-driving cars would benefit society. Traffic jams gone. Accidents reduced. Leisure time increased!
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The PC version of Grand Theft Auto 5 is currently in production. There is no final version out in the wild, nor is there a way for you to download this game for the PC in any way at all – it simply does not exist. That fact hasn’t stopped a seemingly large amount of […]
Google’s waving its pro-internet freedom flag again, launching a suite of anti-hacker software intended to help human rights and elections-related websites in vulnerable regions. It’s a nice thought, even if there’s a catch.
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