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Article | 23/06/2011 Brazilian government, energy company latest LulzSec victims

Websites belonging to the Brazilian government and energy giant Petrobras were knocked offline Wednesday in a series of cyberattacks.

Article | 22/06/2011 Despite arrest, Lulzsec sails on

The hacking group known as LulzSec pledged to continue their online rampage Tuesday, a day after U.K. police arrested a man allegedly affiliated with ...

Article | 21/06/2011 Google disputes possible $6 billion Java lawsuit price-tag

Google may owe Oracle nearly as much money in damages as Oracle paid to buy all of Sun Microsystems, according to Oracle's paid expert in the companie...

Article | 18/06/2011 Man charged with $1 million extortion hack at oDesk

An Indian man has been charged with breaking into a company's Internet domain name registration account as part of a US$1 million extortion attempt.

Article | 17/06/2011 Fraud starts after Lulzsec group releases e-mail, passwords

Debbie Crowell never ordered the iPhone, but thanks to a hacking group known as Lulzsec, she spent a good part of her Thursday morning trying to get U...

Article | 16/06/2011 Court says Comerica Bank must pay after customer is hacked

A Michigan court has ruled that Comerica Bank is liable for a US$560,000 cyberheist, saying the bank should have done a better job to spot millions of...

Article | 15/06/2011 LulzSec attacks gaming sites ... just for laughs

The hacking group known as LulzSec called it Titanic Takeover Tuesday. Gamers called it by a variety of names, many of which cannot be reprinted here....

Article | 14/06/2011 Lulzsec sets sights on U.S. Senate and game-maker Bethesda

The Lulzsec hacking group continues to cause headaches for IT staffers. On Monday it published data it obtained from servers belonging to the U.S. Sen...

Article | 11/06/2011 Is it time for RSA to open up about SecurID hack?

For any company that makes its living selling security, it's a nightmare come true. This week, RSA Security admitted that <a href="http://www.networkw...

Article | 11/06/2011 Siemens fixes industrial flaws found by hacker

Siemens has fixed bugs in its Simatic S7 industrial computer systems, used to control machines on factory floors, power stations and chemical plants.

Article | 9/06/2011 Police: Mac technician installed spyware to photograph women

He was hired to fix their computers, but police say that Trevor Harwell instead installed spyware software that took candid photos of his clients in v...

Article | 8/06/2011 Oracle fixes 17 bugs in Java security update

Oracle has issued an update to Java SE that fixes a number of critical bugs in the widely used Internet software.

Article | 7/06/2011 After hack, RSA offers to replace SecureID tokens

In an acknowledgement of the severity of its recent computer compromise, RSA Security said Monday that it will replace SecureID tokens for any custome...

Article | 7/06/2011 After delay, hacker to show flaws in Siemens industrial gear

A security researcher who says he's found serious problems with Siemens computers used in power plants and heavy industry is now expecting to go publi...

Article | 5/06/2011 Nude photos stolen from hacked email accounts: police

A 24-year-old Florida man was arrested Thursday on charges that he broke into women's Web mail accounts, looking for explicit photos to post online.