Jeremy Kirk - Author - Good Gear Guide

Stories by Jeremy Kirk

Article | 5/03/2013 The Pirate Bay claims 'virtual asylum' in North Korea

The Pirate Bay claims that North Korea has offered to provide network connectivity for its controversial search engine, which has faced a years-long b...

Article | 4/03/2013 CloudFlare briefly drops off Internet deflecting DDOS attack

CloudFlare's Juniper routers choked on a slight programming change designed to deflect a distributed denial-of-service attack, knocking the company's ...

Article | 1/03/2013 Megaupload loses bid to see more evidence from US

Megaupload lost a bid on Friday to see a trove of evidence held by U.S. prosecutors prior to extradition proceedings expected to begin later this year...

Article | 28/02/2013 Mt. Gox, the largest bitcoin exchange, comes to the US

The largest bitcoin exchange in the world will have a presence in the U.S. starting next month, a move intended to make it easier for people in the U....

Article | 28/02/2013 Bank of America says data breach occured at other company

Bank of America blamed a data breach on another company that revealed internal emails related to monitoring of hacktivist groups including Anonymous.

Article | 27/02/2013 Australian hacker fears possible arrest after raid

Dylan Wheeler, a computer security and gaming enthusiast who lives near Perth in Western Australia, could very well be in a lot of trouble.

Article | 26/02/2013 Hacking victim Bit9 blames SQL injection flaw

Bit9 said a common Web application vulnerability was responsible for allowing hackers to ironically use the security vendor's systems as a launch pad ...

Article | 26/02/2013 Second judge to join Apple-Samsung trial

The patent trial in Australia between Apple and Samsung Electronics has become so complex that a second judge has been assigned to the case.

Article | 22/02/2013 Zendesk says breach compromised email addresses

Zendesk said Thursday a hacker gained access to support information for some customers of its online help desk software.

Article | 22/02/2013 NBC.com hacked to serve up banking malware

Websites affiliated with U.S. broadcaster NBC were hacked for several hours on Thursday, serving up malicious software intended to steal bank account ...

Article | 21/02/2013 US students get cracking on Chinese malware code

Wesley McGrew, a research associate at Mississippi State University, may be among the few people thrilled with the latest grim report into a years-lon...

Article | 21/02/2013 Identity fraud in US reaches highest level in three years

U.S. consumers experienced the highest level of identity theft in three years in 2012, although much of the fraud losses were absorbed by banks and me...

Article | 20/02/2013 TweetDeck filters fine-tune users' searches for specific content

Twitter has added a set of filters to its TweetDeck application, giving users an ability to finely sift through an ever-growing number of messages.

Article | 19/02/2013 Flip side to Burger King Twitter hack: Many new followers

Burger King saw a surprising upside after its Twitter account was compromised on Monday: tens of thousands of people began following its account.

Article | 18/02/2013 Kim Dotcom's Mega file-sharing service to accept bitcoin

Mega will accept the virtual currency bitcoin for subscriptions for more storage space on the file-sharing service, cofounder Kim Dotcom announced on ...