Hackers turn Burger King Twitter account into McDonald's
Hackers breached the Twitter account of fast-food chain Burger King, posting the online equivalent of graffiti and sometimes making little sense.
Cyber attacks against the media are on the rise: rights group
Cyber attacks against journalists and media organizations around the world have increased over the past few years
Cyber-security battle on the cards
President Obama’s order aimed at ramping up protection from cyberattacks will address only a small portion of threats
Hackers breach security firm Bit9, attack its customers
Security software maker Bit9 said that computer hackers have breached its network, then launched a second round of attacks against some of its customers.
Hackers breach US Federal Reserve Bank internal website
The Federal Reserve said that one of its internal websites had been briefly breached by hackers, though no critical functions of the U.S. central bank were affected by the intrusion.
Anti-hacking law criticised following suicide of Internet activist
29-year-old U.S. computer security law under criticism – experts say has it been changed so often it no longer makes sense.
Oracle updates Java but security exploits remain: experts
Oracle released an emergency update to its Java software but security experts said the update fails to protect PCs from hackers
How America wages cyber war in the shadows
After a decade of costly conflict in Iraq and Afghanistan, the American way of war is evolving toward less brawn, more guile.
US seizes websites in credit card fraud crackdown
US authorities have ordered the seizure of 36 websites engaged in selling and distributing stolen credit card numbers, officials said Thursday.
Warning: fraud occurring on Cell C data packages
Cell C’s data users have been the victims of fraud, with the mobile giant admitting that it had to suspend affected data customers’ accounts to prevent further bandwidth being stolen.
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Hackers stage second attack on stock exchange website
Unidentified hackers staged a second attack on the Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing news website on Thursday a day after the Hong Kong stock exchange operator suffered an attack which forced it to suspend some share trading.