Your PC can be hacked with a USB mouse
USB devices such as mice, keyboards, and thumb-drives can be used to hack into personal computers in a potential new class of attacks
Tor users attacked, possibly monitored
Tor, the Internet privacy protecting service, said it had discovered a compromise on its network that indicated somebody was trying to monitor the activity of its users
Cyber-crime on the rise, according to US survey
The hackers are winning, according to a survey of 500 executives of U.S. businesses, law enforcement services and government agencies released Wednesday.
One of our websites was hacked on May 1st at 10:35, and it came from an MTN IP Address, 197.78.180.143. The WHOIS registry entry for that IP address said that abuse of this nature should be addressed to "abuse at mtn dot co dot za". I sent an email on the 2nd of May, which was ignored. I sent...
Pretty much the swiss army knife of hardware hacking - the guys at House4Hack is presenting an Introduction to Arduino course on 15th March - http://www.house4hack.co.za/introduction-to-arduino-15-march
British hacker stole data from US Federal Reserve
A British man has been charged with hacking into computer servers belonging to the U.S. Federal Reserve
British spy agency collected images of Yahoo webcam chats: Guardian
Britain’s spy agency GCHQ intercepted millions of people’s webcam chats and stored still images of them, including sexually explicit ones
French aerospace firm Snecma targeted by hackers
French aerospace engine maker Snecma, a unit of Safran, was attacked by hackers who exploited a vulnerability in Microsoft’s Internet Explorer
Sands Casino website hack stole sensitive info
Casino giant Las Vegas Sands Corp. said Tuesday that hacking into their websites and internal systems last week went deeper than the company had previously known.
Hackers post account info of 4.6 million Snapchat users: report
Computer hackers posted online usernames and partial phone numbers of 4.6 million users of mobile photo-sharing service Snapchat
Syrian Electronic Army says hacked into Skype's social media accounts
The Syrian Electronic Army hacker collective claimed credit for hacking into the social media accounts of Internet calling service Skype.
Hacking fear outweighs privacy concerns
Internet users are far more worried about computer hacking and theft of personal information than about online privacy and tracking by marketers
U.S. charges Briton with hacking into military, other networks
US authorities have charged a hacker in England with breaching thousands of computer systems and stealing massive amounts of confidential data.
U.S. indicts 13 suspected members of hacker group Anonymous
The US brought criminal charges against 13 suspected members of the hacking group Anonymous
Journalist charged in computer hacking probe
British police are charging a journalist as part of an investigation into allegations of computer hacking and privacy offenses
Hacker steals data of two million Vodafone customers
A hacker has stolen the names, addresses and bank account numbers of about 2 million Vodafone Germany customers
Joburg hacking case will make you angry
The City of Joburg may be wasting valuable state resources to try to cover up its own incompetence, online commentators say