Serious security holes found in Siemens control systems targeted by Stuxnet
LAS VEGAS—A security researcher has uncovered a slew of vulnerabilities in Siemens industrial control systems, including a hardcoded password, that would let attackers reprogram the systems with malicious comman...
Operation Shady RAT: five-year hack attack hit 14 countries
The governments of the United States, Canada, and South Korea, as well as the UN, the International Olympic Committee, and 12 US defense contractors were among those hacked in a five-year hacking campaign dubbed "Operation...
Microsoft locks down Wi-Fi geolocation service after privacy concerns
Microsoft has restricted its Wi-Fi-powered geolocation database after a researcher investigating Wi-Fi geolocation and position tracking raised privacy concerns about the information recorded. This follows a similar move fr...
Second accused AT&T iPad hacker in plea talks
Last month, Daniel Spitler pleaded guilty to hacking account information from AT&T 3G iPads and faces up to 10 years in prison. His alleged partner in crime, Andrew Auernheimer, is now reportedly negotiating a plea deal as well. Auernheimer's ...
Internet abuzz with claims that UK police picked up the wrong Topiary
The Metropolitan Police claimed yesterday that they had arrested prominent Lulz Security and AnonOps member Topiary. The initial report claimed that a 19-year-old man was arrested in the Shetland Islands and was being flown...
Rogue academic downloader busted by MIT webcam stakeout
Hacker and activist Aaron Swartz faces federal hacking prosecution for allegedly downloading millions of academic documents via MIT’s guest network, using a laptop hidden in a networking closet.
Swartz, 24, fac...
Key LulzSec figure nabbed as new attack on PayPal launched
Anonymous has resumed its fight with PayPal, but this time with a twist: instead of engaging in more denial-of-service attacks against the online payment processor, the group is exhorting its supporters to close their PayPal acco...
Any Mac With A Firewire Port Running OS X Lion Can Be Hacked Within Minutes
OS X Lion is being hailed by many as the most secure operating system yet, not just from Apple, but in total. In particular, its FileVault encryption rewrite is being widely hailed as one of the most secure, low-overhead ways yet to keep your data...How a security researcher discovered the Apple battery "hack"
A security "noob" mistake has left the batteries in Apple's laptops open to hacking, which could result in a bricked battery or, in a worst case scenario, fire or explosion. This was revealed on Friday...
Several Apple notebook models susceptible to battery hack
Security researcher Charlie Miller discovered a potential vulnerability affecting the batteries within select MacBook, MacBook Pro and MacBook Air models. The firmware on the chipset that controls the battery is secured with a single, easy to brea...
Mac malware ‘explosion’ missing in action
The appearance of the MacDefender trojan back in May provoked a lot of back-and-forth between various tech writers (including your humble correspondent). Was this a sign that the good times were ending? That the Mac platform would come under ever-...
Centrify’s Active Directory-Based Security for Lion
Centrify Corporation today...
