Tag: Security
Battle.net, World of Warcraft, Diablo hacked
Blizzard’s Battle.Net, the centeralized authentication system was hacked by an unknown group of cyber ninjas. In a press release, Blizzard…
Android forum hacked 1 million passwords exposed
The popular Android users forum “Phandroid” was reportedly hacked, exposing up to a million accounts in the latest rash of…
Formspring hacked. At least 420000 accounts compromised
Formpsring claims to have nearly 28 million registered users, but 420,000 accounts have been estimated to be have been hacked….
LinkedIn gets hacked exposing millions to of passwords
A Russian hacker uploaded nearly 7 million LinkedIn passwords to a Russian hackers forum. Users are urged to login and change their…
WordPress Hacked
Servers belonging to Automattic, the makers of the popular blogging software Wordpress, say that their servers were hacked and that the company’s source code is believed to have been “exposed and copied,” according to a companies blog.
Geotagged Images can lead criminals to your house
Many folks take pictures of various things and post them to Facebook, Twitter, or their personal blog, what they do not know is now days images from gps enabled devices like smart phones, are geo-tagged.
Wow Authenticators cracked
A Keylogger disguised as a World of Warcraft add-on is stealing account info and goods, and it by passes Blizzards Warcraft Athenticator
Hackers expose security flaws with Elvis passport
In the name of improved security a hacker showed how a biometric passport issued in the name of long-dead rock ‘n’ roll king Elvis Presley could be cleared through an automated passport scanning system being tested at an international airport.
Banned Twitter Passwords
Here is a big list of Twitter passwords and quite possily the most commonly found and abused ones on other online services.
Spam Assassin hits the big 3.0
Spam Assassin, free anti-spam software had been updated to 3.0. Massive extended features include ablity to filter the body of email.
Hacking, The New War for the Middle East
As the Middle East gets more and more wired, and the baraka porn sites pop up, the angry fundamentalists and terrorists set their sights on hacking as the new warfare. Wonder how this will effectporn? –Source Dailystar
Windows, now even more buggy
Why did this make news? Everyone who knows anything about computers knows windows is flawed. Source Wired
Goverment security poor.
A TV channel bought a fake ID for one of the FBI’s most wanted. Managed to get plane tickets without anyone blinking. Busted by bartender however. Source BBC
Man kills himself to prove how hardcore he is
As onlookers watched via IRC 21 year old Brandon Vedas took a fatal overdose to prove to he was harcore. In other news Humanities gene-pool is looking a little bit deeper. –Source NyDailyNews
Microsoft points out Windows is insecure
Another paper detailing why hotmail should remain on FreeBSD. For Microsoft by Microsoft Source TheRegister