Federal law enforcement officials confirmed that they have arrested a suspect in the MSBlast worm attack that compromised hundreds of thousands of computers earlier this month.
By the time a computer problem gets the attention of the FBI, it's pretty well known, and you only have yourself to blame if you get caught with your patches down.
There were mixed reports on Friday in the US whether or not the son of a Tennessee state representative has been contacted by the FBI or Secret Service in connection with US vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin's hacked Yahoo Mail account.
A 20-year-old college student suspected of hacking into one of US vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin's email accounts was indicted Tuesday in the US, a district court announced.
Someone posted hundreds of flashing images and links to more pulsating images on the Epilepsy Foundation site, triggering severe migraines and near seizures for some visitors recently, the Associated Press reports
A federal judge on Saturday in the US granted the Massachusetts transit authority's request for an injunction preventing three MIT students from giving a presentation about hacking smartcards used in the Boston subway system.
Instead of the usual description of Kevin Mitnick, his consulting services and books, the famed hacker's Web site on Sunday displayed a vulgar message.
Adrian Lamo, who won notoriety for his public claims of electronic intrusions, is jailed then released to face federal hacking charges Friday.
An online gift certificate company said a hacker that blackmailed it for weeks after pilfering its customer information has apparently carried out threats of disclosing the data to its customers.
Adrian Lamo, the so-called homeless hacker, surrendered Tuesday to face two federal criminal charges of electronic breaking and entering.
The most noteworthy aspect of the computer intrusion against Microsoft in late October may be that, in this case, someone might actually be caught and charged with the crime.
A group of self-identified hackers has set up shop online to sell what it claims are files containing confidential software code--and it says it's ready to take orders for more.
Simple queries using the Google search engine can turn up a handful of sites that have posted credit card information to the Web, CNET News.com learned on Tuesday.
Terrorism isn't the only security threat officials are worried about at this summer's Olympic Games in Athens. They're also concerned about viruses and worm attacks that could cripple the Olympics' data network.
Network assailants brought Microsoft's Internet connection to its knees with a denial-of-service onslaught, causing the company's major Web sites to slow to a near-halt before service was finally restored. The FBI is investigating.
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