An Austin based security researcher demonstrated how a software flaw, used to control oil refineries, power plants and other critical structures, can be hacked by terrorist groups or criminals.
The software is used to manage supervisory control...
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House and Senate Democratic leaders must have got alarmed about the security of e-voting machines, as computer Scientists from California University were able to hack into three electronic voting systems used in California and elsewhere in...
Recently, members of the hacking community, willing to help Microsoft, descended at Redmond, Washington, to depict the software giant where it has wronged. This time the company's newest Blue Hat conference, which is generally held twice a year, aimed...
A Symantec researcher was recently reported to have said that Microsoft Update, which is included with a component known as Background Intelligent Transfer Service (BITS), might possibly be exploited by hackers to evade security measures and attack...
The University of Missouri recently said to have been victimized by a computer hack, which disclosed more than 22,000 Social Security numbers of students at the University, both existing and earlier. The numbers had been compiled for a report. They were...
Shanghai-based Xinmin Evening News was recently reported to have said on Sohu.com that some hackers allegedly hacked satellite TV signals in southern China to broadcast anti-government messages. As a result of the hacking, viewers started complaining...
Well, with the sole aim of making most out of the cyber world, hackers utilize many a different techniques, which, to our surprise, are normally not known to us. Sometime ago, there was news of cybercrooks making use of the Google ads that also brought...
The researchers at IBM’s Internet security systems division were recently reported to have stated that the targeted attacks that makes use of flaws in famous doc file formats and carry out using tough-to-detect shell code are getting growingly all the...
Experts have warned of online hackers who are making attempts to cash in on the recent Virginia Tech bloodbath, by disseminating thousands of emails claiming to be consisted with camera phone footage of the shootings.
However a link to a Brazilian...
Malware designers seems to have made Microsoft's PowerPoint their vector of choice for riddling corporate systems with bug. PowerPoint is a No1 amongst hacker, who are said to be rummaging around for the best app wherein they can implant their malware...
Hackers will shortly be capable of spying on US military operations over the Internet as plans to start on a novel cyberspace communications vehicle from the International Space Station were released recently.
The latest IRISh project will position...
Hackers seem to have understood how to make access to one of the essential HD DVD encryption keys but for authorizing the data – possibly causing to be the latest effort to put a block to such doings of no use.
Posted on the Xboxhacker website, the...
Symantec recently warned PC users of a weekend spam run, which is making an attempt to trick recipients into making a download of the evil "Storm Trojan" by attaching files, disguised as videos of a phony missile strike by the U.S. against Iran....
Australian computer security experts recently warned Gamers of being potentially targeted by hackers this year, with console users and players of Internet computer games as World of Warcraft at risk of attack. The alert warning was brought into view...
Mozilla's security chief recently said that software designers seem to be helpless without bug hunters while it is a question of vulnerability disclosure. The software industry over the years has been coming up with guiding principle for vulnerability...
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