On January 20, 2025, during President Donald Trump’s inauguration festivities at Washington D.C.’s Capital One Arena, Elon Musk made a hand gesture that ignited…
AntiSec takes on US police agencies
Hacker group AntiSec is claiming to have “defaced and destroyed” the websites of various US police agencies in retaliation to the arrest of suspected…
No PlayStation Vita for Xmas stocking
The much-anticipated new generation of Sony’s PlayStation handheld gaming console, Vita, will not hit shops outside of Japan until well after the all-important festive…
Hack turns smartphone app into criminal tool
Hackers have shown how to turn mobile payment service Square into a convenient tool that allows criminals to pump cash from stolen credit card…
Indonesian court blames Facebook for increase in teenage pregnancies
A religious court official in Indonesia has blamed social networking site Facebook for a rise in teenage pregnancies and under-age marriages, a report said….
Google lawyer slams Apple, Microsoft, and other competitors
Google’s top lawyer accused Apple, Oracle, Microsoft and other companies of using “bogus patents” to wage a campaign against the internet giant’s Android mobile…
US police crack open ‘nightmare’ online child pornography network
US officials have unveiled charges against 72 people in their largest global probe into internet child pornography which smashed a “nightmare” online bulletin board…
South Korean police bust online scam which used ‘elite’ North Korean hackers
South Korean police claim to have busted a criminal gang which used elite North Korean computer hackers to break into online game sites and…
Microsoft offers massive prize in bid to turn tables on hackers
Microsoft has kicked off a contest aimed at turning the tables on hackers by offering big money prizes for innovative tactics to foil cyber…
‘IE users are dumb as a bag of hammers’ story revealed to be a hoax
The BBC is reporting that a story which claimed that Internet Explorer users have a lower average IQ than users of other browsers is…
Governments, high profile organisations targets of ‘cyber spying campaign’
The governments of the United States and other countries, major US defence contractors, the United Nations and the International Olympic Committee have been targets…
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