A New Zealand teenager, allegedly at the centre of a cyber crime ring causing millions of dollars of damage, admitted six computer crime charges when he appeared in court today.
Owen Thor Walker, 18, who has Asperger’s syndrome, was accused by the FBI of being “Akill” - leading a group of international programmers that set up […]
To the long list of objects vulnerable to attack by computer hackers, add the human heart.
The threat seems largely theoretical. But a team of computer security researchers plans to report Wednesday that it had been able to gain wireless access to a combination heart defibrillator and pacemaker.
They were able to reprogram it to shut down […]
A laptop running a fully patched version of Microsoft’s Vista operating system was the second and final machine to fall in a hacking contest that pitted the security of Windows, OS X and Ubuntu Linux. With both a Windows and Mac machine felled, only the Linux box remained standing following the three-day competition.
Shane Macaulay, who […]
Huge spikes in automated password guessing attacks against Australian computer servers show geographical isolation offers no protection against internet-borne threats.
Data compiled for Next by security vendor Arbor Networks also shows the US remains the largest single source of malicious internet background noise targeting Australian computers.
China ranks as the second-largest source of the noise, generated by […]
The attacks on mailing lists and online forums contain information related to recent events in Tibet and may appear to come from a trusted person or organization.
A shadow war against organizations supporting Tibetan protesters has erupted in cyberspace, mirroring efforts by Chinese authorities to quell unrest in the Tibet.
“Somebody is trying to use pro-Tibet themed […]
IMAGINE living in a country where bird flu is a constant danger, yet you can’t look it up on Google. You’re diagnosed with HIV AIDS but you can’t search for a Facebook support network. You’re trying to research a school project on religion but Wikipedia’s content on the subject is blocked. You’re in the mood […]
Hackers are paying top dollar on international blackmarkets for computers from Australia that have been unknowingly hijacked and infected with spyware.
A Russian malware distribution site offers $US100 for a haul of 1000 spyware-infected Australian machines, double the price offered for US machines and 30 times more than those from Asia.
Philip Routley, product marketing manager at […]