HACKING

Hackers have been causing repeated havoc on Sony networks over the last month, but the devastation is a product of their own making according to a hacker intimately intertwined with the company.

Last Pass says it may have overreacted to an anomaly in its network traffic log, but one security firm isn't so sure.

News is emerging that yet another online network may have been hacked, and this time, from a service that acts as a safe-deposit box for users other passwords.

Ever since the massive security breach in Sony's PlayStation network accounts came to light last month, there have been fears that other large networks could come under similar attacks. And these fears are well-founded according to a report.

Sony Corp. has reportedly hired three security firms to assist in the investigation of security breaches in the Sony Online Entertainment and PlayStation networks.

The blog run by the man who first tweeted the raid on Osama bin Laden's compound was infected by an exploit kit, according to researchers at Websense.

Sony failed to say conclusively say if the security breach of its PlayStation Network resulted in hackers getting access to credit card data of about 10 million customers. In a much-awaited statement on Sunday, Sony said it was not sure if hackers got the data but emphasised that there was no evidence that they got.

Looking to sell the information, which also includes customer names, passwords, and addresses, the hackers have priced the credit card database at $100,000.

Critical infrastructure companies in industries such as energy, water and gas are not smartening up to the increasing number of cyber attacks.

An attempt by Rupert Murdoch to draw a line under an escalating phone-hacking scandal looked set to fail on Friday with a host of lawyers going to court to join forces against his British newspaper publishing arm.

A Malaysian man accused of hacking into a Federal Reserve computer server pleaded guilty to possessing stolen credit and debit card numbers that the government said he intended to sell.

Rupert Murdoch's News International has asked nine people who claim their phones were hacked by the newspaper group to provide more evidence, after apologizing for the first time to eight others on Friday.

Targeted attacks, including attacks on leading mobile platforms, are set to rise further in future, security software maker Symantec said on Tuesday. Targeted cyber attacks are more complex and challenging but the returns are also higher, prompting cyber criminal to launch more of this kind in future, a security strategist at Symantec told Reuters.

A data breach involving online marketer Epsilon, whose clients are a Who's Who of major banks and retailers, was only the latest in a string of hacking attacks aimed at getting email records for more thefts, security experts warned on Monday.

Now 27, Van T Dinh is senteced following a two-year trial for hacking into a currency exchange account. As a 19 year old Drexel University student he was convicted for hacking into a stockbroker's account to dispose of derivatives in Cisco stock that he had bought.

Lizamoon is the name of an Internet-based scareware attack which plays on fears of computer viruses and trust in web security software. Its ultimate aim is to get a user provide credit card information.

A report from the Office of the Inspector General has found NASA is vulnerable to cyber attacks.

A new study from McAfee says more cybercriminals are focused on corporate data, rather than individual people.

Highly rated smartphones iPhone 4 and BlackBerry Torch 9800 bit dust at the Pwn2Own hacking competition while Samsung Nexus S, which runs on Android, and the Dell Venue, which runs on Windows Phone 7, came away unscathed.

Google admitted that up to 260,000 smartphones have been hacked after handset users unwittingly downloaded virus-infected app, the AP reported today.

A hacker found a way to exploit Sony PlayStation 3's supposedly 'unhackable' firmware version 3.56.