A-Doh!-Be hit by ‘sophisticated’ Cyber Attack

Adobe’s systems have been hit by numerous “sophisticated attacks” that have compromised the information of 2.9 million customers, and accessed the source code of Adobe products. The company said on Thursday that it has been the victim of a major cyberattack and said hackers had accessed those millions of customer IDs and encrypted passwords. “We also believe […]

Female hackers need apply

Even when I was starting to study my degree just some 4 years ago in Digital Forensics and IT Security there appeared to be very little interest in the subject of IT as a whole, let alone Digital Forensics and Ethical Hacking from women. Some three women appeared in the lecture hall on the first day of the course […]

Citigroup hack exploited easy-to-detect web flaw…apparently

Hackers who stole bank account details for 200,000 Citigroup customers infiltrated the company’s system by exploiting a garden-variety security hole in the company’s website for credit card users, according to a report citing an unnamed security investigator. The New York Times reported that the technique allowed the hackers to leapfrog from account to account on […]

Anonymous serves notice on the Federal Reserve

Infamous hacktivist collective Anonymous has served notice that it intends to attack the websites of the Federal Reserve. The campaign – likely to take the form of denial of service attacks and possibly sit-ins – is in protest at the Federal Reserve’s role in the global financial crisis, misuse of US taxpayer funds and supposed […]

LulzSec hack targets FBI affiliates

Mischief-making hacking group LulzSec hacked into the systems of an FBI-affiliated public-private partnership organisation, defacing its website and leaking its email database in the process. Website defacements included mooching messages such as “LET IT FLOW YOU STUPID FBI BATTLESHIPS” and a video clip. Part of the message suggests that LulzSec launched the attack as some […]