This is actually very old, but it definitely worth bringing up, especially for people who own websites with sensitive data on them.  A lot of people think of Google just as a great search engine where they can type in a search word or phrase to get information on it.  But what a lot of […]

Initially called ‘zombies’, bots are one of the most powerful tools hackers have going for them.  The idea is simple: they compromise a computer, set up a backdoor for easy access for later times, then just rinse and repeat.  What’s the point?  Well, the more computers a hacker has control of, the faster they can […]

Many people who are familiar with network security know that universities are known to have some of the weakest security architectures.  Unfortunately, this is known by the majority of hackers (well, probably everyone except script kiddies) which is why they are constantly looking for ways to extract those tens and hundreds of thousands of social […]

Windows, the operating system with the reputation of constantly being attacked by hackers may be changing.  Vista has really bumped up its security (to the point of driving consumers insane), but is that really the reason why hackers are looking to target other operating systems, particularly Linux and Mac?  I don’t know… Mac has built […]

Talk about a crisis waiting to happen.  Some hackers thought it would be a good idea to break into the systems of foreign utility companies and hold their utilities up for ransom.  It doesn’t sound like this was just some hackers praying that these companies would say no either… they actually followed through with their […]

This is a question that has been on the minds of the Federal Aviation Administration with regards to the new Boeing 787.  That being said, you could say that thepassenger features on this plane could be its primary security holes.  By giving each seat it’s own datalink, passengers will be able to have online capabilities […]

It’s amazing to constantly read articles that are based on the topic of hackers breaking into systems using old exploits.  Now in some instances (especially from a business-network perspective), you have to balance the pros with the cons of applying security patches (i.e. the patch may cause certain functions to stop working), but it is […]

To many, IRC is simply a chat-based system where people get together and talk about anything and everything, but that is not the only thing that happens in these chat rooms.  Providing you know the names of the chat rooms, you can enter rooms where nothing is being talked about except business; transactions of stolen […]

Now here is something that could cause a lot of damage: a hacker was able to break into a local ISP and cut all of it’s internet services to their customers.  What’s scary is that this hacker is only a teenager.  Fortunately from the sound of it, this ISP that got hacked is more of […]

Here’s something a little scary: have you ever thought about what kinds of things hackers could do if they were able to hack into a broadcast network?  Well, a group of Czech hackers did just that.  To prove a point on how easily the media can manipulate the news, this group of hackers inserted a […]