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AOL filter prevents anonymous email
News Junk mailers typically cover their tracks by hacking into unprotected email servers or open relays, or by falsifying names and email addresses in the email sender field. America Online is testing an anti-spam filter intended to accurately trace the...
[January 22, 2004, 11:20]
Norton AntiVirus 2004 review
Reviews NAV 2004's second new feature is the ability to detect and destroy spyware, adware and hacking tools that may be lurking on your hard drive. NAV 2004 is the first anti-virus application to include this feature.
[September 29, 2003, 9:00]
Nasa hacker loses second Home Office appeal
News The US has accused McKinnon of hacking into 97 US army, navy, air force and Nasa computers, and causing damage costing hundreds of thousands of dollars by deleting files. McKinnon has never denied hacking US military systems, but denies causing...
[October 14, 2008, 12:14]
Copyright foes trade verbal blows
News Howard Berman, would allow intellectual property owners to use technical measures, including spoofing and hacking into sharing systems, to prevent copyright infringement. Ernest "Fritz" Hollings, would require government-mandated anti-copying...
[August 2, 2002, 11:22]
DoS worm invades Microsoft servers
News This is one of the trends that we are going to see more and more of: the crossover between the hacking and virus writing, and moving away from email-borne worms," said Vincent Weafer, director of software maker Symantec's antivirus research centre.
[June 11, 2001, 8:47]
Security exploits: Who's to blame?
News Cisco especially has managed to alienate itself from the hacker community to the extent that T-shirts with anti-Cisco slogans were selling well at on of this year's largest international hacking events, the Defcon conference in Las Vegas.
[September 6, 2005, 16:40]
MPs call for Nasa hacker to serve UK sentence
News The self-confessed hacker currently faces extradition to the US on charges of hacking 97 US military computers. The US has accused McKinnon of hacking into 97 US military and Nasa computers and causing over $700,000 (£430,000) of damage by deleting...
[November 3, 2008, 12:10]
Security experts criticise government database plans
News According to Zone-h, a website that reports on hacks and hacking, an investigation has been demanded recently into a "digital accident" at the Israeli Interior Ministry where Israeli Vital Population Registry information was leaked and posted on...
[January 19, 2007, 11:28]
FBI accused over Code Red virus confusion
News Find out in ZDNet UK's Viruses and Hacking News Section. Graham Cluley, a senior technology consultant at anti-virus firm Sophos, agreed that FBI warnings should have clearly stated that Code Red cannot affect home PCs, and accused the organisation...
[August 1, 2001, 11:43]
Securing a brave new e-world
News Citing the seriousness of computer hacking in today's world of e-commerce, Sen. Next: Death penalty for hacking? Kay Bailey Hutchinson, R-Texas, proposed in mid-February to double the penalties for computer hacking from five years to 10 years for...
[April 5, 2000, 9:05]
Yahoo and Sendmail ally against spam
News Junk mailers typically cover their tracks by hacking into unprotected email servers or open relays, or by falsifying names and email addresses in the mail sender field. In working with Sendmail, and other industry leaders, we are able to develop a...
[February 25, 2004, 7:45]
NASA hacker to speak at security show
News Gary McKinnon faces the prospect of an indefinite stay in Guantanamo Bay, but this won't prevent him from appearing on a panel discussing hacking at a UK security conference, it was revealed on Thursday.
[April 13, 2006, 18:05]
Panorama puts teenage hackers under the microscope
News Key to the Panorama report was an interview with Michael Buen, believed to be part of the young hacking gang implicated in the Love Bug outbreak. Cluley is worried that hacking may be about to gain street cred.
[July 4, 2000, 11:04]
Political hackers on the increase in Britain
News Hacking attacks on political Web sites more than tripled in the UK during 2001, despite a sharp fall in the number of defacements around 11 September. For all security-related news, including updates on the latest viruses, hacking exploits and...
[January 14, 2002, 17:52]
A Year Ago: Back Orifice creator's new projects
News BackOrifice 2000 is not the only program being released by the media-friendly hacking group Cult of the Dead Cow. Take me to the Summer of Hacking Special 2000 The combination of this and the signature scanning (done by today's anti-virus software...
[July 14, 2000, 7:30]
Microsoft: 'We won't charge to fix vulnerabilities'
News Speaking at the company's TechEd conference in Amsterdam on Tuesday, Detlef Eckert, chief security advisor for Microsoft, said although the level of hacking and virus attacks remains constant, people are being more vigilant about online threats.
[July 6, 2005, 9:40]
McAfee Internet Security 4.0 review
Reviews The most useful of these new tools is File Guardian, which lets you lock down individual files, folders and even entire drives so that no one -- whether sitting in front of your keyboard or hacking into the PC from afar -- can steal your personal...
[January 16, 2002, 23:00]
Hackers: This week's cyber-crime round-up
News Evidence of organised criminal computer hacking is finally beginning to hit the front pages. Biggest hacking fraud ever eUniverse was hit by a hacker who claimed to have stolen more than 300,000 credit card numbers.
[January 12, 2000, 16:04]
Political hackers are modern freedom fighters
News Political hacking has gone from relative obscurity to headline news in recent years. Paul Mobbs, an experienced Internet activist and anti-capitalist protestor, will tell attendees that the techniques used by politically minded computer hackers...
[March 8, 2001, 12:10]
US bill would treat all hackers as terrorists
News See the Net Crime News Section for the latest on hacking, fraud, online child safety, viruses and legal issues. A major anti-terrorism bill now being considered by the US government has been criticised for disproportionately targeting low-level...
[September 27, 2001, 14:52]
