Hacking

Piracy

Music industry piracy crackdown

THE Australian music industry will be keenly awaiting the outcome of a seperate site blocking application, as they launch their own crackdown.

Hacking

Hacker ‘selling 117m LinkedIn passwords’

A HACKER is advertising what he says is more than one hundred million LinkedIn logins for sale.

Hacking

Bank heist was an inside job: FBI

IT’S a real life cyber version of Ocean’s Eleven and the FBI now believes hackers who nearly made off with more than $1 billion had help from the inside.

Piracy

‘Your piracy days are numbered’

MAKE the most of downloading Game of Thrones while you can, because site blocking is about to make it way harder.

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Piracy

Serious warning to GoT pirates

IF YOU have plans to download the third episode of Game of Thrones after work, you might run into some trouble.

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Piracy

Site blocking efforts reach standoff

A DISPUTE over who would cover costs caused the three strikes scheme against Aussie pirates to be shelved. Could it happen with the latest site blocking push?

Hacking

Smartcard hack backfires badly

A UNIVERSITY student’s research went horribly wrong when he found himself being charged after rorting the public transport system.

Piracy

This number can get you arrested

THERE’S a prime number that’s illegal for you to possess, publish or use. We’re serious. This number is bad news.

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Technology

Gumtree shaken by hack attack

AUSTRALIAN Gumtree users have had personal details stolen, with the popular online sales site admitting its security was compromised.

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Piracy

Geoblocking is screwing us over

IT’S happened to everyone. You click on a video from one of your favourite shows, only to be told it’s “not available”.

Hacking

‘Beautiful People’ dating site hacked

MORE than a million users of the looks-based Beautiful People dating website, including some Australians, have had their private details leaked online.

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Piracy

Aussies top list of GoT pirates

MORE than one million people pirated the premiere of Game of Thrones season six, with Australians at the front of the worldwide queue.

Hacking

Ashley Madison cheaters suffer setback

A GROUP of Ashley Madison users have suffered a setback in a rather ironic legal battle with the website.

Security

On the offensive in war on cyber crime

RECENT online attacks have prompted the federal government to announce a $230 million cyber safety plan, comprised of 33 different strategies to hit back at the hackers.

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Hacking

$230 million plan to shut down hackers

THE government will amass an army of 100 IT nerds to strengthen Australia’s defences against malicious cyber attacks.

Piracy

More bad news for Aussie pirates

IF YOU have been using popular torrent websites to secure the latest releases, Australian record labels are sending a firm message that the jig is up.

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Hacking

Remove QuickTime immediately

A CYBER security team is advising people to remove QuickTime media software from their computers.

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Hacking

Hacked Netflix accounts sold for 25c

AUSTRALIA is now the top target for ransomware in the southern hemisphere — and criminals are coming for your Netflix and PlayStation accounts.

Piracy

World’s nerdiest legal battle

DID you know copyright does not protect the Klingon language, Vulcan’s pointy ears or phaser weapons from Star Trek?

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Piracy

Pirates fined but will never pay

JUDGE hands down heavy fines for piracy sites which hosted The Expendables 3, not that any of them intend on paying.

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Rookie mistakes expose Syrian hackers

THEY targeted top US officials and carried out hacks that wiped billions off the stock market. But it was the silliest thing that revealed their identity.

Hacking

Jihadists’ ‘relax and reload’ plan

HOLY war supporters laugh off “wannabe hackers” Anonymous’ claims they will bring war to ISIS, unveiling a simple strategy.

Piracy

UK pirate faces severe jail term

IN A case that could send shock waves through the piracy community, the UK has come down hard on a man who circumvented blocks on illegal torrent sites.

Hacking

Private pics of Jenner and Styles leaked

INTIMATE pictures of Harry Styles and Kendall Jenner have been leaked after a fan allegedly hacked into the iCloud account of Harry’s mum.

Hacking

Should Donald Trump be worried?

WHEN Anonymous declared war on Trump, they meant it. Members of the hacking collective claim to have leaked some concerning information.

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Anonymous declares ‘total war’ on Trump

HACKING collective Anonymous has vowed to dismantle Donald Trump’s campaign and sabotage his brand in a freshly-released propaganda video.

Piracy

The man pirates should fear

DO you illegally download? Well, be prepared for Graham Burke because he is coming for you and he won’t stop.

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Piracy

Piracy pioneer’s movie game changer

NAPSTER co-founder is working on a service, which could mean you will never go to the cinema again.

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Hacking

$1.3 billion hack undone by typo

IT WOULD have been the biggest bank heist in history, but hackers were let down by the clumsy spelling of one simple word.

Piracy

Why we will never stop piracy

NEW stats show Google is asked to remove 100,000 links related to piracy every single hour, showing the war is far from won.

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