US, China to hold regular talks on hacking
THE US and China are to meet regularly on hacking and developing ground rules for operating in cyberspace, the White House has confirmed.
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UK firms hacking claims worrying: minister
UK Home Secretary Theresa May says claims phone hacking was carried out on behalf of British law firms and other companies are worrying.
US, China exchange concerns on hacking
US and Chinese officials have met for a first “cyber working group,” two days before the countries hold their main annual talks.
Spies want powers to hack into PCs
SPY agency ASIO wants to hack into Australians’ personal computers and commandeer their smartphones to transmit viruses to terrorists.
UK phone hacking probe widens
MORE than 100 people outside the media have been implicated in the UK’s phone hacking scandal as the investigation widens.
Hackers can control almost all Android phones
NINETY-nine per cent of Android devices are vulnerable to being completely taken over by turning a legitimate application into a malicious Trojan virus, a security company claims.
Hack the iPhone 5S, get $16k
THE race to break the iPhone 5S is on. Hackers have raised $16,000 for the first person to break into the fingerprint scanner.
‘750m mobiles vulnerable to hacking’
A FLAW in SIM card technology has left 750 million active mobile phones vulnerable to being remotely accessed by cyber criminals, researcher claims, but telcos don’t know if Aussie customers are affected.
Teenage hackers in AFP’s sights
EXCLUSIVE: AUSTRALIAN Federal Police ”interventions” are aiming to turn teen hackers into cyber-crime fighters.
Snowden alleges US hacking in China
WHISTLEBLOWER Edward Snowden claims the US has long been attacking a Hong Kong university that routes all internet traffic.
North Korea training thousands of hackers
MOST of its citizens don’t have computers, but that hasn’t stopped North Korea from training an army of “cyber warriors” to hack its enemies’ systems.
Aussie LulzSec hacker identified
UPDATE: The identity of the LulzSec hacker has been revealed as 24-year-old Matthew Flannery. Sources have revealed that he enjoys karaoke and 1960s musicals.
Five charged in massive hacking scheme
FIVE men have been charged over what officials say is the largest hacking and data breach scheme in US history.
Chinese spies steal ASIO blueprints
SECRET and highly sensitive blueprints outlining the layout of Australia’s top spy agency’s new headquarters have been stolen by Chinese hackers, the ABC says.
Apple hacker breaks silence
A DEVELOPER, who claims to have hacked Apple’s developer site, says he did it because the company failed to fix security flaws.
10 of the worst reactions to Titstare fiasco
WEB users have flocked to a hacker forum to defend the Aussie developers who disgraced a hack event with a joke app called ‘Titstare’.
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