Tagged: Hacker
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Hacker who put Scarlett Johansson images on internet gets 10 years in jail News
18.12.2012 A hacker who hacked the personal email account of Scarlett Johansson and other Hollywood celebrities and placed them on the internet has been sentenced to 10 years in jail. -
The risks of posting in social networks (infographic) News
22.09.2012 Social networking sites can be a hacker's dream because of all the personal information available on them, a new infographic suggests. -
SMEs need more secure web hosting to fend off cyber-attacks - security expert News
25.06.2012 With as many as 20 Irish websites hacked every week, a security expert has urged Irish business owners to be more careful when choosing web-hosting services. -
Meet the Irish Facebook engineer who was part of clever NASDAQ bell hack News
19.05.2012 Irish Facebook engineer Colm Doyle was one of the team of Facebook engineers who devised the clever hack that saw Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s Timeline automatically update... -
Google awards student US$60,000 for Chrome hack News
08.03.2012 A Russian student has won US$60,000 for hacking into a fully patched Windows 7 machine using a remote code execution exploit in Google Chrome as part of Google's Pwnium hacker... -
Google offering US$1m in prizes for hackers who exploit Chrome News
28.02.2012 Google is offering up to US$1m worth of prizes to people who can exploit its browser Chrome at this year’s CanSecWest security conference in Vancouver. -
Hackers attack Eircom StudyHub – 11,000 usernames and passwords at risk News
17.02.2012 Hackers have breached a server that potentially risks some 10,829 account details, including 8,404 Eircom StudyHub customers. Eircom has emailed 20,000 registered StudyHub users... -
Dublin’s first Mini Maker Faire calls out to creatives News
15.02.2012 Science Gallery at Trinity College Dublin has today issued an open call for ‘makers’ to take part in Dublin’s first ever Mini Maker Faire. It says makers can be tech...Categories: Science, Multimedia, Life Sciences, Games/Entertainment, Engineer, Energy, Education, Digital Media, Digital Business, Development, Design -
The week in gadgets News
13.02.2012 A look at gadget happenings, as the PS Vita OS could be used for other mobile devices, the white MacBook is officially discontinued and the Microsoft India store is hacked.Categories: Consumer Tech, Computers, Games/Entertainment, Mobile, Mobility, Operating Systems, Phones, Security, Week in GadgetsTags: Microsoft, Hacker, Smartphone, Tablet, OS, PlayStation, Apple, MacBook Air, MacBook, MacBook Pro, Sony, PlayStation Vita -
ZyXEL disputes Irish hacker’s claims about DSL modem exploits News
09.02.2012 Broadband modem maker ZyXEL today hit out at claims by an Irish software programmer and amateur hacker that its P-660 router can be hacked by a “pwnage” exploit. -
Zuckerberg tells potential investors about 'the Hacker Way’ News
02.02.2012 Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg yesterday included a letter to potential investors as part of the social networking site’s filing with the SEC for a US$5bn initial IPO. In the... -
Intelligence gathering may be key against cyber attacks News
18.01.2012 A new doctrine for defending firms against cyber attacks that could cripple IT systems is being urged by EMC: firms need to share intelligence about recent attacks in order to... -
Hacker blackmails Symantec – threatens to release Norton source code News
16.01.2012 A hacker is threatening security player Symantec with plans to release the entire source code for Norton Antivirus. -
Facebook seeks Hacker Cup participants News
06.01.2012 Registration for social networking giant Facebook's 2012 Hacker Cup is now open. -
Final Fantasy servers hacked, 1.8m accounts suspended News
16.12.2011 Hackers have hit Square Enix, the games developer behind popular online games Final Fantasy and Dragon Quest, and it is believed 1.8m users’ accounts may have been affected. -
Facebook discovers how porn and violence spread on news feeds News
16.11.2011 Facebook has found the reason why many users saw images of pornography and violence flood their news feeds, which was due to users being tricked into pasting malicious code into... -
Online gaming platform Steam has been hacked News
11.11.2011 Hackers have accessed online gaming site Steam's database, which has user names, credit cards, email addresses and billing addresses. No evidence of credit card misuse has been... -
The week in gadgets News
24.10.2011 A look at gadget happenings, as Steve Jobs’ biography is out today, Microsoft’s YouTube channel gets hacked and Google amends price plans for the Chromebook for schools and...Categories: Security, Mobile, Leadership & Management, Internet, Consumer Tech, Apps, Web, Week in Gadgets -
Weekend news round-up News
17.10.2011 In this week's trawl through the weekend's newspapers we discover Facebook has been hailed the potential saver of the music industry, discover the meaning of memes and reveal...Categories: Consumer Tech, Financial, Games/Entertainment, Internet, Mergers & Acquisitions, Phones, Security, Social Media -
Dutch Budget hacked and retweeted News
19.09.2011 A history student-turned-hacker hacked into the IT company responsible for publishing the Netherlands government’s budget, got his hands on the 2012 Budget and retweeted it on...