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Google's latest project maps DDoS attacks in almost real time
This week, Google released the Digital Attack Map, to graphically visualize distributed denial of services (DDoS) attacks across the world. DDoS are increasingly popular electronic attacks that...
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The word 'hacker' was enough to get this programmer's computer seized
A Federal Court judge in Idaho has ordered a programmer’s computer seized and its contents copied because he described himself as a “hacker.” Lynn Winmill, judge on the U.S. District Court for the...
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U.K. military's 'laptop army' considers recruiting convicted hackers
The new head of the United Kingdom Army’s Joint Cyber Reserve Unit said that he would welcome convicted hackers into the service, should they be able to show the requisite skills and attitude."If they...
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How China ended up in the driver's seat of the Bitcoin economy
Bitcoin, the stateless digital currency, has topped the $200 mark again, gaining more than 35 percent since the beginning of October. Thursday’s high of $233 is just $33 off the highest price ever paid...
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Almost everything you read on Twitter about the Boston bombing was a lie
Twitter was the fastest source of online news about the April 15, 2013, Boston Marathon bombings, with witnesses tweeting from the scene and reports posted within seconds whenever new information hit...
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With #OpFrackOff, Anonymous lends support to Canadian protestors
Anonymous has joined the protests against fracking in the Canadian province of New Brunswick. The hacktivist collective launched #OpFrackOff on Friday in response to the use of racial language by the...
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The old Nigerian scam gets a Syrian reboot
Remember when you used to get half a dozen emails a day from Prince Bingbong of Lower Benue and Upper Blainslie, promising to share his royal wealth with you if you, dear, would only be so good as to...
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Researchers recreate the music of Ancient Greece with mathematical precision
New technology has allowed scientists and historians to build on the work of their predecessors and resurrect and share online the sounds of our collective past. From the liturgical echoes of...
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U.K. man charged with hacking U.S. government computers
28-year-old British hacker Lauri Love was arrested last Friday in the British village of Stradishall in Suffolk for allegedly hacking into databases of the U.S. Army, NASA, the Environmental...
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Will this German campaign to name a street after Edward Snowden work?
A street art campaign in which Berlin artist Jörg Janzer was videotaped defacing the city’s street signs, has been turned into a global effort to honor the NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden. Janzer...
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How Toronto police nabbed the Rob Ford crack video
Back in May, a tape surfaced allegedly depicting Toronto Mayor Rob Ford smoking crack. A number of journalists were shown the video, including representatives of the Toronto Star and Gawker (who...
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NSA: We never spied on the Pope
According to the most ridiculous accusation yet thrown at the NSA, the American spy agency eavesdropped on the Pope. But there is nothing, no matter how absurd, that can be dismissed out of hand...
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Proposal would close Germany's digital borders to stop NSA snooping
Germany has joined Brazil in attempting to close its digital borders in response to NSA spying. The revelations that American intelligence eavesdropped on German Chancellor Andrea Merkel's cell phone,...
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Russia shuts down news site for embedding videos with swear words
Talking about homosexuality online was made illegal in Russia this year. Then, cursing online was made illegal. Soon, one must presume, talking at all will be made illegal. In the meantime, the first...
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A staggering percentage of businesses aren't prepared for a cyberattack
It’s the business equivalent of quitting smoking the day after the cancer diagnosis: Despite year after year (after year after year) of warnings to protect both yourself and your business against...
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Hackers steal personal information from limo service's A-list clientele
Hacking the records of a limo company does not at first blush seem very valuable. But a recent hack of CorporateCarOnline yielded information on 85,000 customers, including the location and financial...
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Anonymous takes out 178 sites in #OpAustralia protest
At a climate change conference in Bali in 2007, the American National Security Agency and Australian intelligence agency, the Defence Signals Directorate, spied on Indonesia, according to documents...
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Virtual 10-year-old catches thousands of alleged pedophiles in digital sting
Sweetie, a 10-year-old Filipina, is willing to give the man who contacted her, a 35-year-old father of two from Atlanta, 10 minutes of a nude sex show for $10. Well, Sweetie is not so much a girl from...
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Researchers might have discovered Bitcoin's fatal flaw
“Bitcoin is broken,” writes Cornell researcher and professor Emin Gun Sirer. “And not just superficially so, but fundamentally, at the core protocol level.” The Bitcoin economy has grown to an...
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Anonymous is winning its Craigslist battle against Scientology
Anonymous’ campaign against Church of Scientology recruiting attempts on Craigslist is a success, a member of the hacking collective told the Daily Dot. The Church of Scientology reportedly posted...
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Anonymous factions could go to war over Australian hacks
Australian members of the hacktivist collective Anonymous launched a hacking campaign called #OpAustralia earlier this year to combat government spying. Now they’re issuing a plea to their Indonesian...
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The Smithsonian is outsourcing transcription… to you
The Smithsonian Institution is often called “America’s attic.” It turns out there are so many boxes of old paper in that attic that the Smithsonian has started a “digital volunteers” cadre to...
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Mother of Anonymous affilliate Barrett Brown faces sentencing
The Anonymous-affiliated journalist Barrett Brown has been in prison for over a year awaiting trial on three indictments with a total of 17 charges, including conspiracy, threatening a law enforcement...
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19 cities are hosting hackathons to pay tribute to Aaron Swartz
Hackathons are being conducted in 19 cities around the world in honor of Aaron Swartz this weekend. The Aaron Swartz Hackathon is dedicated to furthering work on projects and issues that were near to...
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Singapore will 'spare no effort' in hunting down Anonymous
Singapore has declared war on the hacktivist collective Anonymous, after Anonymous declared attacked Singapore last week for its restrictive new laws on the news media. On Wednesday, Singaporean Prime...
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