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Ottawa Police, Supreme Court Websites Down After Possible Hack Nov 22 2014. CBC via Huffington Post.
Planes can be hacked via inflight WiFi, researcher says Aug 4 2014. CBC. Thomson Reuters.
Phishing Scam Ensnares Almost 2,000 Justice Department Staff Jun 23 2014. Huffington Post. Dean Beeby, Canadian Press.
Who's to Blame When Someone Hacks Your Cyborg Arm? Jun 3 2014. Motherboard. Julia Alexander.
Hackers target ZOMBIE XP boxes: Get patching, Internet Explorer 8 users Multi-pronged malfeasance targets gov, energy, finance. May 2 2014. The Register. John Leyden.
Study: Users don't much care about Heartbleed hacking dangers Pew finds the public less interested in flaw than previous incidents. May 2 2014. The Register. Shaun Nichols.
Systems meltdown plunges US immigration courts into pen-and-paper stone age Massive outage could last four weeks, sources claim. Apr 22 2014. The Register. Neil McAllister.
Heartbleed is about to get worse, and it will slow the Internet to a crawl Apr 15 2014. Washington Post. Brian Fung.
Heartbleed Breach: CRA Says 900 Social Insurance Numbers Stolen Apr 14 2014. Huffington Post. Canadian Press.
Heartbleed Bug Prompts Disabling Of Federal Government Public Websites Apr 11 2014. Huffington Post. Canadian Press.
NSA Knew About And 'Exploited' Heartbleed For Years: Bloomberg Apr 11 2014. Huffington Post. Dino Grandoni.
How The Internet's Worst Nightmare Could Have Been Avoided Apr 10 2014. Huffington Post. Gerry Smith.
Heartbleed Threat Shuts Down CRA Website Apr 9 2014. Huffington Post. Daniel Tencer.
Experts Find a Door Ajar in an Internet Security Method Thought Safe Apr 8 2014. New York Times. Nicole Perlroth.
Critical Security Bug 'Heartbleed' Hits Up To 66 Percent Of The Internet Apr 8 2014. Huffington Post. Betsy Isaacson.
FIVE-year-old exploits Xbox password flaw, hacks dad's Live account Boy, they're starting young these days. Apr 4 2014. The Register. Iain Thomson.
Microsoft About To Leave One-Third Of All Computers Vulnerable To Hacking Mar 24 2014. Huffington Post. Gerry Smith.
Team Cymru spots 300,000 compromised SOHO gateways Researchers spot attackers 'pharming' traffic with dodgy DNS. Mar 4 2014. The Register. Richard Chrigwin.
Crap hospital databases next goldmine for cyber-crooks: Microsoft Your medical files are worth big bucks to fraudsters. Feb 28 2014. The Register. Iain Thomson.
Apple's Reputation For Software Security A `Myth' Feb 25 2014. CBC via Huffington Post.
Uni of Maryland hacked: 300,000 SSNs of staff, students, alumni swiped Feb 21 2014. The Register. Iain Thomson.
White House Puts Out Critical Infrastructure Security Guide Feb 12 2014. New York Times. Nicole Perlroth.
Security Breach Hits More Prominent U.S. Retailers, Report Says Jan 11 2014. Huffington Post. Jim Finkle and Mark Hosenball, Reuters.
D-Link hole-prober finds 'backdoor' in Chinese wireless routers Tenda networking kit contains easily-cracked vuln, claims researcher. Oct 22 2013. The Register. John Leyden.
Electrical Grid Is Called Vulnerable to Power Shutdown Oct 18 2013. New York Times Bits. New York Times. Nicole Perlroth.
NPR.org Hacked; 'Syrian Electronic Army' Takes Responsibility Apr 16 2013. NPR. Nationl Public Radio. Mark Memmott.
Student claims code flaw spotting got him expelled from college Canadian college denies overreacting. Jan 21 2013. The Register. Iain Thomson.
Hacker at Public Works went unnoticed for days, documents show Dec 30 2012. Canada.com. Jordan Press.
Could It Happen In Your Country? How hard is it to disconnect a country from the Internet, really?. Oct 30 2012. reesys.com. James Cowie.
Hackers leak 120,000 student records in raid on world's top unis We don't need no education - except in web programming. Oct 2 2012. The Register. John Leyden.
National power-grid tech blueprints 'stolen by Chinese hackers' Telvent pulls plug on networks after shock raid. Sep 28 2012. The Register. John Leyden.
Zombies are attacking America - researchers Banking sector DDoSers 'used botnets', say security boffins. Sep 28 2012. The Register. John Leyden.
Microsoft issues emergency IE bug patch Zero-day flaw exploited by hackers takes six to fix. Sep 22 2012. The Register. Iain Thomson.
GoDaddy stopped by massive DDoS attack Millions of sites may be affected - not by Anonymous, it appears. Sep 10 2012. The Register. Neil McAllister.
1 MILLION accounts leaked in megahack on banks, websites On my (shell) command, unleash hell!. Aug 28 2012. The Register. John Leyden.
Buggy blog blamed Breaking news, literally: Reuters hacked third time this MONTH. Aug 17 2012. The Register. John Leyden.
Black Hat draws world hacking gang - and Apple - to Sin City New faces, and a few old ones. Jul 24 2012. The Register. Ian Thomson.
Months later, Gamigo hacker takes dozy dump, exposes 8 million Slow post-breach leak for login credentials file. Jul 24 2012. The Register. John Leyden.
Yahoo! fixes! password! leak! vulnerability! Urges users to change their logins. Jul 13 2012. The Register. Ian Thomson.
Yahoo Voice Crack Spills 400K+ Usernames, Passwords Jul 12 2012. Technewsworld. Richard Adhikari.
Disable Gadgets NOW says Redmond Remote execution vuln. Jul 11 2012. The Register. Richard Chirgin.
Formspring springs a leak: 28 MILLION passwords reset after raid At least OUR hashes were salted, says CEO. Jul 11 2012. The Register. John Leyden.
It's as Easy as 123!@S Passwords!*@. Jun 22 2012. New York Times. Jacob Bernstein.
Phishing up, malware down, says Google Big scary security numbers revealed, fresh from Chocolate Factory. Jun 20 2012. The Register. Simon Sharwood.
Lax Security at LinkedIn Is Laid Bare Jun 10 2012. New York Times. Nicole Perlroth.
1 in 6 Windows PCs naked as a jaybird online Millions snub antivirus, firewalls in web poll. May 30 2012. The Register. John Leyden.
51% Of Internet Traffic Is 'Non-Human' (Make that Web traffic, not Internet traffic). Mar 14 2012. ITProPortal. Mariel Norton.
NASA lost 'full control' to hackers, pwned 13 times last year Houston still has a problem with security. Mar 5 2012. The Register. John Leyden.
Hackers had 'full functional control' of Nasa computers Mar 2 2012. BBC. British Broadcasting Corporation.
Flaw Found in an Online Encryption Method Feb 14 2012. New York Times. John Markoff.
Trendnet security cam flaw exposes video feeds on net Feb 6 2012. BBC. British Broadcasting Corporation. Leo Kelion.
Cameras May Open Up the Board Room to Hackers Jan 22 2012. New York Times. Nicole Perlroth.
Hackers Breach the Web Site of Stratfor Global Intelligence Dec 25 2011. New York Times. Nicole Perlroth.
SCADA vuln imperils critical infrastructure, feds warn Secret accounts open control systems to attack. Dec 13 2011. The Register. Dan Goodin.
Hackers disrupt Illinois water utility Nov 19 2011. Montreal Gazette. Montrealgazette.com. Jim Finkles (Reuters).
Did Hackers Really Hit an Illinois Water Plant? Nov 18 2011. Security News Daily. Securitynewsdaily.com.
NetApp faces probe into Syrian spooks' use of its storage kit FAS racks 'used to slurp email' despite export ban. Nov 10 2011. The Register. Chris Mellor.
Insulin pump hack delivers fatal dosage over the air Sugar Blues, James Bond style. Oct 27 2011. The Register. Dan Goodin.
Hackers break SSL encryption used by millions of sites Beware of BEAST decrypting secret PayPal cookies. Sep 19 2011. The Register. Dan Goodin.
Hacker Rattles Security Circles Sep 11 2011. New York Times. Somini Gupta.
Patient Data Posted Online in Major Breach of Privacy Info online "nearly a year". Sep 8 2011. New York Times. Kevin Sack.
Dutch Widen Inquiry Into Hacking of Official Sites Sep 6 2011. New York Times. Kevin J. O'Brien.
Hackers penetrate website for Nokia developers Named and shamed by Homer Simpson. Aug 29 2011. The Register. Dan Goodin.
Web Site Ranks Hacks and Bestows Bragging Rights Aug 21 2011. New York Times. Riva Richmond.
Mass WordPress hijack poisons Google Image well Mystery doorway planted in 4000+ sites. Aug 9 2011. The Register. Dan Goodin.
Hackers breach chocolate recipe on Hershey website Possible data theft. Aug 8 2011. The Register. Dan Goodin.
Group Hacks U.S. Law Enforcement Sites and Steals Data Aug 6 2011. New York Times. AP.
A Homemade Drone Snoops on Wireless Networks Aug 5 2011. New York Times. Somini Sengupta.
Guardians of Internet Security Are Targets Aug 4 2011. New York Times. Somini Sengupta.
Security Firm Says It Found Global Cyberspying Aug 3 2011. New York Times. David Barboza and Kevin Drew.
Twitter-control botnet mines Bitcoins Digital cash from chaos. Aug 3 2011. The Register. John Leyden.
State-sponsored 5-year global cyberattack uncovered Spy agency probably the real (cyber) slim shady. Aug 3 2011. The Register. John Leyden.
Hackers target 72 organisations in 'biggest cyber attack in history' Aug 3 2011. The Telegraph.
Nearly everyone in SOUTH KOREA HACKED IN ONE GO Local equivalent of Facebook hit: Fingers point at China. Jul 28 2011. The Register. John Leyden.
'War texting' hacks car systems and possibly much more Remotely start cars, attack SCADA, through GSM. Jul 27 2011. The Register. Dan Goodin.
Marketer taps browser flaw to see if you're pregnant A gaffe of Epic proportions. Jul 22 2011. The Register. Dan Goodin.
US bill would make concealing data breaches a crime Senator Sisyphus tries again. Jun 8 2011. The Register. Dan Goodin.
Sony hack reveals password security is even worse than feared Most conformed to very predictable patterns. Jun 8 2011. The Register. John Leyden.
Hackers say Acer breach leaked data for 40,000 users Welcome to the club, Acer. Jun 3 2011. The Register. Dan Gooodin.
Spear phishers target gov, military officials' Gmail accounts Google: 'Hundreds affected'. Jun 2 2011. The Register. Dan Goodin.
Hackers stole secret Canadian government data Jun 2 2011. CBC. Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Julie Ireton.
Hacker Group Claims Responsibility for New Sony Break-In Jun 2 2011. New York Times. Riva Richmond.
Honda security breach exposes 283,000 customers 2nd data leak in 6 months. May 27 2011. The Register. Dan Goodin.
Sony says data for 25 million more customers stolen Bleeding continues with Sony Online Entertainment hack. May 3 2011. The Register. Dan Goodin.
Did PlayStation Network hackers plan supercomputer botnet? Sony 'arrogance' fuels Doomsday scenario. Apr 29 2011. The Register. Dan Goodin.
Blackhole exploit posted on US Postal Service site Return to sender of Spotify tainted ads pathogen. Apr 8 2011. The Register. John Leyden.
Sites hit in massive web attack Apr 1 2011. BBC Online. British Broadcasting Corporation. BBC.
Network security is not rocket science NASA systems dangerously at risk from cyberattack. Mar 30 2011. The Register. John Leyden.
Australia PM Julia Gillard's computer 'hacked' Mar 29 2011. BBC. British Broadcasting Corporation. BBC.
McAfee site crawling with scripting bugs say researchers XSS marks the spot. Mar 29 2011. The Register. John Leyden.
Iran accused in 'dire' net security attack Mar 24 2011. BBC Online. British Broadcasting Corporation. BBC.
Britons caught out by booby-trapped web ads Mar 1 2011. BBC Online. British Broadcasting Corporation. BBC.
Boffins devise 'cyberweapon' to take down internet BGP will tear us apart. Feb 14 2011. The Register. Dan Goodin.
Flickr flap illuminates cloud concerns Caveat emptor. Feb 4 2011. The Register. Dan Olds.
Website with 10 million users warns of password theft Trapster hack. Jan 21 2011. The Register. Dan Goodin.
Hacked Twitter spreads false Tsunami warning Indonesian gov advisor's account used for badness. Nov 26 2010. The Register. John Leyden.
Hackers tap SCADA vuln search engine 'Shodan' pinpoints shoddy industrial controls. Nov 2 2010. The Register. Dan Goodin.
Microsoft hangs head, makes apology for US cloud bust My BPOS bleeding heart. Sep 10 2010. The Register. Kelly Fiveash.
A Strong Password Isn't the Strongest Security Sep 4 2010. The Register. Randall Stross.
Emirates to Cut Data Services of BlackBerry Aug 1 2010. New York Times. Barry Meier.
1,000+ webpages poisoned in latest mass malware hack Security firm Idera.com included. Jun 11 2010. The Register. Dan Goodin.
Mass hack plants malware on thousands of webpages When good sites pwn. Jun 9 2010. The Register. Dan Goodin.
New era for internet security amid increased attacks Mar 2 2010. BBC News. Maggie Shiels.
Scientists Strive to Map the Shape-Shifting Net Mar 2 2010. New York Times. John Markoff.
Top 10 WORST Internet Passwords: See What Terms To Avoid Jan 29 2010. Chronicles of a Tech Geek. Amaete Umanah. Amaete Umanah.
Thousands of sites loaded with potent malware cocktail 'Ugly can of worms'. Oct 16 2009. The Register. Dan Goodin.
Hotmail phish exposes most common passwords Live ID hacking made as easy as 123.... Oct 7 2009. The Register. John Leyden.
10,000 Hotmail passwords mysteriously leaked to web Phishing booty free for taking. Oct 5 2009. The Register. Dan Goodin.
Google results flog millions of compromised webpages Top Billing. Oct 1 2009. The Register. Dan Goodin.
Researchers unmask two faces of zombie networks Dr Consumer spam, meet Mr corporate hacking. Sep 30 2009. The Register. John Leyden.
Trojan taps Google Groups as command network alt.news.botnet.control. Sep 14 2009. The Register. John Leyden.
New York Times pwned to serve scareware pop-ups Gray Lady gets goosed. Sep 14 2009. The Register. John Leyden.
TJX suspect indicted in Heartland, Hannaford breaches Networks pierced by garden-variety exploit. Aug 17 2009. The Register. Dan Goodin.
Buggy 'smart meters' open door to power-grid botnet Grid-burrowing worm only the beginning. Jun 12 2009. The Register. Dan Goodin.
Webhost hack wipes out data for 100,000 sites Vaserv suspects zero-day virtualization vuln. Jun 8 2009. The Register. Dan Goodin.
PC-pwning infection hits 30,000 legit websites May 30 2009. The Register. Dan Goodin.
McAfee website visited by plague of security locusts If you can't trust your A-V site, who can you trust?. May 5 2009. The Register. Dan Goodin.
Botnet hijacking reveals 70GB of stolen data Torpig uncovered. May 5 2009. The Register. Dan Goodin.
Gov systems found on 1.9m zombie botnet Ooh, nasty. Apr 22 2009. The Register. The Resister. John Leyden.
Hacking internet backbones - it's easier than you think 'Disastrous havoc' made easy. Apr 16 2009. The Register. Dan Goodin.
Kaminsky (finally) reveals gaping hole in internet "...potential to bring down the internet". Aug 7 2008. The Register. Dan Goodin.
SQL attacks inject government sites in US, UK At least 1.45 million infected pages. Aug 7 2008. The Register. Dan Goodin.
Security shocker: 75% of US bank websites have flaws Secure online banking. Not.. Jul 28 2008. The Register. Dan Goodin.
Ankle-biting hackers storm net's overlords, hijack their domains ICANN and IANA victimized by NetDevilz. Jun 29 2008. The Register. Dan Goodin.
Computer Literacy Tests: Are You Human? Captcha.... Jun 5 2008. Time. Time Magazine. Peter J. Ahlberg.
How a virus crashed Homeland Security CNN, ABC, the Financial Times and the New York Times hit at the same time. Nov 5 2006. The Register. John Leyden.
Zone Alarm Phones Home Who can you trust if you can't trust your firewall?. Sep 22 2002. InfoWorld. Robert X. Cringely.
Orgs/info
Homepage Botnets - everything you need to know. Jan 18 2007. shadowserver.org. ShadowServer.org.
Home Computer Security Information on securing your home computer. Nov 28 2005. www.cert.org. Carnegie Mellon Software Engineering Institure.
The World Wide Web Security FAQ World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) - index to security FAQs. Nov 28 2005. www.w3.org. World Wide Web Consortium.
Help Net Security homepage Security articles, events, and news. Mar 25 2005. Help Net Security.
Know Your Enemy Whitepapers Honeynet Project provides this excellent series on the Blackhat community. Jan 24 2005. Honeynet.org. The Honeynet Project.
APWG home page Information on Internet scams. Anti-Phishing Working Group. APWG.
Light bulbs vs. the Internet Feb 15 2015. New York Times. Robert J. Samuelson.
Stupid humans and their EXPENSIVE DATA BREACHES Non-human cockups only account for 7% of leaks. Dec 5 2014. The Register. John Leyden.