Robert McMillan - Author - PC World Australia

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Article | 9/09/2011 RSA spearphish attack may have hit US defense organizations

The hackers who broke into EMC's RSA Security division last March used the same attack code to try to break into several other companies, including tw...

Article | 9/09/2011 After digital certificate hack, Mozilla seeks reassurances

Following the high-profile hack of DigiNotar, the makers of the Firefox browser are asking issuers of digital certificates to take a hard look at thei...

Article | 7/09/2011 DigiNotar certificates are pulled, but not on smartphones

Browser makers have generally been quick to react to the computer compromise at digital certificate issuer DigiNotar, but that hasn't been the case fo...

Article | 7/09/2011 After hacking claims, second firm pulls digital certificates

Digital certificates issued by GlobalSign have come under scrutiny after a hacker's claim that he broke into the company's computer systems. If true, ...

Article | 3/09/2011 Ex-employee wiped financial data from bikini bar

At the Bikinis Sports Bar and Grill in Austin, Texas, you can get burgers and beer served to you by cute waitresses wearing denim shorts and bikini to...

Article | 2/09/2011 Man gets six years for hacking girls to extort photographs

A 32-year-old paraplegic was sentenced to six years in prison for infecting more than 100 computers in a quest for financial information, nude photogr...

Article | 1/09/2011 Hackers break into Linux source code site

As Linux fans know, there are two kinds of hackers: the good guys who develop free software, such as the Linux kernel, and the bad guys who break into...

Article | 1/09/2011 Mac OS X can't properly revoke dodgy digital certificates

A programming glitch in Apple's OS X operating system is making it hard for Mac users to tell their computers not to trust digital certificates, exace...

Article | 31/08/2011 Akamai employee tried to sell secrets to Israel

A 43-year-old former Akamai employee has pleaded guilty to espionage charges after offering to hand over confidential information about the Web accele...

Article | 30/08/2011 In just three weeks, Facebook pays out $40K to hackers

Three weeks after launching a bug bounty program that pays Web hackers cash for finding flaws with its website, Facebook said it has paid out more tha...

Article | 27/08/2011 China yanks video that leaked hacking tool

The state-run China Central Television network has yanked a video that inadvertently included a short clip of a cyber-attack tool targeting Falun Gong...

Article | 26/08/2011 Was this the email that took down RSA?

"I forward this file to you for review. Please open and view it."

Article | 24/08/2011 iPhone thief accidentally IDs himself via Photobucket

Photobucket has a cool mobile application that allows users to automatically upload mobile pictures to the company's photo-sharing website. That's so...

Article | 24/08/2011 A TouchPad for $US49? Maybe if you're Rick Astley

With geeks still scrambling to get their hands on the last of Hewlett-Packard's US$99 TouchPads, a $US49 deal just seems too good to be true.

Article | 23/08/2011 Hong Kong police say they've arrested stock exchange hacker

Hong Kong police have arrested a local man in connection with an <a href="http://www.cw.com.hk/content/hong-kong-exchange-website-might-be-hacked">Aug...