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Data hacked and leaked online still confidential: Court
The High Court has ruled in a novel case that confidential documents hacked from a computer and posted online remain confidential despite being in the public domain.The court found in the test case...
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Parental involvement key to raising media-savvy kids
It is of concern that children's online behaviour has made their parents vulnerable to hacking and put themselves at risk of online scams, cyber bullying, online predators and intrusion of privacy, and...
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Man who sold SingPass data to Chinese syndicate gets jail
His actions created significant public disquiet, says judgeA former administrative assistant who cracked the passwords of around 300 SingPass holders and sold them to a Chinese syndicate producing sham...
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Chinese media laud hacker for US spying
Beijing - Spying on the US is a service to China, state-run media said Wednesday, singing the praises of a man who confessed to hacking American defence contractors on Beijing's behalf.Chinese national...
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FBI trick for breaking into iPhone likely to leak, limiting its use
SAN FRANCISCO - The FBI's method for breaking into a locked iPhone 5c is unlikely to stay secret for long, according to senior Apple Inc engineers and outside experts.Once it is exposed, Apple should...
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K Box, Challenger, Metro among 11 companies fined or warned for breaching...
SINGAPORE - Local karaoke chain K Box and shopping departmental store Metro are among 11 companies that have been flagged for lapses under the Personal Data Protection Act (PDPA).K Box was ordered by...
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FBI paid more than $1.8 million to break into San Bernardino iPhone
WASHINGTON - Federal Bureau of Investigation Director James Comey said on Thursday the agency paid more to get into the iPhone of one of the San Bernardino shooters than he will make in the remaining...
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Philippine bank at centre of $110 million heist names new president
Image: Category: NewsBusinessPublication Date: Monday, May 16, 2016 - 18:15Keywords: HackingBangladeshExternal URL: Philippine bank at centre of $110 million heist names new presidentSend to mobile...
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Cybercrime market sells servers for as low as $8 to launch attacks; Singapore...
FRANKFURT - A major underground marketplace acting like an eBay for criminals is selling access to more than 70,000 compromised servers allowing buyers to carry out widespread cyber-attacks around the...
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11,000 students' data found on PC; 17-year-old boy held
Police rearrested on Monday a 17-year-old boy on suspicion of illegally accessing the personal data of high school students in the education information system of Saga Prefecture.The boy, who resides...
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Digital security: You are the weakest link
"The only truly secure system," Professor Gene Spafford observed of computers in 1989, "is one that is powered off, cast in a block of concrete and sealed in a lead-lined room with armed guards - and...
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Indian couple hacked to death over 30-cent debt
New Delhi - An axe-wielding shopkeeper hacked a couple to death in northern India Thursday after they failed to pay a debt of 22 US cents (S$0.30), police said.The middle-aged couple from the lowest...
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S Korea says North hacked government emails, stole passwords
Seoul - Seoul prosecutors on Monday accused North Korea of hacking into the email accounts of dozens of South Korean government officials this year, the latest in the series of suspected cyber attacks...
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Seoul lambastes Pyongyang hacking on diplomats, officials
SEOUL - The Korean government on Monday slammed North Korea's latest hacking into the emails of South Korea's diplomats and security-related officials as a "grave provocation."The prosecution announced...
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Thai ATMs hacked by gang linked to Taiwan theft
A gang of foreign criminals stole millions of baht by hacking a Thai bank's ATM network in a theft believed linked to a similar one in Taiwan, police said Wednesday.The hackers made off with at least...
View ArticleDoping: WADA fury as Russian hackers release Williams', Biles data
Los Angeles - The World Anti- Doping Agency on Tuesday slammed Russian hackers who breached its database and published confidential records of US Olympic gymnast Simone Biles and tennis stars Venus and...
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Yahoo hack hit 500 million users, likely 'state sponsored'
San Francisco - Yahoo said Thursday a massive attack on its network in 2014 allowed hackers to steal data from half a billion users and may have been "state sponsored."Yahoo, which confirmed details of...
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Yahoo is sued for gross negligence over huge data breach
Yahoo Inc was sued on Friday (Sept 23) by a user who accused it of gross negligence over a massive 2014 hacking in which information was stolen from at least 500 million accounts.The lawsuit was filed...
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Yahoo hacked by 'professional' criminals: Researchers
WASHINGTON - The massive theft of Yahoo user data disclosed last week came from "professional" hackers seeking to profit from the breach, according to an analysis by security researchers.The analysis...
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Lock out hackers by ringfencing your devices
Practically any device today can connect to the Internet, be it a laptop, a smartphone or even smart sensors that automatically turn on the lights or air-conditioning when you arrive home.All...
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