The creator of the rickrolling iPhone worm has spoken of possible job offers and death threats since the release of the Jesus Phone malware last weekend.

A Turkish grad student has devised a serious, real-world attack on Twitter that targeted a recently discovered vulnerability in the secure sockets layer protocol.

Internet security experts say that misconfigured DSL and cable modems are worsening a well-known problem with the Internet's DNS (domain name system), making it easier for hackers to launch distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks against their victims.

Security vendor Sophos has warned that the website of Harry Ramsden, the UK fish and chip chain, has been hacked and is hosting a piece of malicious script.

Shaolin Temple, the world-famous birthplace of Chinese Kung Fu, was attacked by hackers twice this month, reflecting long-standing ill feeling about the temple’s aggressive commercial activities in recent years.

The Durham police website was hacked last week with messages posted protesting over terrorist-related deaths in Pakistan. A spokesperson for Durham police told BBC News that an investigation was now under way and the ‘offending matter' was being removed by computer specialists. A spokesman said: “We are aware of a problem with the force website and the offending matter is being removed. An investigation into how this occurred is under way.”

The Durham police website was hacked last week with messages posted protesting over terrorist-related deaths in Pakistan. A spokesperson for Durham police told BBC News that an investigation was now under way and the ‘offending matter' was being removed by computer specialists. A spokesman said: “We are aware of a problem with the force website and the offending matter is being removed. An investigation into how this occurred is under way.”

The Durham police website was hacked last week with messages posted protesting over terrorist-related deaths in Pakistan. A spokesperson for Durham police told BBC News that an investigation was now under way and the ‘offending matter' was being removed by computer specialists. A spokesman said: “We are aware of a problem with the force website and the offending matter is being removed. An investigation into how this occurred is under way.”

The newest questions in the minds of people is regarding who created the site Hakstore.com. The answer is supposedly- Labrat. For those who do not know yet, Hakstore is the site where all the hackers go to shop. It provides for free, those games which have to be bought from the iPhone store, namely Apple. The answer to the question is yet unknown, but sources claim that it is Labrat. Now, what or who is Labrat is yet to be clarified.

Experts have spotted a new spam attack that targets a financial transfer system handling trillions of dollars in transactions annually; it turns out it's yet another case of fake emails.

It works by nuking the verifying sppcompai.dll from orbit, and even goes so far as to decativate any reminder popups that might otherwise annoy, reminding you indefinitely to activate your copy of Windows 7.

Еще не так давно сервис Clickatel, позволяющий отправлять SMS с любого номера, казался настоящей находкой. Побаловались - и надоело. Пора сделать следующей шаг и разобраться, как с произвольного номера можно... позвонить и поговорить с человеком