Tag Archives: hack

Hack unlocks secret iPhone panorama camera mode (Digital Trends)

By: Yahoo! News: Security News – Digital Trends – Your iPhone’s camera can do something you didn’t know it can do: shoot panorama photos! This secret feature was uncovered by hacker and software developer conradev, reports iDownload Blog. He did so by tinkering with the iOS SDK, which unlocked the world-grabbing feature. Once enabled, the [...]

Hacked NBC News Twitter Account Issues False Reports of Ground Zero Plane Crash (Mashable)

By: Yahoo! News: Security News – Mashable – The “Script Kiddies” have struck again, this time hacking the Twitter account of NBC News, and falsely reporting that an airliner had crashed into Ground Zero in New York. The hacker group infiltrated NBC’s Twitter account Friday evening, with the first message showing up on Twitter at [...]

‘Checkout Your PROFILE Stalkers’ scam spreading on Facebook

Multiple users are reporting on a currently circulating “Checkout Your PROFILE Stalkers” Facebook scam.
From: http://www.zdnet.com/blog/security/rss
 
My take on THIS…
Not too long ago, I also gave my take on something similar to this. It would seem that this keeps going on and it won’t stop anytime soon as it is being a successful vector of attack. By [...]

Hackers attack another Sony network and post data

Reuters – Hackers broke into Sony Corp’s computer networks and accessed the information of more than 1 million customers to show the vulnerability of the electronic giant’s systems, the latest of several security breaches undermining confidence in the company.
 
 
From: http://rss.news.yahoo.com/rss/security
 
My Take on THIS…
How is this surprising to anyone? Seems hackers get into wherever they want [...]

More customers exposed as big data breach grows (Reuters)

By: Yahoo! News: Security News – Reuters – The names and e-mails of customers of Citigroup Inc and other large U.S. companies, as well as College Board students, were exposed in a massive and growing data breach after a computer hacker penetrated online marketer Epsilon.
From: http://rss.news.yahoo.com/rss/security
 
-Great… just what I needed, Citigroup manages my student loan. [...]