- More and more spam now comes from people you know, Google says Each day, more and more "illegal, fraudulent or spammy" email messages originate, or at least appear to, from those you know, says Google.
- Forget to logout of Facebook recently? Here's how to end old sessions remotely It's happened all of us. At one point or another you'll use Facebook on a friend's computer or smartphone, or at an internet café, and forget to logout. Here's how to end old Facebook sessions remotely and avoid those embarrassing frapes.
- Five leading members of LulzSec arrested or further charged, including two from Ireland A cross-continent operation this morning has resulted in the arrest of three alleged members of hacker group LulzSec, with two other alleged members charged with conspiracy.
- Two arrested over Fine Gael website hack, subsequently released without charge Two teenagers were arrested early this morning on suspicion of hacking Fine Gael's website in January of this year and allegedly gaining access to contact details of 2,000 site subscribers. Both males were released without charge a short time ago.
- Libya's domain registry website hacked The website of Libya's domain registry, nic.ly, has been hacked with a simple message stating "bye bye Qadaffi [sic]". The hack is attributed to an individual known as 'Electr0n' and contains obvious anti-Muammar Gaddafi sentiment.
- News International website hacked, claims Rupert Murdoch's body found in garden A News International website has been hacked and an article published claiming that Rupert Murdoch's body has been found in his garden. The website new-times.co.uk, a News International property, shows a replica of The Sun website and an unfounded article titled "Media moguls body discovered".
- Sony Music Ireland website hacked, claims two members of The Script commit suicide Sony Music Ireland’s website appears to have been hacked earlier this morning after three unlikely stories were published on the news section of the website. One story claimed that Danny O'Donoghue and Mark Sheehan from The Script committed suicide after their gig at the Aviva Stadium last Saturday, while another claimed scientists have proved that watching the X Factor decreases one’s “Intelligence Quote (sic)”.
- IMF suffer “major breach” in sophisticated cyberattack It would appear that Google and Sony are not the only organisations to have fallen victim to a recent spate of successful hacking attacks. The New York Times are reporting that The International Monetary Fund (IMF) was recently hit by a large and sophisticated cyberattack, although very few details concerning this are yet known.
- Hacker group Anonymous staging 24-hour sit-in protest in Sony stores worldwide Hacker group Anonymous plan to stage a 24-hour sit-in protest this Saturday April 16 in Sony stores worldwide. The offline protest has been organised in response to Sony’s recently introduced restrictions on custom software that users sometimes run on their console and lawsuits taken against such Sony PlayStation 3 modifiers.
- Will Sony introduce serial keys to combat PS3 game piracy? According to Dutch gaming site PS3-Sense, Sony may introduce serial keys along with PS3 games in an effort to combat a recent spate of successful console hacks. Last month the PS3 root key was revealed, potentially allowing PS3 users to authenticate their own pirated games.