SQL (Structured Query Language) injections attacks can give a hacker access to basically all the functions of the server/network. Some types of SQL injections can occur quickly across large swaths of information, doing great damage. Article Excerpt: Last year, tech...
Hackers are increasingly using stolen health care records to obtain free drugs and medical care by impersonating legitimate patients. Article Excerpt: The phrase “health insurance” may conjure up images of medical bills for some people, but for hackers it...
Using easily obtainable items such as glue and graphite spray, a hacking group called Chaos Computer Club have already figured out a way to unlock the new iPhone 5s’ fingerprint biometric security. Article Excerpt: There’s been a lot of attention on the...
High school students in Los Angeles quickly found a way to hack into school-issued iPads to access blocked social media and music streaming sites. Article Excerpt: Los Angeles Unified School District started issuing iPads to its students this school year, as part of a...
Multiple websites from inside NASA’s Ames Research Center were breached by a Brazilian hacker group. Many of the sites remained unavailable to the public for days. Article Excerpt: Nearly a dozen NASA websites run from the heart of Silicon Valley were hacked on...
Recently, 14,000 employees for the Department of Energy had personally identifiable information, including Social Security numbers, compromised by a hacker. Article Excerpt: Personal information for roughly 14,000 past and current Energy Department employees was...