Over the weekend, LulzSec announced it was putting an end to its internet hacks. The group and its six members claimed they always planned to be around for 50 days. Within those 50 days, thousands of personal details from people all over the web were leaked by LulzSec. The group had no real agenda. They were merely doing it “for the lulz.” The sudden departure of LulzSec came at a time of intense scrutiny from other hackers who claimed LulzSec was insulting the art true hackers performed.

For 50 days the hacker group known as Lulz Security, or LulzSec for short, has attacked a number of websites and agencies. All in the name of the AntiSec movement, freedom, and (of course) lulz. Now the groups journey has come to a close. The announcement was made via the LulzSec Twitter account which pointed more »

On Thursday Sony told us that the table containing credit card numbers of PlayStation Network and Qriosity users was encrypted. That hasn’t stopped some hackers from trying to sell off what they claim to the credit card information of some 2.2 million PSN users. According to The New York Times, Kevin Stevens, a researcher for more »

It’s 9:00 PM on Wednesday night; do you know who’s hacking your Facebook profile? Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg’s fan page was hacked earlier this week by an anonymous evil doer who left a message claiming that Facebook should look to become a “social business.” The comment, which was seemingly posted by Zuckerberg, was promptly removed more »

It’s a jungle out there. Every time you register on a website, buy something from an online retailer, do your banking, use Paypal, sell something on Ebay or Craigist, or do any of the online things most people take for granted, your personal info lands on the web. Scammers know this and are constantly coming more »

If you’re one of the many who still don’t secure their wireless networks, let this act as a cautionary tale of why you should. Federal authorities announced that a Minnesota man has been indicted on federal charges after allegedly hacking into his neighbor’s WiFi network and using it to send threats to Vice President Joe more »

A new web attack is underway and it has affected anywhere from 7,000 to over 100,000 websites. Among them are such prominent sites as the Wall Street Journal and the Jerusalem Post. The hackers behind the attack used SQL injection to redirect users who visited certain pages on the sites to a malicious domain that more »

A mad scientist has officially successfully infected himself with a computer virus. The mad scientist, who goes by the name of Dr. Mark Gasson, did this mostly as a proof of concept but has managed to stun most of the medical and technological world. How? You might ask. Essentially the doc implanted an RFID chip more »

A newly discovered security flaw on Facebook could allow a hacker to scrape a user’s public data, make them “like” pages and even delete their friends list. A college student in New York discovered the hole on Wednesday and despite notifying Facebook it still has not been fixed. The site is not checking code sent more »

Fake anti-virus programs were a huge problem in 2009. Scammers poisoned search results, used banner and pop up ads, and compromised legit websites to spread them to unsuspecting users. They pretend to scan your system, pretend to find all sorts of infections, and then insist you must fork over the cash to buy the full more »