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Gmail account hacks blamed on China

By Johan Keyter 2 June 2011

Google announces that hackers originating from China was behind the latest attacks on its Gmail email service. FULL STORY >

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Russian firm cracks iOS

By Johan Keyter 25 May 2011

A security company named ElcomSoft cracks Apple's password and encryption measures for iOS devices. FULL STORY >

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Sony Online Entertainment hacked

By Johan Keyter 3 May 2011

Sony suffers yet another hacker attack, with both its PlayStation Network and SOE servers now down. FULL STORY >

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Gaming News Round-up - The lawsuit edition

By Staff Writer 29 April 2011

Sony has some legal action heading its way thanks to the recent hacking attack, while Beyonc?® also gets sued by a software developing company. FULL STORY >

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Settlement in PS3 jailbreak case

By Johan Keyter 13 April 2011

Sony settles with PS3 hacker George 'Geohot' Hotz on controversial rootkey case, judgement not likely to have any lasting effects. FULL STORY >

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Tech News Round-up - BlackBerry edition

By Hanleigh Daniels 18 March 2011

In this week's Tech News Round-up: BlackBerry users are advised to turn of Java in their OS 6-running devices, whilst leaked pics of the Droid 3 and HTC Pyramid surface on the web. FULL STORY >

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Safari and IE fall to hackers

By Johan Keyter 10 March 2011

Apple's Safari and Microsoft's Internet Explorer web browsers were once again quickly infiltrated in the annual Pwn2Own hacking contest. FULL STORY >

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Serial keys may come to PS3 games

By Johan Keyter 8 February 2011

Sony is possibly preparing to introduce serial keys to future PlayStation 3 games, goodbye second hand games market. FULL STORY >

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Sony losing the hacker battle

By Johan Keyter 28 January 2011

More punches are thrown from both sides as the battle over the PlayStation 3 rootkey rages forward. FULL STORY >

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Mark Zuckerberg has Facebook page hacked

By Johan Keyter 27 January 2011

Yesterday an apparent hacker gained access to Mark Zuckerberg's Facebook fan page, posting cryptic messages in the founder's name. FULL STORY >

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Sony suing PlayStation 3 hackers

By Johan Keyter 12 January 2011

Sony fights back against PS3 hackers by filing restraining orders against those involved in cracking the console's root key. FULL STORY >

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Google in China

By Mike Joubert 2 February 2010

Google have said that they will radically change their China policy after a "highly sophisticated and targeted attack", originated from the country in December 2009, resulting in intellectual property being stolen and human rights activists' accounts being hacked. FULL STORY >

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Google suffers sophisticated Chinese hacking attack

By Staff Writer 13 January 2010

Search giant Google to stop censoring Chinese search results after a hacking attack resulted in stolen intellectual property and human rights activists' accounts being hacked. FULL STORY >

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Twitter suffers another security breach

By Mike Joubert 16 July 2009

Microblogging site Twitter suffered another blow to its security when an administrative employeeÔÇÖs email account was hacked. FULL STORY >

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