Read more hackers stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/11099/hackers.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 6:00:48 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/73671/singer-worm-hits-iphones.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe first virus to hit iPhones is substituting users' wallpaper with a portrait of 80's pop star Rick Astley and the warning: "Ikee is never going to give you up." The virus isn't harming anything else, but observers say it's a warning that hackers have learned how to hit the...http://www.newser.com/story/73671/singer-worm-hits-iphones.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 10 Nov 2009 1:45:00 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/71076/hotmail-phishing-scam-also-took-in-gmail-users.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagHotmail users weren’t the only ones compromised in the huge phishing scheme that came to light yesterday. Another 20,000 email accounts and passwords have surfaced, bearing addresses from Gmail, Yahoo, AOL and other services, the BBC reports. Google has found a third list but hasn't detailed its contents. Google...http://www.newser.com/story/71076/hotmail-phishing-scam-also-took-in-gmail-users.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 06 Oct 2009 14:35:58 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/70837/hackers-are-after-your-smartphone.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagCyber criminals are beginning to devise ways to break into smartphones, an increasingly juicy source of personal information. Until recently, phones weren’t seen as worth hacking because they contained so little data, but as more and more people carry pocket-size PCs like the iPhone, the likelihood increases that hackers will...http://www.newser.com/story/70837/hackers-are-after-your-smartphone.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 02 Oct 2009 13:01:55 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/70372/hackers-get-43-cents-for-every-hijacked-mac.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMac users, beware: the Russians are after you. A notorious network of spammers in the country pays hackers 43 cents for every Mac they infect with fake software, an investigator says. At a security conference in Switzerland, the researcher laid out a specific scheme to get Mac users to install...http://www.newser.com/story/70372/hackers-get-43-cents-for-every-hijacked-mac.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 26 Sep 2009 13:44:06 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/66272/concerted-cyberattack-shuts-down-twitter.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagIn a possible first for Twitter, a malicious attack shut down the service entirely today, Wired reports. The denial-of-service assault flooded the site's server with requests, overloading it and blocking legitimate users from gaining access for about three hours; Tweeters are now slowly regaining access.http://www.newser.com/story/66272/concerted-cyberattack-shuts-down-twitter.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 06 Aug 2009 11:00:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/65807/apple-patches-iphone-security-concerns.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagApple today issued an update for its iPhone operating system, patching a flaw in its text-messaging operation that security experts say could have allowed serious hackers to “take over every iPhone in the world,” AllThingsD reports. “Contrary to what’s been reported,” a company spokesman said, “no one has been able...http://www.newser.com/story/65807/apple-patches-iphone-security-concerns.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 31 Jul 2009 17:04:23 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/65415/conficker-worms-still-out-there-doing-nothing.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAn April Fools information apocalypse did not occur, but the widespread Conficker virus that caused so much fear of is still out there, CNN reports. Experts are puzzled over the lack of an attack, but the sheer size of the Conficker infection—5 million computers—yields a clue. “The more...http://www.newser.com/story/65415/conficker-worms-still-out-there-doing-nothing.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 27 Jul 2009 15:56:02 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/65254/a-5-minute-fix-for-your-insecure-passwords.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe recent hacking debacle at Twitter proved how vulnerable the company was, writes Farhad Manjoo for Slate. All of its internal communication was held in email accounts protected only by insecure passwords. And chances are your password security is also terrible—a familiar word, like your favorite album, with a...http://www.newser.com/story/65254/a-5-minute-fix-for-your-insecure-passwords.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 24 Jul 2009 18:33:41 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/64847/video-of-naked-espn-reporter-inspires-hackers.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagPeephole video of an ESPN reporter naked in a hotel room is lighting up the sports blogosphere—and not just because Erin Andrews is the star of many a basement-dwelling mama's boy's fantasy. Some attempts to download illicit footage have led to the spread of a computer virus. "Hackers are...http://www.newser.com/story/64847/video-of-naked-espn-reporter-inspires-hackers.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 20 Jul 2009 14:09:02 CDT