• Twitter Plans Two-Step Authentication to Prevent Hacks

  By Kristin Burnham | 24 April, 2013 19:26

  Following Tuesday's hacking of the Associated Press' Twitter account, the microblogging site is reportedly working on a two-step authentication security solution to help prevent future hijackings.

• In Pictures: 9 classic hacking, phishing and social engineering lies

  By Joan Goodchild | 19 March, 2013 09:46

  Whether it is on the phone, online or in person, here are ten lies hackers, phishers and social engineers will tell you to get what they want

• Weak passwords to blame for Australian Defence Force Academy hack

  By Hamish Barwick | 13 December, 2012 10:44

  The Australian Defence Force Academy (ADFA) has been slammed by an Australian security expert for using “weak” passwords stored in plain text which were stolen by a hacker known as Darwinare in November.

• Gmail Backup, a recipe for happiness

  By Mark Gibbs | 16 December, 2011 12:27

  Before I get to this week's main topic I must give a big thumbs-up to a book that all of you who like to cook will thoroughly enjoy: "Cooking for Geeks: Real Science, Great Hacks, and Good Food" by Jeff Potter (pub. O'Reilly).

• Monday Grok: 600,000 Facebook accounts compromised

  By Andrew Birmingham | 31 October, 2011 09:54

  600,000 Facebook accounts were "compromised" yesterday, or thereabouts.

• Unseen, all-out cyber war on the US has begun

  By Bob Violino | 28 January, 2013 11:09

  Security pros and government officials warn of a possible cyber 9/11 involving banks, utilities, other companies, or the Internet

• Opinion: The Petraeus scandal and computer ethics

  By Mark Gibbs | 20 November, 2012 15:44

  Last week Gen. David Petraeus, the director of the Central Intelligence Agency, resigned in response to what has turned out to be a much bigger scandal than it first appeared.

• Top 10 hacking movies

  By Computerworld Staff | 18 April, 2011 10:38

  2011 so far has been filled with news of high-profile hacking - the Epsilon data breach, Microsoft and the various attempts of the nefarious Anonymous. Even the Australian Government copped a little unwanted interest. With this in mind, we thought it was time to track down the top ten Hollywood movies about hacking.

• TechCrunch quits trickling Twitter docs

  By Jared Newman | 18 July, 2009 02:30

  TechCrunch concluded its days-long drip of stolen Twitter documents with details on the company's conversations with Google and Microsoft.

Whitepapers about hacking

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  Why Hackers have Turned to Malicious JavaScript Attacks

  Website attacks have become a serious business proposition. In the past, hackers may have infected websites to gain notoriety or just to prove they could—but today, it’s all about the money. Reaching unsuspecting users through the web is easy and effective. Hackers now use sophisticated techniques—like injecting inline JavaScript—to spread malware through the web. Learn about the threat of malicious JavaScript attacks, and how they work. Understand how cybercriminals make money with these types of attacks and why IT managers should be vigilant.