'Deathly Hallows' spirited away from publisher's PC.

The lifespan of a poorly protected PC connected to the internet is a mere four minutes, research released this week claims. After that, it's owned by a hacker.

A Ukrainian hacker may be allowed to keep over US$250,000 in profits owing to a loophole in US law.

A hacker known as orinOco has boasted that he hacked Steve Job's Amazon account, emailed pics of the hack attack and intends to sell the grimy account details

Source code for the most prevalent worm targeting mobile phones has been made public -- potentially encouraging worse attacks.

Reported Firefox flaw incapable of remote code execution, hacker admits

Suspended sentence angers security community.

Pentagon hacker Gary McKinnon has stormed into the Myspace charts with a music video about his empathy for a girl with the world on her shoulders.

Hacker faces 70 years if found guilty in US.

Community service or a fine a better sentence, survey claims.

UK computer enthusiast alleged to have hacked string of US government systems.

Facing charges related to hacking into the computer system of an Australian ISP, a 17-year-old from Brisbane was expected to appear in the Brisbane Magistrates Court later next month.

As neural controllers grow in popularity, so will hackers attempts to create malicious code to potentially corrupt, control and infiltrate our brains. So, what are the experts doing about it?

The Mounties always get their man.

Life would be easier if we didn’t have to patch our operating systems and apps. Patrick Gray explores the real reasons why updating is important.

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Using popular jailbreaking tools freely available online, an iPhone developer and hacker has demonstrated the lack of security on the Apple iPhone 3GS - and posing potential worries if you're using the iPhone for business.

IT security threats are coming from all angles in the current business environment. New threats are discovered every day. What is the best way to fight them?