Hacking

Hackers have broken into a top U.S. military laboratory possibly leaking personal information about visitors, the lab said Friday.

A cyber cold war waged over the world's computers threatens to become one of the biggest threats to security in the next decade.

Hackers stole information from the U.S. Department of Transportation and several U.S. companies by seducing employees with fake job-listings on advertisements and e-mail, a computer security firm said.

A well-known hacker claims to have overcome restrictions on Apple Inc.'s iPhone, allowing highly technical users to bypass AT&T Inc.'s network to use the phone's Internet and music features.

Microsoft Corp., the world's largest software maker, said that it is investigating a flaw in its Microsoft Word 2000 word processor that may allow remote users with malicious intent to take control of a user's computer.

Microsoft's email and planning software Outlook 2003 has a vulnerability that can allow a malicious takeover of a users' computer and data, said a network security firm Tuesday.

Social networking is growing in popularity, however a recent study indicates that users of social networking websites engage in risky behavior, potentially putting themselves at risks to hackers and identify thieves.

Microsoft Corp. on Tuesday released a security patch to fix a critical hole in its Internet Explorer Web browser that the world's biggest software maker said could allow an attacker to take control of a user's computer.

Cyber scams are increasingly being committed by organized crime syndicates out to profit from sophisticated ruses rather than hackers keen to make an online name for themselves, according to a top U.S. official.

Microsoft Corp. on Tuesday released three security patches to fix holes in its Windows and Office software and warned one of the vulnerabilities was critical because it could allow an attacker to take over a user's computer.

Microsoft Corp. warned about a new computer virus that exploits a vulnerability in its PowerPoint presentation software to allow hackers to infiltrate computer systems.

It's a nightmare scenario: A hacker accesses e-mails in U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission computers and splashes them across the Internet, revealing an inquiry into a company that shakes investor confidence before the probe is complete.