Top LulzSec members arrested, group leader reportedly acted as informant



The LulzSec hacking group may have officially called it quits last June, but that doesn’t mean it was able to escape the eye of law enforcement. As Fox News reports, today saw three group members arrested and two more charged with conspiracy — a move …

Student hacks into Facebook, gets eight months in prison, twelve likes



The next time you get caught hijacking your friend’s Facebook, remember it could be worse. On Friday, British Student Glenn Mangham was sentenced to eight months in not-so-social jail, for hacking deep into Facebook’s servers. Apparently no user detai…

Microsoft Store hacked in India, passwords stored in plain text



Frequenters of India’s online Microsoft Store were briefly greeted with the suspicious visage of a Guy Fawkes mask this morning, following a hack that compromised the site’s user database. According to WPSauce, Microsoft Store India’s landing page was…

Passware claims FireVault 2 can be cracked in under an hour, sells you the software to prove it



Lunch hours may never feel safe again. That is, if you have a Mac running Lion / FireVault 2, like leaving your computer around, or have unscrupulous colleagues. Data recovery firm Passware claims its “Forensic” edition software can decrypt files prot…

The Love Box is an analog video mixer, house of mirrors for your iPhone (video)



There’s something romantic about hacking the iPhone, especially when it means finding ways to personalize the massively popular handset. Apps like Instagram may help you realize artistic talent, but software just doesn’t get those creative juices flow…