Web articles from dubious sounding sources may well be promising that full jailbreaks and unlocks for the iPhone 4S and iPad 2 are available, but they’re still scams, with French hacker “pod2g” showing photos of jailbroken 2 and 4S devices and promising public availability is still “coming soon”.

SSL traffic analysis is good enough to see exactly what location you're looking at on Google Maps.

In much of the world, Guy Fawkes Day has come and gone with the odd banger discharged and a few sparkly missiles drawing out 'gravity's rainbow.'  Of course the biggest bang was intended to be the destruction of Facebook by the hacking group Anonymous.

Back in August, Anonymous announced that they would 'destroy' Facebook on Guy Fawkes Day (November 5th).  That's tomorrow.  Will it happen and is Facebook prepared?

The weakest link in the security chain when confronting cyberthreats, including cybercrime attacks, is human action, otherwise known as ‘wetware’ in security industry jargon. And, we are warned, the world maybe looking down the barrel at a cybercrime disaster affecting not only personal users but businesses and governments.

Infamous hacker collective Anonymous has commandeered the website of Syria's Ministry of Defense, changing it to criticize the "brutal regime" of Bashar Al-Assad.

The boss of NBN Co, Mike Quigley, has launched a broadside at news outlets who have published what he calls misleading stories about the recent hacking affair concerning NBN provider Platform Networks. NBN Co is concerned that reports have incorrectly portrayed the security breach as a vulnerability of the NBN itself.

COMMENT When people break into computer systems, a great many others in the community are happy. One simple reason: it helps to divert attention from their own problems and deficiencies.

The arrest by the Australian Federal Police of a self taught 25 year old computer hacker for taking control of the network of Platform Networks, an ISP providing trial services on the NBN has exposed the frightening vulnerability of broadband providers.

Rupert Murdoch’s woes continue as his UK newspaper, The Sun, is hacked by Lulzsec with a fake story falsely claiming Rupert Murdoch passed away overnight at the age of 80 through the intake of “palladium”.