The Tecker

There seems to be a huge rise in hacks on popular websites recently.

Twitter has gotten hacked not once, not twice, but 33 times! It seems as though the group behind the attacks is called Digital Gangster. Check out the full story here. [Twitter gets hacked] [Digital Gangster is the culprit]

There is still uncertainty about who is behind the MacRumors site hacking though. [MacRumors hacking]

UPDATE: Now Cork'd, a wine finding site seems to be hacked to link to another not-so-family-appropriate site. [Cork'd gets uncorked]

Microsoft's Malicious Software Removal Tool has found and removed the "AntiVirus 2009" virus from 400,000 computers so far.

[via Slashdot]

Even though Playstation home was a complete flop, and so were PS3's Chritsmas sales, at least Sony has something going for it!

A group of hackers rigged up a cluster of 200 PS3s and used a bug in them to make a fake Certification Authority (CA), which in turn allows them to make their own SSL certificates. This means that you might visit a site you believe to be real and enter your information into it all because some hackers liked to play video games!

Just always check the URL of the site you are on before entering anything, and make sure you never click on any link in an email, always type it into the address bar.

[via ZDNet]