A malware distributor has decided to play a nasty prank by locking victim's computers before they can start Windows and then blaming the infection on two well-known and respected security researchers.

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The organization that handles maintenance for the iconic Hollywood sign has vowed to improve security following a prank this past weekend where it was changed to say "Hollyweed." I don't know who did ...

LOS LUNAS, N.M. (KRQE) – This last full day of school for seniors at Los Lunas High got a little crazy. The senior pranks even sent a security guard to the hospital. There’s been a lot of concern this ...

Several security-related April Fools Day hoaxes began floating around the Internet Tuesday, several of which ruthlessly satirized the security industry and its denizens. From phony vulnerability ...

3:40 p.m. Friday UPDATE: Guam Homeland Security retracted the prank call information it issued. The calls it had initially determined as pranks were legitimate, but sent to a larger group of ...

The first time I went anywhere near the RSA information security conference in San Francisco, it was by way of a prank. Two things I love to cover are computer crime and and enterprise security, so ...

The Hollywood Sign Trust says it "will be deploying additional technology to tighten up surveillance and thus deter unwanted visitors in the future." By Erik Hayden Who hauled tarps up the Santa ...

What parents say began as a senior prank at a Long Island high school ended in a student being violently taken down by a school security guard and placed in what some are calling a chokehold. Parents ...

MIDDLE ISLAND, N.Y. (CBSNewYork)-- A senior prank at a Long Island high school went horribly wrong, and a high school student ended up getting barred from the graduation and prom. But as CBS2's ...

It seems that even the experts get fooled sometimes. A Trojan horse posing as a security tool did just that Wednesday night, when experts at SecurityFocus.com -- which moderates the popular Bugtraq ...

Sure, it’s obvious as hell that something is about to happen in this “prank” video of a guy being searched at airport security. His friend is recording every second of the bag search, so obviously a ...