By JONNY BONNER SALT LAKE CITY (CN) – A city cop used Utah’s prescription drug database to visit a couple’s home for so-called “pill checks” and steal their pain drugs, hoping “they would be too dumb to notice the pills… Read More ›
Cyber Security
New Mac Malware ‘Dockster’ Found on Dalai Lama site
Author : Mohit Kumar on 12/05/2012 03:48:00 AM A new trojan horse app called Dockster is targeting Mac users by exploiting a known Java vulnerability CVE-2012-0507. The trojan is apparently being delivered through a website (gyalwarinpoche.com) dedicated to… Read More ›
US and UK spooks alerted over massive Swiss data leak
Rogue IT admin plundered state secrets By Iain Thomson in San Francisco Posted in Security, 4th December 2012 19:25 GMT Free whitepaper – A private Cloud-based approach The Swiss intelligence agency (NDB) has been warning its US and UK counterparts that… Read More ›
Sensitive information of 1 Million people breached at Nationwide Insurance
Author : Mohit Kumar on 12/02/2012 09:25:00 PM Nationwide Insurance was breached last week and Sensitive information of about 1 Million people is at risk. The FBI is investigating a breach, including policy and non-policy holders. . Nationwide mailed notices to… Read More ›
Who’s using ‘password’ as a password? TOO MANY OF YOU
Study of hacked websites reveals top 25 common passphrases By John Leyden Posted in Security, 3rd December 2012 12:37 GMT Free whitepaper – Gartner: Secure Web Gateway Malware Detection Techniques A study to find the top 25 leaked passwords of… Read More ›
From sci-fi to reality: The computer-blitzing drone that can cripple a nation’s electronics at the touch of a button
Aircraft manufacturer Boeing have created a weapon that can knock out computers The missile is thought to be able to penetrate bunkers and caves Experts warn, in the wrong hands, could bring Western cities to their knees By Ben Ellery… Read More ›
Malware slurps rocket data from Japanese space agency
Secrets of Epsilon go out the door By Iain Thomson in San Francisco Posted in Security, 30th November 2012 22:58 GMT Free whitepaper – Gartner: Secure Web Gateway Malware Detection Techniques Malware on a computer in the Japan Aerospace Exploration… Read More ›
Crooks inject malicious Java applet into FOREX trading website
VXers wouldn’t give a XXXX for anything else By John Leyden Posted in Security, 30th November 2012 07:29 GMT Free whitepaper – The Benefits of a Hybrid Security Architecture A FOREX trading website has been contaminated with a malicious Java… Read More ›
Microsoft STALKS YOU even more than supermarkets do, says dev
Original URL: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/11/29/web_tracking/ Hey, get your tracker kit out of my trouser browser By John Leyden Posted in Security, 29th November 2012 12:57 GMT Free whitepaper – Gartner: Secure Web Gateway Malware Detection Techniques Web-tracking is rife on technology vendor websites,… Read More ›
Antivirus biz’s founder unmasked as noted Chinese hacker
Original URL: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/11/29/anvisoft_chinese_intrigue/ Blackhat once attacked US Department of Defense By John Leyden Posted in Security, 29th November 2012 09:19 GMT Free whitepaper – Gartner: Secure Web Gateway Malware Detection Techniques Antivirus startup Anvisoft was founded by an infamous Chinese hacker… Read More ›
US software firm hacked for years after suing China
Original URL: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/11/29/solid_oak_china_hacked_three_years/ Solid Oak nearly went under after three years of persistent attack By Phil Muncaster Posted in Security, 29th November 2012 04:05 GMT Free whitepaper – Gartner: Secure Web Gateway Malware Detection Techniques A Californian software company which sued… Read More ›
XSS vulnerability in 4shared and NATO Multimedia Library Exposed
Posted by Mohit Kumar on 11/28/2012 05:20:00 AM| Inj3ct0r Team found cross site scripting vulnerability in 4shared , a file sharing site. Vulnerability link is exposed in a note available at their website. In general, cross-site scripting refers to that hacking technique… Read More ›
Hackers break into International Atomic Energy Agency servers
The UN nuclear watchdog has acknowledged one of its former computer servers had been hacked. The stolen information was contained in a statement by a group with an Iranian-sounding name calling for an inquiry into Israel’s nuclear activities. The International Atomic… Read More ›
Samsung printers have secret admin account
Original URL: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/11/28/samsung_printers_have_backdoor_admin_account/ Patch primed to prevent printer p0wnage By Simon Sharwood, APAC Editor Posted in Security, 28th November 2012 05:38 GMT Free whitepaper – IDC: Top Five Considerations for Cloud-Based Security Some Samsung printers, including models the Korean company made… Read More ›
Yahoo! email! hijack! exploit!… Yours! for! $700!
Cybercrook: It’s a bargain, guys… They usually cost way more By John Leyden • Get more from this author Posted in Security, 27th November 2012 10:58 GMT Free whitepaper – The Benefits of a Hybrid Security Architecture A cross-site scripting (XSS)… Read More ›
Will machines kill mankind? Cambridge academics want to know
Academics highlight threat of super-intelligent technology James Legge Monday, 26 November 2012 Academics at Cambridge University are pondering the risk to humanity from super-intelligent technology which could “threaten our own existence.” Huw Price, Bertrand Russell Professor of Philosophy at Cambridge,… Read More ›
Cyber blaggers autoplunder bulging accounts on Euro pay network
‘Operation High Roller’ rascals in mass slurpening By John Leyden • Get more from this author Posted in Security, 23rd November 2012 06:27 GMT Free whitepaper – The Benefits of a Hybrid Security Architecture Cybercrooks have developed a Trojan that targets… Read More ›
Supporters Wail as Judge Denies Bail to Hactivist : The hack that exposed the private information of 860,000 Stratfor clients
By ADAM KLASFELD MANHATTAN (CN) – A federal judge refused release to one of the men accused of helping Anonymous and others hack various media, government and private-spy websites last year. Jeremy Hammond was one of five so-called hacktivists arrested… Read More ›
Flame Malware against French Government
The news is sensational, according the French magazine L’Express the offices of France’s former president Sarkozy were victim of a cyber attack, but what is even more remarkable is that for the offensive was used the famous malware Flame. …. Read More ›
Man arrested in Athens over ID theft of most of Greek population
Reuters – Tue, Nov 20, 2012 ATHENS (Reuters) – Greek police have arrested a man on suspicion of stealing the personal data of roughly two thirds of the country’s population, police officials in Athens said on Tuesday. The 35-year… Read More ›
Report: French officials accuse US of hacking Sarkozy’s computers
By Julian Pecquet – 11/20/12 05:59 PM ET The United States used U.S.-Israeli spy software to hack into the French presidential office earlier this year, the French cyberwarfare agency has concluded, according to the newsmagazine l’Express. The magazine reported late… Read More ›
Data on 9 million Greeks stolen
Nov 21, 2012 07:08 Moscow Time Photo: EPA Greek police have arrested a 35-year-old programmer suspected of stealing the personal data of nine million people or two-thirds of the population of the country. According to investigators he tried to sell… Read More ›
Quantum crypto – with nothing more than STANDARD broadband fibre
Original URL: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/11/20/quantum_crypto_breakthrough/ Theoretical un-crackability cracked By John Leyden Posted in Security, 20th November 2012 17:58 GMT Free whitepaper – Blue Coat Systems 2012 Malnet Report Boffins have worked out how to run quantum cryptography systems over a standard broadband… Read More ›
Former Top Official Files Scorching Complaint Against SEC : Claims “Cover up” of Catastrophic Security Breach of the SEC
By IULIA FILIP WASHINGTON (CN) – A former assistant inspector general claims the SEC fired and defamed him for reporting misconduct by SEC officers and exposing potential security breaches at the agency. David P. Weber sued the U.S. Securities and… Read More ›
Israeli Hackers Leak Credit Card Data from Palestine ISP
!!EEV: Again, always proceed with caution when clicking unknown links!! Along war with airstrikes between Israel and Palestine, Cyber war between hackers from both country on fire. . First Hackers from all over world who supporting Palestine start attacking Israeli… Read More ›
David Cameron ‘orders new curbs on internet porn’ : “Such as viewing social networking sites such as Facebook “
David Cameron has ordered tough new controls on web pornography to protect children, it has been reported. David Cameron, an avid iPad user, has pushed for tighter than expected curbs on internet pornography Photo: REX FEATURES <!– remove the whitespace… Read More ›
How metadata brought down CIA boss David Petraeus
13:59 16 November 2012 by Hal Hodson Every move we make online leaves a trace. This is a lesson former CIA director David Petraeus and his lover, Paula Broadwell, learned in dramatic fashion a few weeks ago after an FBI… Read More ›
Ancient vulnerability sparks world-wide hypegasm: “One simple trick could disable a city’s 4G phone network”.
Radio signal jamming + hint of terror threat = lots of column inches By Richard Chirgwin • Get more from this author Posted in Security, 16th November 2012 05:13 GMT Free whitepaper – Nemertes Research: Mobile Security Challenge Emerges A… Read More ›
NASA breach update: Stolen laptop had data on 10,000 users
Breached unencrypted laptop puts personal data of NASA employees and contractors at risk, spokesman says Jaikumar Vijayan November 15, 2012 (Computerworld) Personally identifiable information of “at least” 10,000 NASA employees and contractors remains at risk of compromise following last month’s… Read More ›
Attorneys: Obama’s ‘secret’ cyber security law may allow ‘military deployment within the U.S.’
By Stephen C. Webster Thursday, November 15, 2012 11:54 EST The White House on Wednesday receieved a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request (PDF link) from two attorneys with the Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC), demanding that President Barack Obama… Read More ›
Major Data Breach in State Tax System : 3.6 million people and 650,000 businesses may have been compromised
By JACK BOUBOUSHIAN CHICAGO (CN) -South Carolina’s cyber-security contractor, Trustwave, let hackers into the state tax system, compromising the personal information of 3.6 million South Carolinians, taxpayers claim in a federal class action. Lead plaintiff Amber Strautins sued Trustwave Corp…. Read More ›
Russia loses space contact
Thu, 15 Nov 2012 8:27 AM Russia on Wednesday lost the ability to send basic commands to most of its satellites and segment of the International Space Station following a vital cable failure near Moscow. The Roscosmos space agency attributed… Read More ›
Obama signs secret directive to help thwart cyberattacks
By Ellen Nakashima, Wednesday, November 14, 7:27 AM President Obama has signed a secret directive that effectively enables the military to act more aggressively to thwart cyberattacks on the nation’s web of government and private computer networks. Presidential Policy… Read More ›
Did hackers uncover Petraeus’ saucy affair webmails before FBI? And How they may of Hacked it
Engineering Evil: Need second confirmation Biographer minx previously exposed in Stratfor caper By John Leyden • Get more from this author Posted in Security, 12th November 2012 17:24 GMT FBI agents may not have been the first to rumble… Read More ›
The Hack on Stratfor / from Jan 2012 with video
Reposted in regards to the david petraeus affair January 11, 2012 | 1400 GMT By George Friedman In early December I received a call from Fred Burton, Stratfor’s vice president of intelligence. He told me he had received information… Read More ›
Anonymous Hackers may have hacked Former CIA Director David Petraeus
Posted by Mohit Kumar on 11/10/2012 10:55:00 PM | CIA Director was uncovered when a woman described as close to him received harassing emails and complained to authorities. The FBI traced the emails and found that they had been sent… Read More ›
Navy Awards Contracts for Effort to Attack Enemy Networks
Nov. 9, 2012 – 03:57PM | By ARAM ROSTON | The Navy appears to be ramping up its cyber war capabilities with a contract award that includes support for offensive cyber technology that could “destroy” enemy computer networks and… Read More ›
Guadeloupe National Domain registrar hacked, Twitter & Google domain credentials leaked
Posted by Mohit Kumar on 11/10/2012 02:35:00 AM | Guadeloupe is a Caribbean island located in the Leeward Islands, in the Lesser Antilles. Today a hacker going by name “UR0B0R0X” claimed to hack into the “Network Information Center Guadeloupe”… Read More ›
Why David Petraeus’s Gmail account is a national security issue: “enormous value to foreign hackers”
Posted by Max Fisher on November 10, 2012 at 11:14 am CIA Director David Petraeus speaks during a high-level meeting in the White House Situation Room. (Pete Souza/The White House via Getty Images) The beginning of the end came for… Read More ›
Google’s China service disrupted without explanation
By Agence France-Presse Friday, November 9, 2012 16:14 EST Google on Friday reported unexplained disruptions to its service in China. “We’ve checked and there is nothing wrong on our end,” a Google spokeswoman told AFP. An online tool that tracks… Read More ›
Generation Hate Attacks and Creative Islamic hackers
November 9, 2012: In late October Israeli police were ordered to stop using the Internet or plugging USB memory sticks into their PCs. All this was prompted by the recent discovery of stealthy hacker software hidden in some police… Read More ›
Exclusive: SEC left computers vulnerable to cyber attacks – sources
By Sarah N. LynchPosted 2012/11/08 at 8:55 pm EST WASHINGTON, Nov. 8, 2012 (Reuters) — Staffers at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission failed to encrypt some of their computers containing highly sensitive information from stock exchanges, leaving the data… Read More ›
UK Ministry of Defence hacked by NullCrew ( Profanity Warning)
Posted by Mohit Kumar on 11/06/2012 07:56:00 AM | . The United Kingdom Ministry of Defence website (www.qhm.mod.uk) hacked by two Null Hacking Crew members @OfficialNull and @Timoxeline and They extracted data published online. The data dump include 3400 email … Read More ›
Anonymous hack 30000 accounts and Social Security Numbers from ‘Telecom Italy’
Engineering Evil: Please use Caution when Clicking on any unknown links…. Posted by Mohit Kumar on 11/05/2012 07:44:00 AM | “Please don’t mind, its 5th of November” slogan for today ! Anonymous Hackers hacked into “Telecom Italy” (www.telecomitalia.it) and dump… Read More ›
Guy Fawkes Day start with Hack of 28,000 Paypal Accounts
5th November 2012 was the most exciting day in Cyberspace, yesterday we have report about few major hacks and leaks including Hacking of ImageShack Server , thousands of researchers database leak from Symantec portal, then NBC Sports Rotoworld forums and… Read More ›
FBI ordered to disclose “Going Dark” surveillance program: “police can place surveillance cameras on private property without a search warrant “
Posted by Mohit Kumar on 11/03/2012 05:47:00 AM | A federal judge ordered the FBI to disclose more information about its “Going Dark” surveillance program, an initiative to extend its ability to wiretap virtually all forms of electronic communications. …. Read More ›
GhostShell leaks 2.5 million Russian government accounts as #ProjectBlackstar
Posted by Mohit Kumar on 11/03/2012 05:14:00 AM | Team GhostShell hackers group who was responsible for the recent leak of some millions of records from top universities around the world once again strike back. As the part of “Project… Read More ›
Anonymous Threatens to Shutdown Facebook – Dude, do you have any Idea ?
Posted by Mohit Kumar on 11/02/2012 05:01:00 AM | Do you believe that it is possible to shut down Facebook with a cyber attack on 5th November 2012, which is not even organised in a proper way ? Few activists… Read More ›
Could we copy a specific brain or transfer our minds to another device? Research suggests this amazing idea might be feasible
Mind transfer: human brains in different materials 02 November 2012 by Randal A. Koene Magazine issue 2888. Subscribe and save For similar stories, visit the The Big Idea , The Human Brain and Death Topic Guides HUMAN brains and the… Read More ›
Google told to pay victim for criminal results
Thursday, 1 November 2012 Google was yesterday found liable for damages by a jury in Australia after a man complained that the website’s search results had harmed his reputation by wrongly linking him to Melbourne gang crime. Milorad… Read More ›
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