SECURITY NEWS
Daily Mail Hacked by TeaMp0isoN
Submitted Monday, February 06, 2012 @ 09:13 AMitproportal.com — British sensationalist newspaper the Daily Mail has been hit by hackers in support of the online movement Opcensorthis. See the complete story here.
INTERPOL Set To Open Global Cybercrime Center In 2014
Submitted Monday, February 06, 2012 @ 08:52 AMdarkreading.com — Director of cybersecurity at INTERPOL working on secure online presence for police worldwide to work together on cybercrime cases. See the complete story here.
Symantec warns of Android Trojans that mutate with every download
Submitted Monday, February 06, 2012 @ 08:47 AMtechworld.com.au — Researchers from security vendor Symantec have identified a new premium-rate SMS Android Trojan horse that modifies its code every time it gets downloaded in order to bypass antivirus detection. See the complete story here.
Hackers outwit online banking identity security systems
Submitted Monday, February 06, 2012 @ 08:43 AMbbc.co.uk — Criminal hackers have found a way round the latest generation of online banking security devices given out by banks, the BBC has learned. See the complete story here.
FBI probes Anonymous intercept of US-UK hacking call
Submitted Monday, February 06, 2012 @ 08:42 AMbbc.co.uk — The FBI is investigating how activists linked to the Anonymous network managed to intercept a conference call between British and US police in which they discussed legal action against hackers. See the complete story here.
U.S. Charges Latvian Hacker in $2 Million Stock Scam
Submitted Monday, January 30, 2012 @ 01:57 PMpcworld.com — A Latvian man has been charged by the U.S. financial regulator for an alleged online stock fraud that cost investors more than $2million (�1.3 million), and may have enabled him to profit over half a million pounds. See the complete story here.
Symantec advises disabling pcAnywhere software
Submitted Friday, January 27, 2012 @ 07:26 AMbbc.co.uk — Security firm Symantec has warned customers to stop using its pcAnywhere software. The company confirmed that "old" source code stolen by a hacking group had exposed vulnerabilities in the remote access program. See the complete story here.
MMA notes: UFC website hacked
Submitted Friday, January 27, 2012 @ 07:22 AMtorontosun.com — A criminal investigation is underway after UFC.com was hacked Sunday. Users visiting the website were redirected to UGNazi.com, where they were treated to bizarre music and a cartoon drawing of Adolf Hitler. Taking credit is a team of hackers called the Underground Nazi H4ck3rGr0up. See the complete story here.
Anonymous tweets for hack targets
Submitted Tuesday, January 24, 2012 @ 06:59 AMreghardware.com — Hacktivist guild Anonymous has taken to Twitter to ask followers for tips on who the group should attack next. See the complete story here.
U.S. government online security website hacked
Submitted Tuesday, January 24, 2012 @ 06:49 AMitworld.com — Hackers under the AntiSec banner appeared to have hacked late Monday the website of OnGuardOnline.gov, the U.S. federal government's online security website, in protest against controversial legislation. See the complete story here.
Microsoft names ex-antivirus employee as botnet 'suspect'
Submitted Tuesday, January 24, 2012 @ 06:46 AMbbc.co.uk — Microsoft said it suspects a former employee of an antivirus software firm was behind the Kelihos botnet attacks. See the complete story here.
Twitter Acquires Antimalware Company Dasient
Submitted Tuesday, January 24, 2012 @ 06:32 AMpcworld.com — Twitter has acquired Internet security firm Dasient, the Sunnyvale, California startup said on its blog on Monday. See the complete story here.
Sonos Urges Users To Install A Security Update To Protect Their Private...
Submitted Tuesday, January 24, 2012 @ 06:29 AMtechcrunch.com — Sonos this morning sent out an email to users advising them to immediately update their wireless music system software with a security “enhancement” in order to plug a hole that “in rare cases” could have been exploited by malicious people to gain access to sensitive, personal customer data. See the complete story here.
Famed Hacking Contest Gets Facelift
Submitted Monday, January 23, 2012 @ 09:16 PMdarkreading.com — ‘Pwn2Own’ will up the ante with more prolonged contest, fewer targets, more payout for first-, second-, third-place winners -- plus an extra Google bounty for cracking Chrome See the complete story here.
Senator Grassley's Twitter Account Hacked
Submitted Monday, January 23, 2012 @ 05:03 PMpcworld.com — Twitter and federal law enforcement are investigating the hacking of a U.S. Senator's Twitter account Monday afternoon. See the complete story here.
Polish sites hit in Acta hack attack
Submitted Monday, January 23, 2012 @ 04:56 PMbbc.co.uk — Online activists have attacked Polish government websites in protest against plans to sign an international copyright treaty. See the complete story here.
Web-hosting service DreamHost warns users of password hack
Submitted Saturday, January 21, 2012 @ 07:37 PMnews.cnet.com — That's the word from the Web-hosting service and domain name registrar, which sent an e-mail to customers last night saying that their FTP passwords may have been accessed by hackers. See the complete story here.
Computer virus invades Japan’s space agency, takes data
Submitted Saturday, January 21, 2012 @ 07:30 PMgmanetwork.com — Japan’s space agency may have lost potentially sensitive data to a computer virus that infected one of the agency’s terminals earlier this month, Japanese officials have said. See the complete story here.
Mac Malware Threats Increase
Submitted Saturday, January 21, 2012 @ 07:26 PMpcworld.com — Security firm F-Secure has spotted 58 separate threats targeting OS X in the past nine months. See the complete story here.
Are You Contributing To A DDoS Attack? Researcher Says You Might Be
Submitted Saturday, January 21, 2012 @ 07:25 PMdarkreading.com — Anonymous is using some creative new methods to generate its distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks on federal agencies and entertainment companies, according to an analysis by researchers at Sophos. See the complete story here.
