Washington Post
LONDON — The website of an international prison contractor was defaced by hackers who on Friday replaced the company's home page with a hip-hop homage devoted to former death row inmate Mumia Abu Jamal. Hackers allied to the loose-knit Anonymous ...
Anonymous takes on prison industrial complex with latest hack
RT
The prison industrial complex is the latest victim of Anonymous' #FuckFBIFriday campaign. Hacktivists have compromised data from a massive correctional facility management firm and have defaced their website. The website for The GEO Group, Inc., ...
RT
Does Anonymous's Friday Routine Make Hacking Seem Dull?
New York Magazine (blog)
By Joe Coscarelli The "hacktivist" group Anonymous thrives on chaos and surprise, which makes their recent promise to schedule online attacks every Friday somewhat puzzling. Earlier this month, affiliates of the loosely organized group hacked an FBI ...
New York Magazine (blog)
Cyber security expert finds new flaw in smartphones
Los Angeles Times
Dmitri Alperovitch, the formerMcAfee Inc.cyber security researcher best known for identifying a widespread China-based cyber espionage operation dubbed Shady Rat, has used a previously unknown hole in smartphone browsers to plant China-based malware ...
Hackers dog LA police canine association
FRANCE 24
"Over the past three weeks, we in the cabin have been targeting law enforcement sites across the United States," hackers said in a message atop a file at Pastebin.com containing officers' addresses, phone numbers and more. "Be it for injustices they ...
FRANCE 24
Anonymous vandalizes US prison contractors' site
The Seattle Times
The website of an international prison contractor was defaced by hackers who on Friday replaced the company's home page with a hip-hop homage devoted to former death row inmate Mumia Abu Jamal. By RAPHAEL SATTER Associated Press No comments have been ...
Hackers, and Soda, Head to Madison Avenue
New York Times (blog)
The Mountain Dew brand has a music initiative, Green Label Sound, and one of its bands, MNDR, will play during the hack weekend “while the hackers hack,” Mr. Henderson said, laughing. Also on hand will be copious quantities of Mountain Dew because of ...
Hackers from Anonymous strike again
Richmond Times Dispatch
LONDON — Hackers allied to the loose-knit Anonymous movement have claimed responsibility for vandalizing the website of an international prison contractor. The GEO Group's website was defaced and replaced with a hip-hop song devoted to former death ...
Android bug opens devices to outside control-experts
Reuters
* Cybersecurity experts to demonstrate flaw next week * Experts say they can secretly take control of Androids * They infect devices using tainted links in emails, texts By Jim Finkle BOSTON, Feb 24 (Reuters) - Cybersecurity experts have uncovered a ...
Cyber security – A growing threat and a business opportunity
Long Island Business News
By Pedram Tabibi ⋅ February 24, 2012 ⋅ Post a comment The Long Island Software and Technology Network and Long Island Forum for Technology recently held its “Growing YourCyber Security Business?” event at the Morrelly Homeland Security Center in ...
Android bug opens devices to outside control: experts
Reuters
By Jim Finkle | BOSTON (Reuters) - Cybersecurity experts have uncovered a flaw in a component of the operating system of Google Inc's widely used Android smartphone that they say hackers can exploit to gain control of the devices.
FCC Urges ISPs to Take More Active Role in Cybersecurity
Tom's Guide
In a speech given at the Bipartisan Policy Center on February 22, FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski called on Internet service providers to take a more active role in cybersecuritywhile appearing to defend the principles of an open Internet.
YouPorn security breach exposes thousands of usernames, emails
DigitalJournal.com
Los Angeles - A security breach has exposed the emails and passwords of thousands of users of the chat service of the popular pornographic site YouPorn.com., an incident that might have caused embarrassment to some users of the site.
DigitalJournal.com
Cyber Security Expert Proves Smartphones' Vulnerability to Malware Attacks
International Business Times
By Swaty Sharma: Subscribe to Swaty's RSS feed Dmitri Alperovitch, former McAfeecyber security researcher, has used a previously unknown hole in smartphone browsers to plant China-based malware that can record calls, pinpoint locations and access user ...
International Business Times
Deputy Secretary of Defense Dr. Ashton B. Carter to Present on Enhancing ...
MarketWatch (press release)
Dr. Carter will offer his insights into the Department of Defense's role in providing cybersecurityand describe how and why the government and private sector can partner closely to meet our shared security needs. He will also address the pending ...
New Mac malware grabs users' passwords
GMA News
A new malware is out targeting computers Apple Inc.'s OS X operating system, scavenging an infected computer's files for usernames and passwords. Mac security firm Intego said the new "Flashback Mac" Trojan Horse variant uses "novel techniques" to ...
McCully hackers have score to settle
New Zealand Herald
By Fran O'Sullivan Someone with an enormous sense of humour and a score to settle must surely be leaking Foreign Affairs Minister Murray McCully's emails to the media. TV3 reported rather breathlessly this week that a group calling themselves The ...
StopTheHacker Launches Official VAR Program
MarketWatch (press release)
With the threat of malware, hackers and other online abuse, website protection is vital for the majority of today's business owners. StopTheHacker's patent-pending artificial intelligence engine provides a new type of protection for websites, ...
Porn site Youporn breached by hackers
Insideireland.ie
By David Richardson Porn website YouPorn, which is one of the top 100 most-visited websites in the world, has been attacked by hackers who exposed the user names and passwords of some 6400 users. YouPorn has acknowledged the breach, shut down the ...
Citigroup: Cyber Attack Gave Access to Customer Data
NewsMax.com
Citigroup Inc., the third-largest US lender, said cyber attackers got into customer accounts last year as the threat of electronic intrusions increased. The bank cited data breaches that gave outsiders access to account information or interrupted ...
RSA Newsflash: Security is Not Working
EON: Enhanced Online News (press release)
(EON: Enhanced Online News)--As the leaders in the global information security industry gather on Monday at the signature event of the year, the annual RSA Security conference in San Francisco, the amount of malware generated during the event will ...
Beware Android flaw
MyBroadband
Cybersecurity experts have uncovered a flaw in a component of the operating system of Google's widely used Android smartphone that they say hackers can exploit to gain control of the devices. Cybersecurity experts have uncovered a flaw in a component ...
MyBroadband
Skype malware used in Syrian confilct
GMA News
A new nasty piece of malware is now being used in the ongoing conflict in Syria, with the ability to take over an infected computer or steal documents from it. Computer security firm Trend Micro cited reports the malware, dubbed DarkComet, ...
Flashback malware uses new infection technique
The H
Source: Intego A new variant of Mac malware Flashback is using a new installation method. When a user visits a crafted web page, the new variant either tries to exploit two old security vulnerabilities or deploys a Java Applet which tries to trick the ...
Azerbaijan airline websites, TV hit by cyber attack
The Daily Star
BAKU: Hackers calling themselves the “Iranian Cyber Army” and “Cocaine Warriors from Persia” have hit the websites of Azerbaijan's national airline AZAL and television station AzTV, the second such attack on Azeri state portals, officials said Thursday ...
The Daily Star
10.8 million Android devices infected with malware
Help Net Security
In 2011, newer and more advanced forms of malware have successfully infected an estimated 10.8 million Android devices worldwide. This is expected to increase throughout 2012. "Smartphones and tablets are finally delivering consumers with these ...
Help Net Security
Civil liberties groups: Proposed cybersecurity bill is too broad
CNET (blog)
The cybersecurity bill introduced last week in the Senate is too broad, say privacy experts who worry that it could authorize wiretapping and curtail civil liberties. The Cybersecurity Act of 2012, introduced last week by Sens.
Microsoft Testifies on U.S. Senate Cybersecurity Legislation - Cloud ...
By trusted-cloud
Microsoft Malware Protection Center ... Leaders from both chambers and both parties have contributed to the national discussion about cybersecurity by introducing helpful legislation and advocating for new statutory authorities.
TechNet Blogs
FRANCE 24
"Over the past three weeks, we in the cabin have been targeting law enforcement sites across the United States," hackers said in a message atop a file at Pastebin.com containing officers' addresses, phone numbers and more. "Be it for injustices they ...
FRANCE 24
Anonymous vandalizes US prison contractors' site
The Seattle Times
The website of an international prison contractor was defaced by hackers who on Friday replaced the company's home page with a hip-hop homage devoted to former death row inmate Mumia Abu Jamal. By RAPHAEL SATTER Associated Press No comments have been ...
Hackers, and Soda, Head to Madison Avenue
New York Times (blog)
The Mountain Dew brand has a music initiative, Green Label Sound, and one of its bands, MNDR, will play during the hack weekend “while the hackers hack,” Mr. Henderson said, laughing. Also on hand will be copious quantities of Mountain Dew because of ...
Hackers from Anonymous strike again
Richmond Times Dispatch
LONDON — Hackers allied to the loose-knit Anonymous movement have claimed responsibility for vandalizing the website of an international prison contractor. The GEO Group's website was defaced and replaced with a hip-hop song devoted to former death ...
Android bug opens devices to outside control-experts
Reuters
* Cybersecurity experts to demonstrate flaw next week * Experts say they can secretly take control of Androids * They infect devices using tainted links in emails, texts By Jim Finkle BOSTON, Feb 24 (Reuters) - Cybersecurity experts have uncovered a ...
Cyber security – A growing threat and a business opportunity
Long Island Business News
By Pedram Tabibi ⋅ February 24, 2012 ⋅ Post a comment The Long Island Software and Technology Network and Long Island Forum for Technology recently held its “Growing YourCyber Security Business?” event at the Morrelly Homeland Security Center in ...
Android bug opens devices to outside control: experts
Reuters
By Jim Finkle | BOSTON (Reuters) - Cybersecurity experts have uncovered a flaw in a component of the operating system of Google Inc's widely used Android smartphone that they say hackers can exploit to gain control of the devices.
FCC Urges ISPs to Take More Active Role in Cybersecurity
Tom's Guide
In a speech given at the Bipartisan Policy Center on February 22, FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski called on Internet service providers to take a more active role in cybersecuritywhile appearing to defend the principles of an open Internet.
YouPorn security breach exposes thousands of usernames, emails
DigitalJournal.com
Los Angeles - A security breach has exposed the emails and passwords of thousands of users of the chat service of the popular pornographic site YouPorn.com., an incident that might have caused embarrassment to some users of the site.
DigitalJournal.com
Cyber Security Expert Proves Smartphones' Vulnerability to Malware Attacks
International Business Times
By Swaty Sharma: Subscribe to Swaty's RSS feed Dmitri Alperovitch, former McAfeecyber security researcher, has used a previously unknown hole in smartphone browsers to plant China-based malware that can record calls, pinpoint locations and access user ...
International Business Times
Deputy Secretary of Defense Dr. Ashton B. Carter to Present on Enhancing ...
MarketWatch (press release)
Dr. Carter will offer his insights into the Department of Defense's role in providing cybersecurityand describe how and why the government and private sector can partner closely to meet our shared security needs. He will also address the pending ...
New Mac malware grabs users' passwords
GMA News
A new malware is out targeting computers Apple Inc.'s OS X operating system, scavenging an infected computer's files for usernames and passwords. Mac security firm Intego said the new "Flashback Mac" Trojan Horse variant uses "novel techniques" to ...
McCully hackers have score to settle
New Zealand Herald
By Fran O'Sullivan Someone with an enormous sense of humour and a score to settle must surely be leaking Foreign Affairs Minister Murray McCully's emails to the media. TV3 reported rather breathlessly this week that a group calling themselves The ...
StopTheHacker Launches Official VAR Program
MarketWatch (press release)
With the threat of malware, hackers and other online abuse, website protection is vital for the majority of today's business owners. StopTheHacker's patent-pending artificial intelligence engine provides a new type of protection for websites, ...
Porn site Youporn breached by hackers
Insideireland.ie
By David Richardson Porn website YouPorn, which is one of the top 100 most-visited websites in the world, has been attacked by hackers who exposed the user names and passwords of some 6400 users. YouPorn has acknowledged the breach, shut down the ...
Citigroup: Cyber Attack Gave Access to Customer Data
NewsMax.com
Citigroup Inc., the third-largest US lender, said cyber attackers got into customer accounts last year as the threat of electronic intrusions increased. The bank cited data breaches that gave outsiders access to account information or interrupted ...
RSA Newsflash: Security is Not Working
EON: Enhanced Online News (press release)
(EON: Enhanced Online News)--As the leaders in the global information security industry gather on Monday at the signature event of the year, the annual RSA Security conference in San Francisco, the amount of malware generated during the event will ...
Beware Android flaw
MyBroadband
Cybersecurity experts have uncovered a flaw in a component of the operating system of Google's widely used Android smartphone that they say hackers can exploit to gain control of the devices. Cybersecurity experts have uncovered a flaw in a component ...
MyBroadband
Skype malware used in Syrian confilct
GMA News
A new nasty piece of malware is now being used in the ongoing conflict in Syria, with the ability to take over an infected computer or steal documents from it. Computer security firm Trend Micro cited reports the malware, dubbed DarkComet, ...
Flashback malware uses new infection technique
The H
Source: Intego A new variant of Mac malware Flashback is using a new installation method. When a user visits a crafted web page, the new variant either tries to exploit two old security vulnerabilities or deploys a Java Applet which tries to trick the ...
Azerbaijan airline websites, TV hit by cyber attack
The Daily Star
BAKU: Hackers calling themselves the “Iranian Cyber Army” and “Cocaine Warriors from Persia” have hit the websites of Azerbaijan's national airline AZAL and television station AzTV, the second such attack on Azeri state portals, officials said Thursday ...
The Daily Star
10.8 million Android devices infected with malware
Help Net Security
In 2011, newer and more advanced forms of malware have successfully infected an estimated 10.8 million Android devices worldwide. This is expected to increase throughout 2012. "Smartphones and tablets are finally delivering consumers with these ...
Help Net Security
Civil liberties groups: Proposed cybersecurity bill is too broad
CNET (blog)
The cybersecurity bill introduced last week in the Senate is too broad, say privacy experts who worry that it could authorize wiretapping and curtail civil liberties. The Cybersecurity Act of 2012, introduced last week by Sens.
Microsoft Testifies on U.S. Senate Cybersecurity Legislation - Cloud ...
By trusted-cloud
Microsoft Malware Protection Center ... Leaders from both chambers and both parties have contributed to the national discussion about cybersecurity by introducing helpful legislation and advocating for new statutory authorities.
TechNet Blogs
Sen. Lieberman Praises UConn Cybersecurity Labs | UConn Today
By Colin Poitras
Lieberman chose UConn to discuss the bipartisan Cyber Security Act of 2012 because of the University's leadership in developing advanced technologies to identify and protect against cyber security threats. More than 20 faculty members and ...
UConn Today
Android Malware increase 3325% in 2011 | WMPoweruser
By Surur
Juniper Networks Mobile Threat Center reports Android malware samples had increased from 400 to 13302 during the last 6 months of 2011, a growth rate of 3325%. The worst offenders were Spyware, at 63%, but 36% could have cost you ...
WMPoweruser
Hackers explained.
As most people are afraid of "hackers" but actually don't know what a hacker is anyway. What's a hacker? A hacker is someone who gathers digital informantion and also shares it with other people. As piratebay users we all are hackers but it ...
SuprBay: The Pirate Bay Forum...
Malware error in a thread
By Diesta
Got this while I was trying to browse the GIF thread, I don't know if it is of any importance, but a notification is better than nothing. http://i.imgur.com/uC5Fo.jpg.
MMO-Champion
Home Malware Cleaner scam. Removal video | Trojan Killer
By andy
Is your system still infected with Home Malware Cleaner rogue security program? If this is the case, then here is a good tutorial we've developed to instruct.
Trojan Killer
Malware for Mac Targeting Passwords and Crashing Applications ...
By Steve Ragan
Should Flashback find that Java is fully updated, it will attempt to social engineer the malware'sinstallation, by presenting an applet with a self-signed certificate. The certificate claims to be signed by Apple, but is clearly marked as invalid.
SecurityWeek RSS Feed
Sourcefire Corporate Blog: Would you like some malware with your ...
By Oliver Friedrichs
One of the core tenets of Sourcefire's FireAMP product, introduced just one month ago now, is unmatched visibility - specifically with a focus on how malware was introduced, when it got there, and how it spread COMBINED with the ability to ...
Sourcefire Corporate Blog
Updated DHS Cyber Security Tool | isssource.com
By gHale
Critical infrastructures are dependent on information technology systems and computer networks for essential operations. Reliability and resiliency of the.
isssource.com
bwtech@UMBC Thrives as Cybersecurity Hub « CyberMaryland
By CyberMaryland
But now, a 71-acre community space houses bwtech@UMBC Research and Technology Park, acybersecurity powerhouse at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County. bwtech@UMBC is home to nearly 90 technology and life science ...
CyberMaryland
Civil liberties groups: Proposed cybersecurity bill is too broad | the ...
By the Net economy
By Elinor Mills – The Cybersecurity Act of 2012, introduced last weekby Sens. Joe Lieberman (I-Connecticut), ... The measure gives authority for monitoring and defending against cybersecuritythreats to “any private entity.” more> http://is.gd/ ...
the Net economy
Senators launch new push for cybersecurity bill - Yahoo! News
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Leading senators introduced a cybersecurity bill on ... have warned often only have the most rudimentary protections against hackers.
news.yahoo.com/senators-launch-push-cybersecurity-bill-174...
Nortel was penetrated by hackers for decade: report
The hackers, using seven passwords stolen from top executives, including the company's .... 0; China hackers behind cyber attack on Canada: report created ...
www.physorg.com/.../2012-02-nortel-penetrated-hackers-deca...
The New School of Information Security » New Cyber Security Bill ...
New Cyber Security Bill: Crowdsource Analysis? ... vulnerabilities of critical infrastructure systems—whose disruption from a cyber attack would ... DHS to consolidate its cybersecurityprograms into a unified office called the National Center for ...
newschoolsecurity.com/.../new-cyber-security-bill-crowdsourc...
Hackers probably stole Steam transaction data, Valve says
Valve found evidence that suggests Steam hackers copied encrypted credit card ... In November 2011, Valve announced that hackers gained unauthorized ...
www.networkworld.com/.../021312-hackers-probably-stole-st...
How Hackers can Track your Mobile phone with a cheap setup ...
How Hackers can Track your Mobile phone with a cheap setup ?. THN Magazine and The ... on the rise. Mobile malware on the rise, McAfee Q4 Threats Report ...
thehackernews.com/.../how-hackers-can-track-your-mobile-ph...
Cell phone hackers can track your physical location without your ...
Minneapolis MN (SPX) Feb 21, 2012 - Cellular networks leak the locations of cell phone users, allowing a third party to easily track the location of the cell phone ...
www.gpsdaily.com/.../Cell_phone_hackers_can_track_your_p...
A Moment of Zen: Meet the Hackers
Meet the Hackers. This past week, I've started to get back into photography a bit more (thanks, Nina!) and started taking my camera into the office with me every ...
jeffreystedfast.blogspot.com/2012/02/meet-hackers.html
Summary Box: Anonymous Vandalizes Site
ABC News
ANOTHER ATTACK: The website of an international prison contractor, GEO Group Inc., was defaced by hackers who replaced the company's home page with a hip-hop homage devoted to former death row inmate Mumia Abu Jamal. BEHIND IT: Hackers allied to the ...
Anonymous hits Ohio FBI partner website
CBS News
(AP) LONDON — Hackers claiming allegiance to the loose-knit Anonymous movement have claimed responsibility for vandalizing an Ohio FBI partner website, replacing its homepage with the video for rap hit "Gangsta's Paradise." The hackers said Friday ...
Anonymous pwns InfraGard yet again
TG Daily
Indeed, Anonymous kicked off 2012 with a bang, having managed to obtain a "sensitive" FBI-Scotland Yard conference call while jacking various police department sites, including those run by law enforcement officials in Syracuse (New York), ...
TG Daily
Anonymous hacks Infragard again
Inquirer
By Dave Neal HACKTIVIST COLLECTIVE Anonymous has attacked the FBI affiliate Infragard for the second time, this time taking over and defacing the web site of its Dayton, Ohio chapter. Thehackers took over the web site, changing it totally and ...
What is InfraGard? Anonymous Hackers Attack Dayton, Ohio, Chapter of FBI ...
International Business Times
By Jacob Kleinman: Subscribe to Jacob's RSS feed 'Hacktivist' group Anonymous continued their weekly cyber-assault on the Federal Bureau of Investigation, nicknamed #F--KFBIFRIDAY, on Feb. 24, temporarily hacking the homepage of the Dayton, ...
Hacker campaign targets US prison contractor
AFP
SAN FRANCISCO — Hacker group Anonymous on Friday vandalized the website of a major US prison contractor in the latest salvo in an anti-police campaign.Anonymous subgroup "Antisec" took credit for replacing The Geo Group website home page with a rap ...
AFP
So Much For Bouncer: New Android Malware Uses Facebook To ...
By Sarah Perez
Even though Google recently introduced a malware-blocking system called Bouncer to keep the Android Market safe from malicious software, crafty spammers and fraudsters are still managing to find ways around the restrictions to get their ...
TechCrunch » Mobile
Security Breach Reported At John F. Kennedy International JFK ...
By Jesse
The breach occurred at around 5:20 a.m. A passenger flagged by the Transportation Security Administration went through a security checkpoint without being pulled aside and screened.
CBS New York
AnonOps Communications: #FFF #Anonymous hits Ohio #FBI ...
By Anonops
#FFF #Anonymous hits Ohio #FBI partner website. Anonymous delivered another blow on the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) by taking down the Web site of the Dayton Ohio Chapter of InfraGard Friday. The Ohio site was replaced with ...
AnonOps Communications
Android malware spreads via Facebook [VIDEO] | Naked Security
By Vanja Svajcer
Android malware! On Facebook! Caught on camera! If you're using Facebook on your Android smartphone, you should be just as careful clicking on links as you would (hopefully) be on a desktop computer. ... New Android Market web store could open backdoor for phone hackers · bbc-news-logo ...
Naked Security - Sophos
Hackers Post 'Gangsta's Paradise' Music Video On FBI Partner Web ...
Hackers allied to the loose-knit Anonymous movement on Friday claimed responsibility for vandalizing an Ohio FBI partner website, replacing its homepage with the video for rap hit "Gangsta's Paradise." The hackers said on Twitter that they ...
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