Reuters
By Lada Yevgrashina | BAKU Feb 23 (Reuters) - 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 ...
Azerbaijan Arrests Iranian terror group, Iranian Hackers hit ...
By THN Reporter
Azerbaijan Arrests Iranian terror group, Iranian Hackers hit Azerbaijan Sites. THN Magazine and The Hacker News is Most Comprehensive resource in providing news related to Information Technology, Cyber security, infosec, Hacking ...
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AnonOps Communications: #Anonymous Attacks Greek Ministry of ...
By Anonops
Following the arrest of three young Anonymous hackers in Greece, the collective has attacked again the website of the Ministry of Justice, defacing its homepage. "The Republic in Greece has died. He died while a government that has not ...
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Anonymous Keeps The Lights On - YouTube
By SourceFed
The NSA speculates that the hacktivist group Anonymous could pull the plug on our power grid in the next two years, but here at Sourcefed we're skeptical. Click the annotation or go to SourceFed.com for the 5 videos we post daily or anything ...
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Anonymous says power grid not a target
Windsor Star
The Anonymous statement came after The Wall Street Journal quoted the head of the US National Security Agency (NSA) as warning that hackers could have the ability within the next year or two to cause a limited power outage. The newspaper said General ...
Anonymous, NSA Square Off On Power Grid Attacks
InformationWeek
Anonymous calls claim that it might target US power grid 'ridiculous;' security expert says power grid security can already be hacked. By Mathew J. Schwartz InformationWeek Could Anonymousadd "blackouts" to its list of accomplishments?
Report: Android malware up 3325% in 2011
ZDNet (blog)
By Adrian Kingsley-Hughes | February 23, 2012, 8:36am PST During 2011 there was an 'unprecedented growth' of mobile malware attacks, with Android up a stratospheric 3.325 percent, according to a report by the Juniper Networks Mobile Threat Center.
ZDNet (blog)
Smartphone security gap exposes location, texts, email, expert says
Los Angeles Times
Dmitri Alperovitch, the former McAfee cyber security researcher who is best known for identifying a widespread China-based cyber espionage operation he dubbed "Shady Rat," has used a previously unknown hole in smartphone browsers to deliver an existing ...
Los Angeles Times
Hackers Attack Video Conferences to Steal Information
Washington Post
Feb. 22, 2012 - Feb. 22 (Bloomberg) -- Bloomberg's Cory Johnson reports on hacker attacks on corporate video-conferencing systems. He speaks on Bloomberg Television's "Bloomberg West." Bloomberg's Emily Chang also speaks.
Thousands of porn website users have email addresses leaked by hackers
Daily Mail
By Julian Gavaghan Thousands of porn website users have had their personal passwords and emails leaked online by hackers. In total, 6433 users of the YouPorn chat site were exposed after third-party service provider failed to secure data, ...
Daily Mail
Cassidy: Hackers can turn digital life to despair
San Jose Mercury News
Ades was recently the victim of hackers who broke into his e-mail and other passworded accounts, and soon became aware that Google and Gmail have extremely limited facilities or inclination to assist users who are defrauded this way.
Hackers 'score' on YouPorn chat
GMA News
Hackers scored on porn video sharing site YouPorn, getting access to its chat service and exposing the, uh, private data of its users. The hackers exploited a coding error that allowed them to expose the email addresses and passwords of more than a ...
Anonymous Hackers Attack Wall Street Journal Facebook Pages with 'Comment ...
International Business Times
The article also included a quote from one government official who worried that in the future an enemy country or terrorist organization might hire Anonymous to conduct a cyber-attack against America. The cyber-attack consisted of a single message ...
International Business Times
McAfee: Over 75 Million Unique Malware Samples Recorded in 2011
IT News Online
McAfee has released the McAfee Threats Report: Fourth Quarter 2011, revealing that malwaresurpassed the company's estimate of 75 million unique malware samples last year. Although the release of new malware slowed in Q4, mobile malware continued to ...
Cybersecurity for the C-Suite
GovInfoSecurity.com
The cyber forensics and incident response ExecMSIA offers technical executives with the knowledge, skills sets and experiences to successfully plan for and manage the inevitabilities of cyber attack. This concentration is ideally suited for experienced ...
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Iranian Hackers Attacked the Website of Azerbaijani National State TV
AzeriReport (blog)
On February 23, Iranian hackers continued attacking the websites of the government institutions of Azerbaijan. A similar attack was carried out by Iranian hackers on 30 Azeri sites a few weeks ago. The attack of the Iranian hackers on the websites of ...
YouPorn breach – hackers get away with 6400 user names/passwords
Siliconrepublic.com
YouPorn, which is one of the top 100 most-visited websites in the world, has been attacked byhackers who exposed the user names and passwords of some 6400 users. It is understood that a third-party chat service caused the breach.
FCC Pushes ISPs to Fight Botnets, Other Cyber-Security Threats
PC Magazine
By Chloe Albanesius From data leaks and DDoS attacks to website takedowns and mobilemalware, cyber-security issues have been making plenty of headlines lately. Whether it's Anonymous or a sneaky app, there are endless ways to lose control of your ...
Philips Using Police to Help Investigate Cyber Attack
Techzone360
By Jordan Eggers , Contributing Writer Philips, a Dutch electronics manufacturer, is officially teaming with the police in regards to an alleged cyber attack that happened earlier this month. Philips said on Feb. 14 that some of its small websites used ...
FCC: ISPs Need to Protect Users From Botnets, DNS Fraud, Cyber-Threats
eWeek
The chairman of the Federal Communications Commission is calling on Internet service providers (ISPs) and other experts to protect users from the ongoing threat of online securitythreats. Internet stakeholders, which include users, service providers ...
Strategy: Mobile Device-Borne Malware
InformationWeek
Some companies are dealing with the mobile malware threat using existing security tools while waiting for the mobile device management (MDM) market to develop products that better fit their needs. Others that have already sunk money into platforms such ...
YouPorn Security Breach Exposes Thousands of User E-mails, Passwords
International Business Times
By Dave Smith: Subscribe to Dave's RSS feed Pornographic video site YouPorn was compromised by a security breach on Wednesday after a third-party chat service didn't secure its data, resulting in thousands of users seeing their e-mails, usernames and ...
International Business Times
Does The Cybersecurity Act Of 2012 Mark The Beginning Of The War On Cyber ...
Forbes
The Cybersecurity Act of 2012 is the latest effort by Congress to do something about the threat of cyber attacks and cyber crime. Fortunately, and perhaps thanks to the efforts to quash SOPA and PIPA, the Act is quite a bit more restrained in scope ...
Forbes
DHS signs Cyber security agreement with the Netherlands
Government Security News
US Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano and Dutch Minister of Security and Justice Ivo Opstelten agreed to coordinate a number of Cyber security initiatives in a letter of intent signed on Feb. 22. The Letter of Intent signed by Napolitano ...
Philps Electronics suffers website security breach as hackers strike
V3.co.uk
by Dan Worth Philips Electronics has become the latest high-profile company to be hit byhackers after huge amounts of data stored on its internal systems were compromised, according to reports. According to The Hacker News, the hackers, named 'bch195' ...
Philips says police investigating its cyber attack
Reuters
| AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Philips Electronics said on Thursday it is cooperating with the police in connection with an investigation into a possible criminal cyber security breach discovered at Philips earlier this month. Philips said on February 14 that ...
February 2012 Breakfast Club Recap: Cybersecurity Legislation in Congress ...
BroadbandBreakfast.com
Schwartz began by reiterating FBI director Mueller's statement that cybersecurity in this country is now out pacing the concerns over terrorism. He started off by explaining the wide variety of threat actors, everyone from teenage hackers in their ...
Success at Cyber Security Challenge
Liverpool John Moores University
Stephen Wilson, a final year BSc Computer Forensics student, has won a place in the grand final of the Cyber Security Challenge UK following success at the Qinetiq Network Defence challenge, recently held in Malvern. Stephen is now one of eight ...
pcAnywhere exploit hackers could hijack 200000 Windows PCs
ComputerworldUK
By Gregg Keizer | Computerworld US | Published 10:57, 23 February 12 pcAnywhere hackersexploiting bugs in the Symantec software could hijack as many as 200000 systems connected to the internet, a researcher claimed yesterday, including up to 5000 ...
FCC Chairman calls for increased cybersecurity measures
ZDNet (blog)
The FCC chairman suggested that US service providers should notify subscribers when their computers are compromised; through malware, botnet attacks, IP hijacking and other kinds of cyber warfare. Rather than enforcing government-led mandates, ...
ZDNet (blog)
AntiVirusSoftware.Net Is Giving Away Malware Safe Site Service to the First ...
San Francisco Chronicle (press release)
AntivirusSoftware.net is launching the Secure Site Malware Scanning Service and offering for a limited time one year of service at no charge to the first 1000 websites that apply and are found to be free of malware and or spyware.
Hackers Targeting IPv6 Networks
Microsoft Certified Professional
By Chris Paoli Who here hasn't heard the argument from less-than-informed friends and family that they chose a Mac because hackers can't attack it? We know better. Why attack a target that only has 6.45 percent of global market share for personal ...
The time to strengthen cybersecurity is now
Seacoastonline.com
If your personal computer can be targeted, imagine what could happen if cyber criminals, terrorists groups, or hackers from countries that want to harm our nation's economy, attacked our critical infrastructure like the power grid, a water treatment ...
The New Windows 8 Logo Arrives, Trailed By Hackers And Haters
Co.Design
Chinese hackers. Classified designs. It's not the next Mission Impossible plot. It's the new Windows 8 logo. We speak with its designer, Paula Scher. Last week, the new Windows 8 logo leaked online. Meanwhile, the logo's designer, Paula Scher at...
Co.Design
Build your own malware monster | Naked Security
By Romana Ward
Build your own malware monster. Over 100000 people are part of the Sophos community on Facebook. Why not join us on Facebook to find out about the latest security threats. Don't show me this again. Hi fellow Twitter user! Follow our team ...
Naked Security
US: McCain to Introduce Cybersecurity Legislation Giving Even ...
During the Senate's major hearing on cybersecurity last week, Senator John McCain, a Republican from Arizona, announced that the Republicans in the Senate would introduce a bill to compete with S. 2105, also known as the Cybersecurity Act of 2012. McC... ... "The warnings of our vulnerability to a major cyber attack come from all directions and countless experts, and are underscored by the intrusions that have already occurred. Each day we fail to act, the threat increases to our ...
Signs of the Times
Official Stephenie Meyer Site was Serving Malware
By Jovi Umawing
Twilight fans who normally frequent the official website of Stephenie Meyer, infamous writer of the said book and saga, may have found their systems captured by a being that is neither a blood-sucker or a giant, feral dog. It might be something ...
GFI Labs blog
By Jovi Umawing
Twilight fans who normally frequent the official website of Stephenie Meyer, infamous writer of the said book and saga, may have found their systems captured by a being that is neither a blood-sucker or a giant, feral dog. It might be something ...
GFI Labs blog
Cyber Security Legislation: Let's Get Real | Haft of the Spear
By Mike
This includes both “security” applications as well as basic technology. Government is also right to be concerned about the level of cyber security in those industries that provide essential services to its citizens. A government that cannot provide ...
Haft of the Spear
Hollywoodfilmdownloads: Norman Malware Cleaner 2.03.03 ...
By calipsozone
Norman Malware Cleaner is one of the new apps in the security software industry, promising to keep computers around the world away from malware and other dangerous files that could compromise user's safety. Although it comes packed as ...
Hollywoodfilmdownloads
Hackers Attack Video Conferences to Steal Information - YouTube
By Bloomberg
DEF CON 19 Hacking Conference Presentation By Kenneth Geers Strategic Cyber Security An Evaluation of Nation State Cyber Attack Mitigation Strategies Video clip0by killab6666120 views · DEF CON 19 Hacking Conference Presentation ...
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U.S. Senators Have Varied Opinions Regarding Proposed ...
A group of United States senators recently unveiled new cybersecurity legislation, but other government leaders have varying opinions regarding the speed at which the bill should progress.
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Ottawa fails on cyber security: Experts | Canada | News | Ottawa Sun
Those cyber security failings are highlighted in a new report on global and domestic security threats facing this country, released Wednesday by the Centre for International and Defence Policy at Queen's University. "(Canada) devotes ... not better," he said. But Skillicorn noted "the penny is starting to drop" following a series of High-profile cyber attacks in recent months, including reports Nortel's bankruptcy was linked to Chinese hackers. ... Philips: Cops investigating cyber attack ...
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Cybersecurity bill would create costly regulations, say critics
A plan by Senate Democrats to move the Cybersecurity Act, introduced this week, ... TheCybersecurity Act, introduced Tuesday by four senators, would allow ...
www.networkworld.com/.../021612-cybersecurity-bill-would-...
U of Minn. researchers discover cell phone hackers can track your ...
Cellular networks leak the locations of cell phone users, allowing a third party to easily track the location of the cell phone user without the user's knowledge, ...
www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2012.../uom-uom021612.ph...
Philips reports security breach - ComputerworldUK.com
Health-care technology and lighting vendor Royal Philips Electronics has reported a possiblesecurity breach affecting a portion of its website.
www.computerworlduk.com/.../philips-reports-security-breach...
Information Security News: Cybersecurity Hype
The approving response of an IT security professional last week pointed me to a story aboutcybersecurity in which I'm featured. The story and accompanying ...
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