“49 web sites of members of the US House of Representatives were hacked following the State of the Union address recently. The defacement contained a vulgar insult and a claim of credit for Red Eye Crew, a well-known Brazilian hacker group.” (Source: Congressional Web Sites Hacked by Brazilian “Red Eye Crew” – Security Watch)
“News that cybercriminals are seeking out user names and passwords for resale is nothing new — but according to researchers at the anti-virus company Kaspersky Lab (via Computerworld), stolen Twitter accounts are fetching a higher price than other credentials among criminals. One Twitter account with only 320 followers recently sold for $1,000. Hackers have relied [...]
“Bank of America was investigating an outage on Friday that affected an unknown number of customers but had ruled out a cyberattack, a representative said. ‘Our online-banking service is available,’ spokeswoman Anne Pace said in a telephone interview on Friday afternoon. ‘We ruled out a cyberattack, but are working with partners to determine the root [...]
“One of the trickiest problems in cyber security is trying to figure who’s really behind an attack. Darpa, the Pentagon agency that created the Internet, is trying to fix that, with a new effort to develop the ‘cyber equivalent of fingerprints or DNA’ that can identify even the best-cloaked hackers. The recent malware hit on [...]
“Russian opposition newspaper Novaya Gazeta has said it was the target of a hacker attack after its web site crashed on Tuesday. ‘Today, beginning from about 9-9:30 a.m. [6-6:30 GMT], the web site of Novaya Gazeta stopped responding to user requests. Our technical service has so far failed to find the reason for the web [...]
“At least three US oil companies were the target of a series of previously undisclosed cyberattacks that may have originated in China and that experts say highlight a new level of sophistication in the growing global war of Internet espionage. The oil and gas industry breaches, the mere existence of which has been a closely [...]
The cost of a data breach increased last year to $204 per compromised customer record, according to the Ponemon Institute’s annual study. The average total cost of a data breach rose from $6.65 million in 2008 to $6.75 million in 2009. “ (Data breach costs top $200 per customer record – Network World)
“Personal friends of employees at Google, Adobe and other companies were targeted by hackers in a string of recently disclosed cyberattacks, raising privacy concerns and pointing to a highly sophisticated operation, security experts said. Cybersecurity experts analysing the attacks said the hackers spied on individuals and used other sophisticated techniques, making them extremely difficult to [...]
“Mike Bailey, a senior security analyst with Foreground Security of Orlando, Florida, said he discovered the problem, which exploits a widely known vulnerability in Adobe Systems Inc’s Flash programing language. Bailey said he informed Twitter of the flaw and it could take as little as a few hours to fix by changing the way the [...]
“Google has not been alone in dealing with computer hackers from China. Chemical Abstracts Service said it began seeing a sharp increase in attempted hacks of customer accounts from China about a year ago, well before Google’s problems started. The Columbus-based company manages a database of information on millions of chemicals, providing a service used [...]
