“The FBI is warning that computer crooks have begun launching debilitating cyber attacks against banks and their customers as part of a smoke screen to detract attention away from simultaneous high-dollar cyber heists. The bureau says the attacks coincide with corporate account takeovers perpetrated by thieves who are using a modified version of the ZeuS [...]
“A federal investigation into last year’s cyber attack on Nasdaq OMX Group found surprisingly lax security practices that made the exchange operator an easy target for hackers, people with knowledge of the probe said. The sources did not want to be identified because the matter is classified.” Source: EXCLUSIVE: Lax security at Nasdaq helped hackers [...]
“Data from Norway’s oil and defense industries may have been stolen in what is feared to be one of the most extensive data espionage cases in the country’s history, security officials said Thursday. Industrial secrets from companies were stolen and “sent out digitally from the country,” the Norwegian National Security Authority said, though it did [...]
“Online “hacktivist” group Anonymous has attacked the websites of El Salvador’s presidency and government ministries, forcing several to be shut down, officials said Sunday. The group’s “Operation Justice El Salvador” has “tried to attack our website to publicize the private information of internal and external users,” the economy ministry said in a statement on the [...]
“The Pentagon’s advanced research arm, which played a key role in developing the Internet 40 years ago, said on Monday it will boost efforts to build offensive cyber arms for possible use against enemy targets by the U.S. military.” Source: DARPA declares it will develop arsenal of cyber-weapons – The Globe and Mail
“The United States should be more open about its development of offensive cyber weapons and spell out when it will use them as it grapples with an increasing barrage of attacks by foreign hackers, the former No. 2 uniformed officer in the U.S. military said.” Source: Ex-U.S. general urges frank talk on cyber weapons | [...]
“Federal authorities are concerned about new research showing U.S. prisons are vulnerable to computer hackers, who could remotely open cell doors to aid jailbreaks.” Source: Feds concerned about hackers opening prison doors – Washington Times
“Hey, China and Russia, get off of our clouds. That’s the warning from a new U.S. national intelligence director’s report to Congress released Thursday that states China and Russia are the biggest perpetrators of economic espionage through the Internet. “ Source: U.S. Calls Out China And Russia For Cyber Espionage Costing Billions | Fox News
Not that he has anything to gain from an environment where cyberterrorism is feared… “”But we are close, very close, to cyber terrorism. Perhaps already the criminals have sold their skills to the terrorists – and then…oh, God.” Speaking privately at the London Cyber Conference, Kaspersky told Sky that he believed that cyber terrorism was [...]
