“Officials say cyber attacks have shut down the websites of the two main Palestinian news agencies, the official Wafa and the privately run Maan.” (Source: Websites of 2 Palestinian news agencies brought down by cyber attack – The Washington Post.)
“Internet hackers on Tuesday attacked the website of the second Brazilian bank in two days and vowed to continue the disruptions all week.” (Source: Hackers Attack Second Brazilian Bank’s Website – WSJ.com.)
“Symantec Corp took the rare step of advising customers to stop using one of its products, saying its pcAnywhere software for accessing remote PCs is at increased risk of getting hacked after blueprints of that software were stolen.” (Source: Symantec tells customers to disable pcAnywhere software | Reuters.)
“The Departments of Justice and Finance websites in the Irish Republic were both taken offline for a time on Wednesday in an apparent cyber attack. Both sites were down for about an hour after being targeted by hackers.” (Source: BBC News – Cyber attack crashes Irish government website.)
“Not even a whole week after Zappos was hacked, our favorite hosting service, DreamHost, has also had a breach. They say there’s “no evidence that customer passwords were taken”, but they”re pushing out password changes to everyone just to be safe.” (Source: DreamHost Hacked; Change Your Passwords Now.)
“The US government has closed down one of the world’s largest filesharing websites, accusing its founders of racketeering, money laundering and presiding over “massive” online piracy. According to prosecutors, Megaupload illegally cheated copyright holders out of $500m in revenue as part of a criminal enterprise spanning five years.” Source: US government hits Megaupload with mega [...]
“In one of the U.S. government’s largest anti-piracy crackdowns ever, federal agents on Thursday arrested the leaders of and shut down Megaupload.com, a popular hub for illegal media downloads.” (Anonymous attacks DOJ site after feds shut down Megaupload – Jan. 19, 2012)
“Hackers attacked the websites of the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange and El Al Israel Airlines Ltd. (ELAL), slowing down access after a pro-Palestinian computer group calling itself “Nightmare” warned of an imminent assault. “ (Source: Hackers Assault Tel Aviv Stock Exchange – Bloomberg.)
“Online retailer Zappos.com is asking its 24 million customers to reset their passwords after a cyberattack, according to a posting on the company’s website.”
“A computer virus infected a data terminal at Japan’s space agency, causing a leak of potentially sensitive information, officials announced today (Jan. 13).” (Source: Computer Virus Swipes Data from Japan’s Space Agency | JAXA & Space Exploration | Computer Viruses & Malware | SecurityNewsDaily.)
