“Only hours after two of its biggest releases ever, the online collective Anonymous is taking credit for crashing the website of the US Department of Homeland Security. Shortly before 4 p.m. EST Friday afternoon, the Homeland Security Department’s website, DHS.gov, was taken offline. It was announced on the Web by members of the loose-knit hacktivist [...]
“Ukrainian government websites have suffered a two-day cyber attack after the authorities closed a popular file-sharing service. The police have withdrawn the blocking order, but their investigation into alleged piracy is very much ongoing. Users lost access to dozens of official websites in Ukraine after they came under attack on Tuesday. Websites belonging to the [...]
“Internet giant VeriSign was hacked repeatedly in 2010 resulting in the theft of undisclosed information and raising questions about the integrity of security certificates issued by the company as well as its domain name service.” Source: VeriSign Hit by Hackers in 2010 | Threat Level | Wired.com
“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.)
“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.)
“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)
“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.)
“A new strain of the Sykipot malware is being used by Chinese cyber criminals to compromise US Department of Defense (DoD) smart cards, a new report has revealed. “ (Chinese ‘attack US DoD Smart Cards’ with Sykipot Malware)
“Danny Ayalon, Israel’s deputy foreign minister described the attack as “a breach of sovereignty comparable to a terrorist operation, and must be treated as such”, adding, “Israel has active capabilities for striking at those who are trying to harm it, and no agency or hacker will be immune from retaliatory action.”” (Source: Hackers post Israeli [...]
