“Google says it has detected and derailed several email-based phishing attacks targeting tens of thousands of Iranian users during the past few weeks in what appears to be a politically motivated campaign. Eric Grosse, vice president of security engineering at Google, said in a blog post that for three weeks Google has been spotting and [...]
“Turkey suffers massive cyber attack after several hacktivists started to participate in the ongoing hacking operation against Turkey government. ‘#OpTurkey’,the operation was launched in retaliation to the violent police response against protesters.” Source: #OpTurkey: Hacktivists hit Turkey with massive Cyber attack – E Hacker News
“From a small startup that was hacked by Anonymous to a cleaning firm that fell prey to a Nigerian scam, these five small businesses explain how cyberattacks hurt their firms.” Source:Cyberattacks devastated my business! – Hacked by Anonymous (1) – CNNMoney
“Designs for many of the nation’s most sensitive advanced weapons systems have been compromised by Chinese hackers, according to a report prepared for the Pentagon and to officials from government and the defense industry. Among more than two dozen major weapons systems whose designs were breached were programs critical to U.S. missile defenses and combat [...]
“Several of Sky’s Android apps have been removed from the Google Play store after they were targeted by the Syrian Electronic Army hacking collective. It follows an attack which saw the logos of six of the UK broadcaster’s apps replaced by that of the SEA.” Source:BBC News – Sky apps defaced by Syrian Electronic Army [...]
“Up to 22 million login names may have been stolen during a hack attack on Yahoo Japan. A file of ID details for about one tenth of its 200 million members was stolen during the attack, it said.” Source:BBC News – Millions hit by Yahoo Japan hack attack
“Hacking attacks that fizzle can be just as dangerous as those that don’t. This week, the loosely coordinated Anonymous hacking crew promised an all-out assault against U.S. government and banking websites in retaliation for drone attacks and the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Tuesday was supposed to be a day of ‘justice for the downtrodden,’ [...]
“Damaging as the bandwidth-choking attacks were, they were merely smokescreens. Once employees dropped their guard to fight one attack, hackers struck again, exploiting the openings to steal account information and create counterfeit debit cards. One attack was so fast that, within two hours, $9 million was withdrawn from automated teller machines in 46 cities” Source: [...]
“An ‘underground’ website famed for selling drugs and other illegal items has been targeted in a cyberattack. It appears the site suffered from a Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attack over the course of Tuesday and Wednesday.” Source:BBC News – Dark web drugs site Silk Road knocked offline by hacker
At what point are shareholders able to sue for negligence? That question has been haunting the cyber domain for a decade… “QinetiQ’s espionage expertise didn’t keep Chinese cyber- spies from outwitting the company. In a three-year operation, hackers linked to China’s military infiltrated QinetiQ’s computers and compromised most if not all of the company’s research. [...]
