“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 [...]
“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.)
“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 [...]
“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.)
“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)
“The IDF is assembling elite teams of computer hackers to lead the nation’s cyber-warfare efforts. The move comes amid concern over the growing threat to Israel’s civilian and military networks from Iran, senior officers said.” (Source: IDF building elite hacker teams amid cyber thr… JPost – Defense.)
“Despite the increased frequency and severity of online crime and espionage in 2011, many American corporations and consumers are still not taking the threat seriously, the FBI’s top cyber official said Thursday. The risk posed by criminal hackers is “existential, meaning it could eliminate whole companies,” said Shawn Henry, the FBI’s executive assistant director. If [...]
“A Pentagon pilot program that uses classified National Security Agency data to protect the computer networks of defense contractors has had some success but also has failed to meet some expectations, according to a study commissioned by the Defense Department. The program showed that Internet carriers could be trusted to handle the NSA data, that [...]
