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Chinese Hackers group 'Comment Crew' is still active and operating under cover | https://thehackernews.com/2013/06/Comment-Crew-Chinese-Hackers.html | Security experts are confident that the Chinese hackers group known as Comment Crew is still operating under cover. "The Comment Crew is back again" this is the rumor within Intelligence community, researchers suspect the involvement of the group of hackers in the recent cyber dispute between U.S. and China.
Let's mak... | Cyber_Attack |
LulzSec hacker Jeremy Hammond pleads guilty to Stratfor attack, could face 10 years in prison | https://thehackernews.com/2013/05/lulzsec-hacker-jeremy-hammond-pleads.html | A computer hacker linked to the group known as Anonymous and LulzSec pleaded guilty on Tuesday to breaking into Stratfor, a global intelligence company.
Hammond, 28, was arrested last March and charged with hacking into the computers of Stratfor. Jeremy Hammond and other members of AntiSec, stole confidential informat... | Cyber_Attack |
First Large Cyber Espionage Activity against Pakistan Emanating From India | https://thehackernews.com/2013/05/first-large-cyber-espionage-activity.html | Cyber Security researchers have discovered a family of information stealing malware targeting Pakistan that originates out of India.
Norman Shark, the global security leader in malware analysis solutions for enterprises, service providers and government, today released a report detailing a large and sophisticated cybe... | Cyber_Attack |
U.S. Department of Defense Officials are potential target of cyber espionage via social networking sites | https://thehackernews.com/2013/05/us-department-of-defense-officials-are.html | In the recent months I had the opportunity to conduct an interesting study on the use of Social Media in the Military Sector, large diffusion of media platforms makes them very attractive for governments and intelligence agencies. Social media platforms reveal enormous potentiality that could be exploited also in criti... | Cyber_Attack |
Lulzsec hackers to be sentenced for cyber attacks on the CIA and Pentagon | https://thehackernews.com/2013/05/lulzsec-hackers-to-be-sentenced-for.html | Four men accused of launching online attacks under the banner of LulzSec appeared in a London courtroom Wednesday for sentencing. Ryan Ackroyd, Jake Davis, Mustafa al-Bassam and Ryan Cleary have all pleaded guilty to hacking offences.
The name Lulzsec is a combination of 'lulz' or 'lols', "LAUGHING AT YOUR SECURITY" m... | Cyber_Attack |
Researchers uncovered new malware used by Chinese cyber criminals | https://thehackernews.com/2013/05/researchers-uncovered-new-malware-used.html | Trend Micro researchers have uncovered a new backdoor pieces of malware from the Winnti family, which are mainly used by a Chinese cyber criminal group to target South East Asian organizations from the video gaming sector.
Winnti malware used by hackers to hijack control of web users systems using a new backdoor conta... | Cyber_Attack |
Internet Explorer 8 zero-day attack spreads on 9 other sites | https://thehackernews.com/2013/05/internet-explorer-8-zero-day-attack.html | Watering hole Internet Explorer 8 zero-day attack on the US Department of Labor website last week has spread to 9 more global websites over the weekend, including those run by a big European company operating in the aerospace, defense, and security industries as well as non-profit groups and institutes
Attacks exploit... | Cyber_Attack |
Anonymous Hackers Launch #OpUSA against US Banking and Government Agencies | https://thehackernews.com/2013/05/anonymous-hackers-launch-opusa-against.html | #OpUSA campaign is officially started, the day has come, today May 7 as announced by Anonymous, a coordinated online attack will hit Banking and government websites. The announcement made by popular group of hacktivists is creating great concerns between US security experts in charge of defense the potential targets.
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UK banks hit by Ramnit banking malware and social engineering attacks | https://thehackernews.com/2013/05/uk-banks-hit-by-ramnit-banking-malware.html | A dangerous variant of the Ramnit malware has been discovered targeting the UK's financial sector. Trusteer claims to have discovered an interesting trojan based attack technique that injects highly convincing and interactive real-time messages into the user Web stream that they encounter when logging into a UK online ... | Cyber_Attack |
Suspected Hacker arrested for World's Biggest DDoS attack against Spamhaus | https://thehackernews.com/2013/04/suspected-hacker-arrested-for-worlds.html | The Dutch police have confirmed the arrest of a 35-year-old man suspected of taking part in a massive DDoS attack against the anti-spam group Spamhaus back in March. The attack's bandwidth peaked at over 300Gbps, making it the largest DDoS attack in history. Their target, Spamhaus, is a company which creates blacklists... | Cyber_Attack |
50 million customers compromised in LivingSocial hack | https://thehackernews.com/2013/04/50-million-customers-compromised-in.html | LivingSocial, a daily deals website part-owned by Amazon Inc., hit by a cyber attack that may have affected more than 50 million customers and will need to reset their passwords. LivingSocial says it has 70 million members worldwide.
Leaked data includes names, e-mail addresses, dates of birth and encrypted passwords... | Cyber_Attack |
Three LulzSec hackers pleads guilty To NHS, Sony Attacks | https://thehackernews.com/2013/04/three-lulzsec-hackers-pleads-guilty-to.html | Three members of the high profile internet hacktivist group LulzSec have admitted to their parts in a series of cyber attacks against the NHS, Sony and News International.
Ryan Ackroyd, Jake Davis and Mustafa Al-Bassam, pleaded guilty to one charge of carrying out an unauthorized act to impair the operation of a compu... | Cyber_Attack |
#OpIsrael - 7 APRIL Anonymous calls to army for massive attack against Israel | https://thehackernews.com/2013/04/opisrael-7-april-anonymous-calls-to.html | We are on the eve of the fateful day, April 7th, the collective of Anonymous announced a massive cyber attack against the state of Israel as part of the campaign started in the last months and named #OpIsrael.
The hacktivists are conducting a massive call to army to recruit new forces and inform all the members of coll... | Cyber_Attack |
Massive cyber attack on South Korean banks and TV broadcasters | https://thehackernews.com/2013/03/massive-cyber-attack-on-south-korean.html | Computer networks at major South Korean banks and top TV broadcasters crashed simultaneously Wednesday, during a Massive cyber attack. South Korean police investigating reports from several major broadcasters and banks.
least three broadcasters KBS, MBC and YTN and the Shinhan and Nonghyu banks reported that their comp... | Cyber_Attack |
Cyber 9/11, cyber doomsday...between fear and need for action | https://thehackernews.com/2013/03/cyber-911-cyber-doomsdaybetween-fear.html | It's not a mystery, every nation is worried of the level of security of its infrastructure, the United States are among the most concerned governments due the high number of cyber-attack against its networks.
US Government representative such us former States Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta and Secretary of Homeland... | Cyber_Attack |
Chinese hackers infiltrate Indian Defence Research Organisation | https://thehackernews.com/2013/03/chinese-hackers-infiltrate-indian.html | According to an exclusive report published today by DNA news, the computers of highly sensitive Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) have reportedly been hacked by Chinese hackers as biggest security breach in the Indian Defence ever.
Infiltrate leading to the leak of thousands of top secret files rela... | Cyber_Attack |
Iran blocks most virtual private network (VPN) services | https://thehackernews.com/2013/03/iran-blocks-most-virtual-private.html | IRAN has spent years fending off cyber attacks, blocking access and isolated their own intranet off from the outside world. Many Iranians was using of virtual private network (VPNs), which provides encrypted links directly to private networks based abroad, to access Sites like YouTube and Facebook after bypassing the c... | Cyber_Attack |
Reserve Bank of Australia Hacked by Chinese malware | https://thehackernews.com/2013/03/reserve-bank-of-australia-hacked-by.html | If hackers want to get into your computer network, they will find a way. You can make it harder but you can't stop them.
According to Australian Financial Review report on Monday, the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) was hacked by hackers who infiltrated its networks and allegedly stole information using a Chinese piece... | Cyber_Attack |
Pakistan Government servers messed up after security breach | https://thehackernews.com/2013/03/pakistan-government-servers-messed-up.html | Today a cyber attack on Pakistan Government servers crash many Government departments's official websites including Ministry of Information Technology, Ministry of Railways, Ministry of Economic Affairs & Statistics, Ministry of Interior, Ministry of Religious Affairs, Ministry of Science and Technology, Ministry of En... | Cyber_Attack |
Microsoft becomes latest victim of Cyber attack | https://thehackernews.com/2013/02/microsoft-becomes-latest-victim-of.html | Microsoft has become the latest victim of to Cyber attack and confirm that small number of its computers, including some in its Mac software business unit, were infected with malware.
Microsoft added, malicious software used in a cyber attack is very similar to those experienced by Facebook and Apple recently. Micros... | Cyber_Attack |
Security firm Bit9 hacked, Stolen Digital Certs Used To Sign Malware | https://thehackernews.com/2013/02/security-firm-bit9-hacked-stolen.html | Bit9 disclosed Friday that hackers had stolen digital code signing certificates from its network and have utilized it to sign malware. Bit9, a company that provides software and network security services to the U.S. government and at least 30 Fortune 100 firms.
"As a result, a malicious third party was able to illegal... | Cyber_Attack |
Hackers breach Twitter and 250,000 accounts compromised | https://thehackernews.com/2013/02/hackers-breach-twitter-and-250000.html | In recent The Hacker News updates, we have reported about some major hacking events and critical vulnerabilities i.e Cyber attack and spying on The New York Times and Wall Street Journal by Chinese Hackers, Security Flaws in UPnP protocol, Botnet attack hack 16,000 Facebook accounts, 700,000 accounts hacked in Africa a... | Cyber_Attack |
I hack, reflection on the role of hacker | https://thehackernews.com/2013/01/i-hack-reflection-on-role-of-hacker.html | The role of hacker is recognized as crucial today in cyber security, these specialists are the nightmare of security experts but their knowledge is fundamental to understand the vulnerabilities of our infrastructures … think like a hacker if you want really protect your system.
But hacking is a culture, a way of life ... | Cyber_Attack |
Malware Infects US Power Plants through USB Drives | https://thehackernews.com/2013/01/malware-infects-us-powers-through-usb.html | The US Department of Homeland Security's Cyber Emergency Response Team has released a report, which stated that two American electrical power plants were compromised late last year and has identified a number of glaring electronic vulnerabilities.
Some unknown malware infected two power plants control systems using un... | Cyber_Attack |
Israel preparing Cyber Iron Dome Shield | https://thehackernews.com/2013/01/israel-preparing-cyber-iron-dome-shield.html | Israel's Prime Minister officially opened a new national program to train teenagers in the art of cyberwarfare. The program named "Magshimim Le'umit", is to prepare them for their future role in the military and intelligence community.
Israel Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu said the country's computer systems are fa... | Cyber_Attack |
Stuxnet is Back ! Iran reported another cyber attack | https://thehackernews.com/2012/12/stuxnet-is-back-iran-reported-another_26.html | Iran claims to have repelled a fresh cyber attack on its industrial units in a southern province. In the last few years, various Iranian industrial, nuclear and government bodies have recently come under growing cyber attacks, widely believed to be designed and staged by the US and Israel.
A power plant and other ind... | Cyber_Attack |
Al-Qaida sites knocked offline before release of 'Salil al-Sawarim 3' movie | https://thehackernews.com/2012/12/al-qaida-sites-knocked-offline-before.html | U.S. intelligence sources confirmed that, Official websites of Al-Qaida were knocked offline two weeks back and still down due to DDoS attack. According to source, "This is one of the longest disruptions the organization has experienced since it set up its online distribution system in 2006. Al-Qaida also was hit by a ... | Cyber_Attack |
Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Cyber Fighters threaten American Banks again | https://thehackernews.com/2012/12/izz-ad-din-al-qassam-cyber-fighters.html | The Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Cyber Fighters published a new message on their Pastebin profile , warning of a new round of cyber attacks against U.S. financial institutions, beginning this week.
In September and October, al-Qassam launched widespread distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks against numerous banking web... | Cyber_Attack |
#opIsrael - Hackers hit Israel with mass Cyber Attack over Gaza | https://thehackernews.com/2012/11/opisrael-hackers-hit-israel-with-mass.html | Protesting against attacks taking place on Gaza, Anonymous hackers attempts to hack most of the Israel websites in the past few days. "government and private websites are under siege from hackers, who have mounted 44 million cyberattacks in less than a week", the government said.
Today Pakistani Hackers also deface Isr... | Cyber_Attack |
Stuxnet virus also infected Chevron's IT network | https://thehackernews.com/2012/11/stuxnet-virus-also-infected-chevrons-it.html | Stuxnet, a sophisticated computer virus created by the United States and Israel, to spy on and attack Iran's nuclear enrichment facilities in Natanz also infected Chevron 's network in 2010, immediately after it spread into the wild. This Government created virus Now Infecting Corporations also.
Chevron oil giant foun... | Cyber_Attack |
Virus threat hit Israeli Foreign Ministry computers | https://thehackernews.com/2012/10/virus-threat-hit-israeli-foreign.html | A number of Israel's government offices have fallen victim to a cyber attack over the past week, one apparently aimed at slipping a "Trojan horse" into the computer servers at these ministries.
Israeli police immediately pulled the national computer network from the civilian Internet after this cyber threat . A Trojan... | Cyber_Attack |
How to Minimize Web Application Security Risk ! | https://thehackernews.com/2012/10/how-to-minimize-web-application.html | With Web applications remaining a popular target for attackers, Web app security sometimes seems like a digital version of the "Good, the Bad and the Ugly." Vulnerabilities in web applications are now the largest vector of enterprise security attacks.
Web application security is much more challenging than infrastructu... | Cyber_Attack |
miniFlame - A New cyber espionage malware discovered | https://thehackernews.com/2012/10/miniflame-new-cyber-espionage-malware.html | Kaspersky has discovered new malware dubbed 'miniFlame', cyber espionage software directly linked to Flame. This new nation-state espionage malware that has ties to two previous espionage tools known as Flame and Gauss, and that appears to be a "high-precision, surgical attack tool" targeting victims in Lebanon, Iran a... | Cyber_Attack |
Another Cyber attack Hit Regions Bank and SunTrust | https://thehackernews.com/2012/10/another-cyber-attack-hit-regions-bank.html | As warned by Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Cyber Fighters They launched another distributed denial-of-service (DDOS) attack against the website of Regions Financial Corp (regions.com) and SunTrust. The computer attacks burden the bank websites with heavy traffic volume that causes slow service for the sites or makes them comple... | Cyber_Attack |
Anonymous threatened Estonian government with a possible cyber attack | https://thehackernews.com/2012/10/anonymous-threatened-estonian.html | Anonymous Hackers AnonSwedenOp posted a video on YouTube on October 8 where it threatened the Estonian government with a possible cyber attack.
"Estonian government had sacrificed its own people instead of helping its own people, Estonian government has channelled money to helping Greece that is much better off."
"Es... | Cyber_Attack |
Swedish authorities raid on PRQ prompts new cyber attack from Anonymous | https://thehackernews.com/2012/10/swedish-authorities-raid-on-prq-prompts.html | Computer hackers claiming to be from the Anonymous network took over the official website of Sweden's National Board of Health and Welfare. The attacks come just days after police on Monday raided a Stockholm-based webhosting company, PRQ, and a video was posted on YouTube - allegedly made on behalf of the hacker group... | Cyber_Attack |
Google Warning about New State Sponsored Attacks | https://thehackernews.com/2012/10/google-warning-about-new-state.html | "Warning: We believe state-sponsored attackers may be attempting to compromise your account or computer." From last 3 months Google users were surprised to see this unusual notification at the top of their Gmail inbox, Google home page or Chrome browser. These warnings are not being shown because Google's internal syst... | Cyber_Attack |
Chinese hackers attack on White House computers | https://thehackernews.com/2012/10/chinese-hackers-attack-on-white-house.html | The White House acknowledged Monday that one of its computer networks was hit by a cyber attack, but said there was no breach of any classified systems and no indication any data was lost. Including systems used by the military for nuclear commands were breached by Chinese hackers.
A conservative newspaper that has be... | Cyber_Attack |
Cyber Attacks on Six Major American Banks | https://thehackernews.com/2012/10/cyber-attacks-on-six-major-american.html | According to reports, some of the United States biggest financial institutions including Wells Fargo, JPMorgan Chase, Bank of America, Citigroup, and Bancorp were hit by a series of cyber attacks last week, by a group claiming Middle Eastern ties, that caused Internet blackouts and delays in online banking.
The banks ... | Cyber_Attack |
9 million PCs infected with ZeroAccess botnet | https://thehackernews.com/2012/09/9-million-pcs-infected-with-zeroaccess.html | In recent months, we've seen the rootkit family Win32/Sirefef and Win64/Sirefef (also known as ZeroAccess Botnet) update its command and control protocol and grow to infect more computers while connecting to over one million computers globally.
Before, disclosed that it creates its own hidden partition on the hard dri... | Cyber_Attack |
Bharatiya Janata Party website defaced by Anonymous Hackers | https://thehackernews.com/2012/09/bharatiya-janata-party-website-defaced.html | Hackers from Indian Anonymous Group hacked Bharatiya Janata Party's website, BJP.org, last night, and defaced it.
They post a set of messages with pictures, reflecting the group's condemnation of recent events including the government's approval of 51% FDI in multi-brand retail, diesel price hike, corruption, the cart... | Cyber_Attack |
Bank of America Website under Cyber Attack from Islamic Hackers | https://thehackernews.com/2012/09/bank-of-america-website-under-cyber.html | Bank of America's website experienced periodic outages Tuesday due to cyber attacks launched in retaliation for "Innocence of Muslims," the amateurish film whose mocking portrait of the Prophet Muhammad has incited deadly riots throughout the Middle East.
"Cyber fighters of Izz ad-din Al qassam" said it would attack t... | Cyber_Attack |
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