cyberthreats

'Anonymous' hackers declare war on Orlando

"The hacker group Anonymous on Monday declared war against the city of Orlando, Florida, over the arrest of people handing out food to homeless people, according to a report in The Washington Post. In a press release, the group announced the creation of "Operation Orlando" over the city's treatment of the Food Not Bombs group. " Source: 'Anonymous' hackers declare war on Orlando - TODAY Tech - TODAY.com ›
CyberATTACK

Richmond-based supermarket's website hit by cyberattack

"Richmond-based T & T Supermarket Inc. said today that its website was hit by a cyberattack that may have compromised the personal data of 58,000 people. Hackers may have accessed databases of customer information, including names, passwords, ages, genders, email addresses, street addresses and phone numbers. T & T does not collect credit card information, ›
CyberSECURITY

Sony security breach lawsuit seeks class action status

"Sony Corp laid off employees in a unit responsible for network security two weeks before a massive data breach, according to a lawsuit filed this week. Sony also spent lavishly on security to protect its own corporate information, while failing to do the same for its customers' data, the proposed class action lawsuit alleges." Source: Sony laid off emplo ›
CyberATTACK

Hackers break into Arizona police computers

"Computer hackers who previously broke into a U.S. Senate server and brought down the CIA web site struck an Arizona police web site on Thursday, releasing dozens of internal documents over the Internet. Lulz Security, saying it opposed a tough anti-immigration law in Arizona, said it was releasing documents that related to border control and other law enf ›


CyberCRIME

Hack attack pushes Bitcoin to the brink

"Bitcoin, an online currency beloved of libertarians and technophiles, which had been threatening to break into the mainstream, was facing the worst crisis of its two-year existence last night after hackers brought down its biggest exchange. The attack, an apparent attempt to steal the contents of users' online accounts and convert them into real money, is the latest in a ›
CyberATTACK

Dropbox Left User Accounts Unlocked for 4 Hours Sunday

"At a time when hackers are on a tear looting information willy-nilly from insecure sites on the Web, Dropbox did the unthinkable Sunday — it allowed anyone in the world to access any one of its 25 million customers’ online storage lockers — simply by typing in any password." (Dropbox Left User Accounts Unlocked for 4 Hours Sunday | Threat Level | Wir ›
CyberTHREATS

LulzSec teams up with Anonymous; announces 'Operation Anti-Security'

"Maybe we have seen just the tip of the iceberg. Leaving behind some rather bitter moments between other hacker groups, including Anonymous, LulzSec announced its decision to team up with Anonymous. 'To increase efforts, we are now teaming up with the Anonymous collective and all affiliated battleships.' The hacke ›
CyberCRIME

Customer's personal information stolen from Sega database

"Hackers have stolen personal information from over 1.2 million customers of the Japanese gaming company SEGA, according to a company statement. The breach occurred Friday and targeted user data from subsidiary "SEGA Pass", which is operated by Britain-based SEGA Europe Limited (SEL)." Source: Customer's personal information stolen from Sega database – ›
CyberSECURITY

Deputy Secretary Lynn Details Anti-Cyber Threat Strategy

" The world is at a crossroads in the development of threats in the cyber realm, Deputy Defense Secretary William J. Lynn III said here today. More destructive attack capabilities are being developed but haven’t yet been used, Lynn told participants in the Center for Strategic Decision Research’s 28th International Workshop on Global Security. And the ›
CyberWAR

China military paper urges steps against U.S. cyber war threat

"China must boost its cyber-warfare strength to counter a Pentagon push, the country's top military newspaper said on Thursday after weeks of friction over accusations that Beijing may have launched a string of Internet hacking attacks. The accusations against China have centered on an intrusion into the security networks of Lockheed Martin Corp and other ›
CyberCRIME

New Malware Steals Your Bitcoin

"In a sure sign that the virtual currency Bitcoin has hit the mainstream, a new Trojan horse program discovered in the wild Thursday seeks out and steals victims’ Bitcoin wallets, the same way other malware goes for their banking passwords or credit card numbers. The malware, Infostealer.Coinbit, is fairly simple: it targets Windows machines and zeroes in on the standar ›
CyberATTACK

Hackers attack Malaysian government websites

"Hackers have disrupted Malaysian government websites, authorities said Thursday, following threats by anti-censorship "Anonymous" activists and a cyberattack on the CIA by an allied group. The strike against 51 government websites, which disrupted at least 41 of them according to Malaysia's Internet watchdog, came after the Anonymous group sabotaged Turki ›
CyberSECURITY

Citigroup latest to report data breach

"Citigroup's acknowledgment Thursday of a major data breach of customer account information is the latest in a string of reported cyberattacks on companies, schools and government agencies that could match or exceed last year's record 597 disclosures." Source: Citigroup latest to report data breach - USATODAY.com ›