Leaders of a Central Texas county have blamed hackers on an international calling spree for a phone bill that’s at least $27,000 higher than usual. The Temple Daily Telegram reports experts believe hackers infiltrated Bell County’s phone system from Nov. 30 to Dec. 2. Auditor Donna Eakin says the…
Panda Hackers Tried for Online Gambling
Two Chinese hackers, previously imprisoned for creating a notorious computer virus, stood trial again on Thursday for allegedly running online gambling games. A court in Lishui City, east China’s Zhejiang Province, heard the case against 26 people including Zhang Shun and Li Jun, creators of “joss-stick burning panda” that…
MAKE PASSWORDS SAFE FROM POTENTIAL HACKERS
NEW YORK – Security experts say passwords for more than 2 million Facebook, Google and other accounts have been compromised and circulated online, just the latest example of breaches involving leading Internet companies. Some services including Twitter have responded by disabling the affected passwords. But there are several things you…
Washington Post servers breached by hackers
According to a story posted on the newspaper’s website, hackers targeted Washington Post servers and accessed employee logins and passwords. Workers are being asked to change their passwords. The Post said the extent of the breach is not yet clear, though it does not look like subscriber data, including credit card information, was stolen. It also…
Wi-Fi sharing can attract hackers
My sister has a condo, and she provides Wi-Fi for the renters. A neighboring condo owner wants to know whether he can have access to her Wi-Fi for his renters. What are the risks of providing open access to her Wi-Fi? — Mary Q., via email You know, Mary,…
US-funded Radio Free Europe again hit by hackers
U.S.-funded Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty says its news services have been disrupted by a cyberattack for the second time in two months. The Prague-based broadcaster says the latest intermittent cyber warfare began Sunday. It says the attackers have been flooding computer servers with fake traffic from many computers infected…
Anonymous Australia Sends Clear Message to Indonesian Hackers re: #OpAustralia
Over the past week Indonesian hackers have been attacking innocent Australian businesses, education websites and even charity’s in protest to the Australian government, more so ASIO spying on Indonesia. Since then a lot of Australians have voiced how stupid these attacks are and that the people of Australia have done…
Hundreds of Australian Websites Attacked for #OpAustralia By Indonesian Hackers, Threats Made To Australia
Today has seen hundreds of websites owned and operated by Australian private businesses defaced by Indonesian hackers who are opposed to the recent news that Australia and NSA together had spied on Indonesia in the past, see here. View full post on Cyber War News Read More…. View full post…
Hundreds of Australian Websites Attacked for #OpAustralia By Indonesian Hackers
Today has seen hundreds of websites owned and operated by Australian private businesses defaced by Indonesian hackers who are opposed to the recent news that Australia and NSA together had spied on Indonesia in the past, see here. View full post on Cyber War News Read More…. View full post…
Global Exchanges Forge Cyber Security Alliance Against Hackers
Under siege by hackers, global financial exchanges announced plans on Thursday to team up by forming the industry’s first cyber security commission aimed at protecting global capital markets. Financial exchanges have giant cyber bull’s eyes on them as they represent an opportunity for financially-motivated hackers and ideologically-driven hacktivists alike. Disrupting trading on a major exchange…
