The European Civil Liberties Committee is looking to bring down the hammer on hackers and those who would target security vulnerabilities for malicious purposes. They set forth a new proposal that would make hacking a criminal offense throughout the European Union, with offenders facing up to two years in prison….
FBI Cyber Chief Says US Losing War With Hackers (March 28, 2012)
In an interview with the Wall Street Journal, FBI cyber chief Shawn Henry said that the US is "not winning" the war waged by hackers on corporate networks……. View full post on SANS NewsBites View full post on National Cyber Security
What to do if you fear hackers have compromised your credit card
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What to do if you fear hackers have compromised your credit card
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Multinational swoop nets two hackers: S.Korea police
Two young hackers have been arrested in the Netherlands and Australia in a multinational operation prompted by tips from a South Korean student, police said Thursday. View full post on Security News Headlines – Yahoo! News View full post on National Cyber Security
Hackers face two year jail terms under new EU proposals
Individuals convicted of a wide range of hacking offences in the EU will face a minimum of 2 years in prison anywhere in the 27-nation bloc under new proposals accepted by an influential European Parliament committee. View full post on hacking tools – Yahoo! News Search Results View full post…
Microsoft Aids Authorities By Hacking Web Hackers
(CNN) — It sounds like something out of a crime drama: Microsoft, escorted by U.S. Marshals, raided two web-hosting companies Friday. Normally it's the feds who raid the bad guys, but in this case, Microsoft received a warrant against a cyber Mafia crime ring to seize control of servers and…
SXSW: ‘Hot-spot honeypot’ hacker’s heaven
Darren Kitchen, 29, founder of Hak5 and creator of the WiFi Pineapple Mark IV honeypot. (Credit: Declan McCullagh/CNET) AUSTIN, Texas–Some funny things were happening at the South by Southwest conference here today. My virtual private network connection kept getting disabled, and even stranger, on a friend’s laptop a window popped…
Why small business is a prime target for hackers
If you run a small business, and think that none of your data was of interest to a hacker, consider this: what if a hacker could take stolen bank account or credit card information from your computer and package it with the same information from a hundred or a thousand…
Meet The Hackers Who Sell Spies The Tools To Crack Your PC
This story appears in the April 9th issue of Forbes magazine. -run competition in -Vancouver last month, the search giant's famously secure Chrome Web browser fell to hackers twice. View full post on hacking tools – Yahoo! News Search Results View full post on National Cyber Security
