LOS ANGELES — The hacker group known as LulzSec appears to be back after many months of lying low, claiming to have exposed the e-mail accounts of nearly 171,000 members of the military. The group, which in 2011 went after government agencies and companies including the FBI, CIA, Sony and the…
Google faces class action lawsuits in US over new privacy policy
Google faces consumer complaints in federal courts in New York and California that claim that its new privacy policy violates the company’s earlier policies, which promised that information provided by a user for one service would not be used by another service without consent. The Internet company is being charged…
Iran Cyber Army in Action, Azerbaijani TV Down !
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Taking Action: Morgan County Woman Warns of Scam After Using Credit Card to Place Puppy Ad
The Huntsville Times confirms they've contacted Huntsville Police A Morgan County woman, who placed an ad in The Huntsville Times, says she stumbled onto a scam that police are now investigating. View full post on credit card scam – Yahoo! News Search Results View full post on National Cyber Security
Taking Action: Morgan County Woman Warns of Scam After Using Credit Card to Place Ad
The Huntsville Times confirms they've contacted Huntsville Police. A Morgan County woman, who placed an ad in The Huntsville Times, says she stumbled onto a scam that police are now investigating. View full post on credit card scam – Yahoo! News Search Results View full post on National Cyber Security
Koobface gang turns off command servers, as Russian police explain lack of action
The publication of a detailed probe into the alleged members of the Koobface malware gang appears to have had an instant impact. But there’s no sign that the Russian authorities are planning to investigate the alleged gang anytime soon. View full post on Naked Security – Sophos View full post…
Iran vows action against cyber terrorism
JERUSALEM, ISRAEL: Israel said the online publication of thousands of its citizens’ credit card details by a hacker who says he is based in Saudi Arabia was comparable to terrorism, and promised to hit back. View full post on cyber terrorism – Yahoo! News Search Results View full post on…
Facebook takes action after computer worm siphons 45,000 login details
London, Jan 7 (ANI): Social networking giant Facebook has acted to stop the spread of a new computer worm that has stolen over 45,000 login credentials. According to computer security experts, the Ramnit worm has been spreading since April 2010, but was only recently adapted to target Facebook details. A…
Facebook takes action after computer worm siphons 45,000 login details
London, Jan 7 (ANI): Social networking giant Facebook has acted to stop the spread of a new computer worm that has stolen over 45,000 login credentials. According to computer security experts, the Ramnit worm has been spreading since April 2010, but was only recently adapted to target Facebook details. A…
Your IT security action plan for 2012
Rather than a comprehensive list of everything an IT security organisation should plan on doing in the new year, I’m going to share with you some of the things that many probably haven’t even considered for their 2012 action lists. Know your developers All too often, I find that the…