Hacker Jailed for Attack on Hong Kong Stock Exchange Tse Man-lai has been sentenced to nine months in jail. By Jeff Goldman Tse Man-lai was recently jailed for nine months for launching cyber attacks on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange’s HKExnews Web site. “Tse launched denial-of-service (DoS) attacks on HKExnews, a…
Trojan Horses, Malware and Other Cyber Attack Tools are Just a Click Away
Trojan Horses, Malware and Other Cyber Attack Tools are Just a Click Away The Washington Post News Service with Bloomberg News (c) 2012, The Washington Post. Ryan Linn’s hacks into corporate networks have become almost a matter of routine. On one recent morning, he woke up at his home near…
Newly-declassified study says electric grid ‘inherently vulnerable’ to terrorist attack
Mark Rockwell Top Priority Sector: infrastructure_protection A recently-declassified report says the U.S. electric power delivery system is vulnerable to terrorist attacks that could cause more damage to the system than natural disasters like Hurricane Sandy. The report, released on Nov. 14 by the National Research Council (NRC), said such an…
Attack on russia leaves 60+ sites hacked, thousands of accounts leaked
@TeamGhostshell have been at it again doing operations out of the public eye that has now amounted in yet another massive load of data from mainly Russian based domains. View full post on Cyber War News View full post on The Cyber Wars
Aramco Cyber attack intel declassified to show threat to private industry
Mark Rockwell Top Priority Sector: cyber_security Image Caption: Rosenbach, Weatherford U.S. intelligence on the devastating malware attack that crippled the Saudi Arabian oil company Aramco’s computers in August was declassified to illustrate the looming threat of Cyber assault to private industry, said a Department of Defense official. The attack, carried…
DHS issues updated guidance for responding to a wide-area anthrax attack
Jacob Goodwin Top Priority Sector: disaster_preparedness_emergency_response Image Caption: Once scenario involves ananthrax attack using crop dusters DHS has issued an updated version of its previously-published guidance for protecting first responders during the first week following a wide-area aerosol anthrax attack. “Protective measures addressed in the guidance include medical countermeasures (i.e.,…
Oprah Winfrey Under attack by @GoatseSec
A relatively new hacker group going by the handle @GoatseSec has taken sights to one of the worlds most popular and well known TV presenters, Oprah Winfrey (http://oprah.com). View full post on Cyber War News View full post on The Cyber Wars
Benghazi attack was terrorist action, says top intel official
Mark Rockwell Top Priority Sector: federal_agencies_legislative Image Caption: Senate homeland security hearing The Sept. 11, 2012 attack on the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, Libya that claimed the life of the U.S. ambassador and three other U.S. government workers, was an act of terrorism, not a spontaneous action, a top U.S….
FBI may add Sikhs to hate crime target list after Wisconsin attack
Mark Rockwell Top Priority Sector: law_enforcement_first_responders Image Caption: James Cole In the wake of the domestic terror attack on a Sikh temple in Wisconsin, the FBI is considering whether expand its hate crime reporting procedures to include the religious group. Deputy attorney general James Cole told attendees at the Community…
Benghazi attack was terrorist action, top intel official says
Mark Rockwell Top Priority Sector: federal_agencies_legislative Image Caption: Senate homeland security hearing The Sept. 11 attack on the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, Libya that claimed the life of the U.S. ambassador and three other U.S. government workers, was an act of terrorism, not a spontaneous action, a top U.S. intelligence…