Hacker group vows NYSE attack over Wall Street arrests

Hacker group “Anonymous” has allegedly threatened to attack the New York Stock Exchange’s website on Monday in support of demonstrators who’ve been arrested during the Occupy Wall Street protests. Online messages, purportedly posted by members of the loosely organized coalition threaten to “erase” the NYSE from the Internet as retaliation…

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Malware mutants attack! 8 new threats coming soon

White Paper Sophos Security Threat Report 2011 Last year’s cyberattacks, like Aurora and Stuxnet, demonstrates that malware lurks everywhere and tricks even the most scrupulous user. Our threat experts see 30,000 new malicious URLs each day—70% of which are legitimate websites that were hacked. Let our new 2011 Security Threat…

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Anonymous Vows to Attack NYSE

Anonymous, a group of self-styled hacker-activists behind attacks on corporate and government websites, vowed to support the Occupy Wall Street protests by erasing the New York Stock Exchange “from the Internet” on Oct. 10. View full post on anonymous hacker – Yahoo! News Search Results View full post on National…

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Heroes in an attack threatening the Web

Worm The First Digital World War By Mark Bowden Atlantic Monthly. 245 pp. $25 Reviewed by Steve Weinberg   When Mark Bowden writes, smart readers pay attention. A former reporter for The Inquirer, Bowden is a deserved brand name – a superb reporter and compelling narrative writer, whether his subject…

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U.S. government simulates cyber attack

The lights went out. Hackers had infiltrated the chemical company’s computer network. The firm’s own experts ran around from computer to computer trying to fight back and regain control. View full post on cyber attack – Yahoo! News Search Results View full post on National Cyber Security

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