NEW YORK (Reuters) – A computer hacker-turned-FBI informant known as "Sabu" combined daring online attacks against governments and major companies with a life of petty crime and drugs, according to a copy of his plea agreement. The court document, made public late on Thursday, describes how authorities agreed not to…
FBI Director: Cyber Attacks Could Be Bigger Threat Than Terrorism
FBI Director Robert Mueller suggested Thursday that cyber-security threats could soon be more of a threat than terrorism. View full post on cyber terrorism – Yahoo! News Search Results View full post on National Cyber Security
TIMELINE-Cyber attacks by Anonymous and affiliates
(Reuters) – The arrests of six suspected leaders of the loose-knit international hacking group Anonymous comes after a long string of cyber vandalism against major companies and government agencies around the world. Dec 2010: Anonymous' early attacks took aim at the websites of Mastercard, Visa and eBay's PayPal in retaliation…
LulzSec Hacker Pleads Guilty to Ebay, Mastercard Attacks
The suspected leader of the LulzSec hacker group has pleaded guilty to carrying out cyber attacks on companies such as eBay’s PayPal and MasterCard, court papers unsealed on Tuesday showed. Hector Xavier Monsegur, known as “Sabu,” was charged with 12 criminal counts of conspiracy to engage in computer hacking and…
Police seeking 3 more in connection with cyber attacks
Greek Hacking Scene claimed to be members of the international Anonymous group. View full post on cyber crime hacking – Yahoo! News Search Results View full post on National Cyber Security » Computer Hacking
Worm Attacks Coming For Google’s Android – Kaspersky Lab
Worm attacks on the Android operating system likely to be discovered in 2012, says Kaspersky Lab mobile malware unit in Moscow. View full post on computer worm – Yahoo! News Search Results View full post on National Cyber Security » Virus/Malware/Worms
M86 Security Expands Malware Prevention and Content Security Strategy and Announces New Targeted Attacks Service
IRVINE, CA–(Marketwire -02/28/12)- RSA Conference® 2012 – Moscone Center – Booth #1017 — M86 Security, the global authority in malware prevention and content security, today announced its strategy to deploy its core malware and threat research capabilities for Web and email into the cloud, beginning with the launch of the…
New OS X malware variant attacks unpatched Macs
@Predrag Vasic “A fully-patched Windows XP computer (with no additional software, such as anti-virus) is compromised within minutes of being put on the internet; meanwhile, vast majority of Macs out there do not even run any antivirus, and have been exposed to the internet for years, without compromise. And almost…
Apple pushes ‘Gatekeeper’ to protect Mac OS X from malware attacks
Ryan Naraine is a journalist and social media enthusiast specializing in Internet and computer security issues. He is currently security evangelist at Kaspersky Lab, an anti-malware company with operations around the globe. He is taking a leadership role in developing the company’s online community initiative around secure content management technologies….
NASDAQ, BATS Hit by DDoS Attacks
Although the Web sites were made unavailable, the companies say trading wasn’t affected. View full post on eSecurityPlanet RSS Feed View full post on National Cyber Security