One might think that former HBGary Federal CEO Aaron Barr would stay far away from anything associated with the hacking group Anonymous, which waged an embarrassing hacking campaign earlier this year that resulted in his resignation. Barr, who is now director of cybersecurity for a company called Sayres and Associates,…
Occupy Wall Street protest gets a visit from Anonymous target Aaron Barr
One might think that former HBGary Federal CEO Aaron Barr would stay far away from anything associated with the hacking group Anonymous, which waged an embarrassing hacking campaign earlier this year that resulted in his resignation. Barr, who is now director of cybersecurity for a company called Sayres and Associates,…
Indonesian ticket scam embezzles $60,000 from unsuspecting Motley Crue fans
JAKARTA, Indonesia — Fake concert promoters apparently bilked Indonesian music fans out of an estimated $60,000 in ticket sales for a Motley Crue show that was never scheduled to happen, officials and news reports say. More than 1,500 people had bought tickets for $40 each by the time the scam…
Change from a password to a passphrase
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London Olympics CIO claims immunity from DDoS attacks
Cybercriminals will find it “very hard” to launch a distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack on the London 2012 Olympic Games website, according to the Olympic Games CIO. Gerry Pennell, CIO at the London Organising Committee for the Olympic Games, said: “The advantage is we are mostly about pushing data…
Video: Officer ejected from car at high speed, lives
By PoliceOne Staff BELARUS – Traffic video cameras in Belarus captured an incredible collision involving a police van that sent an officer flying from the vehicle – and somehow walking away from it. In the video, the police van can be seen crossing a busy intersection, when a sedan comes…
2 hikers released from Iranian prison return to US
Written by The Associated Press NEW YORK — Two Americans held for more than two years in an Iranian prison on accusations of spying returned to the U.S. on Sunday, ending a diplomatic ordeal that began with what they called a wrong turn into the wrong country. Josh Fattal and…
Saudi Arabia facing cyber war from external forces, warn officials
Riyadh, Oct 9 (ANI): Saudi Arabia is facing a risk of an external cyber war aimed at instigating violence and religious sectarianism, senior officials in the kingdom have claimed. View full post on cyber terrorism – Yahoo! News Search Results View full post on National Cyber Security
Want To Protect Your Kid From Cyber-bullying? There’s An App For That
Story Published: Oct 8, 2011 at 6:48 PM PDT YAKIMA – The problem of cyber-bullying has been in the news a lot lately, and in the aftermath of several tragedies, there is now a phone app to make sure your child isn’t a victim. It’s called Word Bully; an app…
Bank of America website outage is from ‘upgrade’ not cyber attack
The Bank of America website was down for nearly an hour on Tuesday morning – and is still experiencing problems. View full post on america cyber attack – Yahoo! News Search Results View full post on National Cyber Security