Regulator advises clients and firms to check transaction history. View full post on cyber extortion – Yahoo! News Search Results View full post on National Cyber Security
Symantec admits security source code stolen after network hack
Symantec has admitted its own network was compromised having previously denied the source code of some of its flagship security products was stolen. In a statement provided to Reuters, the security software giant acknowledged that hackers had broken into its network when they stole source code of some of the…
Stratfor keeps website offline after hack
Security intelligence firm Stratfor has warned subscribers that its website could stay offline for a week or more…. View full post on firefox hacker – Yahoo! News Search Results View full post on National Cyber Security
Anonymous Stratfor hack exposes UK military email addresses
The email addresses of more than 200 UK military staff have been leaked online. Hacking group Anonymous is behind the leak, which in total consisted of thousands of email addresses belonging to UK residents, along with encrypted passwords. Many of these email addresses were for other intelligence and police officials,…
Hack Shames Security Firm
One of the biggest security firms in the world may need to boost its own security: A hacker stole the source code behind Symantec’s industry-leading antivirus program. View full post on could security – Yahoo! News Search Results View full post on National Cyber Security
What Happens When Hackers Hack into Anti-Hacking Software (The Atlantic Wire)
The Atlantic Wire – Related: Not All That Surprising: Malware Victims More Likely to Get Mugged View full post on Yahoo! News: Security News View full post on National Cyber Security
Facebook Chat Hack: It Can Happen to You
As I lay in a sugar comatose one morning after the holidays last week, my stupor was interrupted by a series of phone calls from friends alerting me that I’d contacted them through a Facebook chat session and told them I’d been mugged in the U.K. while on vacation and…
Anonymous’ ‘Robin Hood-style’ hack on US security firm alarms companies
London, Dec 29 (ANI): Thousands of private and government organisations are examining their accounts after notorious Internet hacking group Anonymous stole credit card information from an American security firm and diverted 500,000 dollars from private bank accounts to charities. View full post on cyber crime hacking – Yahoo! News Search…
The Hacks That Mattered in the Year of the Hack
A year ago,few people had heard of Anonymous, understood what a DDoS attack was, or even realized that hackers were capable of bringing down entire networks. But as geek bloggers love to point out, 2011 was the year of the hack, the year that Anonymous became a household name and…
Stratfor cyberattack adds an exclamation point to ‘Year of the Hack’
Don’t be too surprised if historians look back at 2011 and dub it “The Year of the Hack.” If so, it won’t likely be due to raw numbers of computer networks infiltrated or websites defaced, but rather the fact that cyberspies, criminals, and hacktivists finally registered as a major threat…