Authorities struck a big blow for law and order last week with their transatlantic busts of members of the hacking network behind last summer’s global cyber-attacks. Five hackers — leaders of LulzSec and its broader anarchist affiliate, Anonymous — were nabbed on conspiracy charges in Chicago, London and Ireland. But…
SXSW: Hotspot Honeypot Hacker’s heaven
For a hacker, the thousands of Smartphone junkies Tweeting and checking in on Foursquare at South by Southwest are like a herd of lambs. View full post on bank security hacker – Yahoo! News Search Results View full post on National Cyber Security
Google Chrome security busted by Pwnium hackers
During Google’s Pwnium contest at the CanSecWest security conference, Russian bug hunter Sergey Glazunov demonstrated a Chrome exploit that completely defeats the browser’s much touted security sandbox. Chrome is viewed as one of the most secure web browsers by the security community, primarily because of its sandboxed architecture, which restricts…
‘I’m past the point of no return’: inside hacker’s world before becoming FBI plant
At the large public housing project in New York City where he lived, outsiders knew him as a quiet family man. But federal prosecutors say Hector Xavier Monsegur was an internet saboteur known as Sabu. View full post on politics hacker – Yahoo! News Search Results View full post on…
LulzSec leader pleads guilty, tips off NBI on fellow hackers
Law enforcement agents arrested top members of the infamous Lulz Security hacker group —with help from the group's leader, who, following his arrest, turned out to be secretly working for the government for months. View full post on bank security hacker – Yahoo! News Search Results View full post on…
“Anonymous” Hackers Arrested
anonymous hackers arrested www.cnn.com NEW YORK (CNN) — Top members of the computer hacker group “Anonymous” and its offshoots were arrested and charged Tuesday after a wide-ranging investigation used the help of a group leader who was working as a secret government informant. Five of the suspects, considered by investigators…
Panda Security website defaced by Anonymous hackers
Panda Security’s website was defaced this morning with hackers from Anonymous taking credit for the attack shortly after charges were announced against five of the hacktivist group’s alleged members. More than two dozen subdomains within “pandasecurity.com” and other several domains owned by Panda were modified to show a video recounting…
Hackers hit Spanish firm Panda Security, claiming revenge for FBI arrests
LONDON – Hackers claiming allegiance to the amorphous Anonymous movement say they’ve defaced several sites belonging to online defence firm Panda Security. View full post on Security News Headlines – Yahoo! News View full post on National Cyber Security
Hackers hit Spanish security co. in revenge attack
Hackers claiming allegiance to the amorphous Anonymous movement say they’ve defaced several sites belonging to online defense firm Panda Security. View full post on Security News Headlines – Yahoo! News View full post on National Cyber Security
Hackers group Anonymous take down Vatican website
ROME (Reuters) – The Italian branch of the hackers group Anonymous took down the Vatican’s website on Wednesday, saying it was an attack on the Roman Catholic Church’s scandals and conservative doctrine. The Vatican website www.vatican.va was inaccessible. A spokesman said he could not confirm that the crash was the…