4 ‘hackers’ linked to JI fall

MANILA, Philippines – Four alleged hackers, whose operation is reportedly financed by the Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) terror group, were arrested Wednesday in simultaneous raids conducted by the Philippine National Police (PNP) and the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). View full post on cyber crime hacking – Yahoo! News…

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4 Filipino hackers arrested

PHILIPPINES and United States authorities arrested Wednesday four members of a Filipino hackers group whose operation is allegedly being financed by a Saudi Arabia-based terrorist group. Wednesday night’s operation stemmed from the complaint of AT&T, a US-based telecommunication company and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) regarding the activities of…

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Dated NASDAQ security software ‘aided’ hackers

NASDAQ’s ageing software and out-of-date security patches played a key part in the stock exchange being hacked last year, according to the reported preliminary results of an FBI investigation. Forensic investigators found some PCs and servers with out-of-date software and uninstalled security patches, Reuters reported, including Microsoft Windows Server 2003….

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Lax Security at Nasdaq Helped Hackers

A federal investigation into last year’s cyber attack on Nasdaq OMX Group found surprisingly lax security practices that made the exchange operator an easy target for hackers, people with knowledge of the probe said. The sources did not want to be identified because the matter is classified. View full post…

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