The Verizon DBIR says hacktivists conduct opportunistic attacks targeting mainly large businesses using tactics akin to a smash-and-grab burglary, stealing any data they can access. View full post on SearchSecurity: Security Wire Daily News View full post on National Cyber Security
Hacktivists Surpass Organized Crime in Volume of Data Theft
Cybercriminals continued to perpetrate the majority of attacks in 2011 — but hacktivists stole the most data, according to Verizon’s latest data breach report. View full post on eSecurityPlanet RSS Feed View full post on National Cyber Security
‘Hacktivists’ pose biggest data breach threat, study finds
A tiny but motivated band of ‘hacktivists’ are supplanting professional criminals as the biggest single data breach threat to large enterprises, an analysis of hundreds of confirmed incident reports has found. On the face of it, the numbers in Verizon’s 2012 Data Breach Investigations Report (which covers 2011) suggest that…
‘Anonymous-OS’ branded a hoax by suspicious hacktivists
The ‘Anonymous-OS’, an Ubuntu Linux image full of hacking tools released earlier this week, has been denounced as a hoax designed to distribute Trojan malware. Downloaded from Source Forge over 26,000 times since release and described as “created for educational purposes, [and] to checking the security of web pages,” the…
‘Anonymous-OS’ branded a hoax by suspicious hacktivists
The ‘Anonymous-OS’, an Ubuntu Linux image full of hacking tools released earlier this week, has been denounced as a hoax designed to distribute Trojan malware. Downloaded from Source Forge over 26,000 times since release and described as “created for educational purposes, [and] to checking the security of web pages,” the…
‘Hacktivists’ target credit cards for charity
One hacker, AnonymousAbu, claimed that more than 90,000 credit cards from law enforcement, the intelligence community and journalists had been hacked. View full post on bank security hacker – Yahoo! News Search Results View full post on National Cyber Security
‘Hacktivists’ Anonymous performs ‘vigilante’ attack on child pornography website
London, Oct 27 (ANI): Notorious hacker group Anonymous has now switched its attention to websites hosting or promoting child pornography, and claimed to have knocked out one of the world highest-profile sites. View full post on anonymous hacker – Yahoo! News Search Results View full post on National Cyber Security
Anonymous Splinter Group Hacktivists Now Focus On Hollywood
HOLLYWOOD – A splinter group of hacker collective Anonymous is turning attention away from corporations and governments and toward Hollywood stars. View full post on anonymous hacker – Yahoo! News Search Results View full post on National Cyber Security