The Anonymous movement has pulled off one of its biggest hacktivist coups yet, successfully defacing hundreds of Chinese business and Government websites in a spectacular protest against Internet censorship. Defacement attacks are ten-a-penny but the scale of what the previously unknown Chinese wing of the group and hackers invited via…
Anonymous hackers deface 500 Chinese Government websites
The Anonymous movement has pulled off one of its biggest hacktivist coups yet, successfully defacing hundreds of Chinese Government websites in a spectacular protest against Internet censorship. Defacement attacks are ten-a-penny but the scale of what the previously unknown Chinese wing of the group and hackers invited via Twitter launched…
Yahoo to comply with users’ Do Not Track requests across all websites
c Most major browsers are now able to send a message to sites visited, indicating whether users want their surfing behaviour to be tracked by cookies for the purposes of displaying personalised ads. In February the last major hold-out, Google, announced that its Chrome browser will include Do Not Track…
Andhra Government Websites Hacked
Hyderabad: As many as 27 websites of various departments of Andhra Pradesh were Thursday hacked, exposing the chinks in the state's cyber security. The cyber criminals broke into one of the government servers and hacked the websites. View full post on cyber crime hacking – Yahoo! News Search Results View…
Hackers Take Down CIA, Other Government Websites
Websites affiliated with the CIA, Mexico’s mining ministry and the state of Alabama were down, allegedly done in by hackers, government officials and a well-known hacking group reported. A message on a Twitter page and Tumblr feed affiliated with the hacking group known as Anonymous celebrated that the Central Intelligence…
Hacker group ‘Anonymous’ claims it broke into Ala. government websites, stole personal info
MONTGOMERY, Ala. – Computer hackers claiming to be from the loose-knit group known as Anonymous say they have broken into several Alabama law enforcement and government websites and have stolen the personal information for more than 46,000 people. In an online news release Friday, the group claimed to have taken…
DreamHost websites abused by spammers following security breach
The security breach suffered by DreamHost in January has resulted in hundreds of rogue PHP pages redirecting users to work-at-home scams, according to researchers from cloud security vendor Zscaler. DreamHost decided to reset the FTP and shell access passwords for all of its customers after discovering that hackers compromised one…
Anti-scam websites beg Facebook to remove sick baby hoaxes
Hoax-Slayer, That's Nonsense, The Bulldog Estate, Facecrooks, and facebookprivacyandsecurity have teamed up to convince Facebook to be more proactive when fighting sick baby hoaxes. View full post on social media scam – Yahoo! News Search Results View full post on National Cyber Security
Law enforcement websites under attack by hackers
Saboteurs stole passwords and sensitive information on tipsters while hacking into the websites of several law enforcement agencies worldwide in attacks attributed to the collective known as Anonymous. View full post on cyber crime hacking – Yahoo! News Search Results Other links you may like: Check out Gregory Evans on…
Feds Seize Hundreds Of Websites Days Before Superbowl
In what is becoming a ritual much like Superbowl Week itself, federal prosecutors today announced the seizure of 16 websites that offered live streaming of sporting events and 291 others that sold counterfeit … View full post on cyber pirate – Yahoo! News Search Results View full post on National…