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Computer hackers access U.S. Justice Department website: spokeswoman

Mon, 21 May 2012 19:25:35 -0400

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - One or more unauthorized users gained access to the inner workings of a website run by the U.S. Justice Department, a department spokeswoman said on Monday after the hacker group Anonymous said they were behind the incident. The hackers accessed a server that operates the Bureau of Justice Statistics' website, the spokeswoman said. The bureau is responsible for collecting and analyzing data about crime — including computer security incidents — from throughout the United States. ...

Hackers break into Azerbaijan Eurovision websites

Thu, 17 May 2012 12:26:07 -0400

BAKU (Reuters) - A group of hackers calling themselves Cyberwarriors for Freedom attacked the official websites of the Eurovision song contest on Thursday, demanding that the host nation, Azerbaijan, cancel next week's competition. Azerbaijan, a mainly Muslim ex-Soviet republic, won the right to host the contest by winning last year's event in Germany, and sees the competition as a chance to showcase the country. The grand finale is scheduled for May 26. ...

UK agency approves BlackBerry 7 OS for government

Thu, 17 May 2012 06:47:11 -0400

(Reuters) - Research In Motion Ltd said the UK agency responsible for setting standards for computer security has approved the BlackBerry 7 operating system for government use. This will allow the government employees to use six models of the smart phone including BlackBerry Bold 9900, BlackBerry Torch 9810 and BlackBerry Torch 9860, RIM said. Ministry of defence, central government employees and more than half of the country's police force use BlackBerry smart phones, the company said. (Reporting by Aftab Ahmed in Bangalore; Editing by Joyjeet Das)

Hackers booby-trap foreign policy group websites

Tue, 15 May 2012 22:42:11 -0400

Internet security researchers warned that foreign policy and human rights websites are being booby-trapped by hackers in what appears to be cyber espionage.

Utah tech director resigns in wake of data theft

Tue, 15 May 2012 19:34:48 -0400

Utah's chief technology officer has resigned following the theft of hundreds of thousands of online medical records from state computers by unknown hackers.

Cyberattacks Target Russian Broadcasters, Ustream CEO Responds

Thu, 10 May 2012 06:39:26 -0400

Popular online video broadcasting and streaming service Ustream has gone down only three times in its five-year history, but on Wednesday it was hit with the most complex Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attack it's ever seen.

2 teens arrested in Norway for alleged cyber attacks against government, corporate sites

Wed, 09 May 2012 12:13:42 -0400

OSLO - Norwegian police say they have arrested two teenage hackers accused of so-called denial-of-service attacks against websites in Norway, the U.S. and other countries.

2 teens arrested in Norway in cyber attack case

Wed, 09 May 2012 12:06:24 -0400

Norwegian police say they have arrested two teenage hackers accused of so-called denial-of-service attacks against websites in Norway, the U.S. and other countries.

Activist hackers temporarily block Putin's website

Wed, 09 May 2012 07:32:20 -0400

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Hackers temporarily blocked President Vladimir Putin's web site on Wednesday, carrying out a promise to disrupt government information portals two days after his swearing-in for another six-year term that has drawn street protests. The hacker activist group Anonymous used the "Op_Russia" twitter account to publicize the attack, saying "kremlin.ru - TANGO DOWN" and "Anonymous shuts down Kremlin's websites". Internet users in Russia said they were unable to access the www.kremlin.ru website for several minutes on Wednesday. ...

Twitter Debunks Reports of 55,000 Hacked Accounts

Tue, 08 May 2012 16:57:01 -0400

Hackers claiming to be affiliated with the hacktivist group Anonymous claimed this week to have accessed and published the details of about 55,000 Twitter accounts. But Twitter said Tuesday those claims are largely bogus, and that the group mostly posted duplicate information or username and password information for suspended spam accounts.

Interpol says organised gangs behind internet crime boom

Tue, 08 May 2012 16:44:48 -0400

Interpol president Khoo Boon Hui said on Tuesday that organised international gangs are behind most internet scams and that cyber crime's estimated cost is more than that of cocaine, heroin and marijuana trafficking put together.

Interpol to crack down on cyber crime

Tue, 08 May 2012 10:21:28 -0400

Interpol said Tuesday it is making the war against cyber crime a main priority this year as online fraud crosses borders and increases in scope.

McAfee founder claims persecution in Belize

Tue, 08 May 2012 08:41:35 -0400

The founder of the computer virus software company McAfee, Inc. says he is being persecuted by police in his home in the Central American country of Belize.

Lockheed wins contract to run U.S. cyber crime lab

Thu, 03 May 2012 19:46:02 -0400

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Lockheed Martin Corp on Thursday said it had won a contract worth up to $454 million to support the Pentagon's Cyber Crime Center, a government facility that investigates the growing number of attacks on U.S. government networks. Lockheed beat out General Dynamics Corp, which previously ran the center, to win the contract in January, but the award was held up by a protest filed with the General Accountability Office. ...

Crime agency SOCA's website hit by hackers

Thu, 03 May 2012 15:25:08 -0400

The website of Britain's Serious Organised Crime Agency (SOCA) has been taken offline after an attack by hackers, the agency said on Thursday.

Cyber-attack shuts UK crime body's website

Thu, 03 May 2012 10:50:08 -0400

LONDON (Reuters) - Hackers attacked the website of Britain's Serious Organized Crime Agency (SOCA), a spokesman said on Thursday, the latest in a wave of assaults against high profile targets like NASA, the Vatican and multi-national companies. The national police agency, often described as the British FBI, said it closed the website late on Wednesday after it came under attack from an unknown source. Internet activist groups such as Anonymous, LulzSec and Antisec have previously been linked to attacks against bodies including the U.S. Senate, Sony and Visa. ...

Cyber-attack shuts crime body's website

Thu, 03 May 2012 10:08:23 -0400

LONDON (Reuters) - Hackers attacked the website of Serious Organised Crime Agency (SOCA), a spokesman said on Thursday, the latest in a wave of assaults against high profile targets like NASA, the Vatican and multi-national companies. The national police agency, often described as the British FBI, said it closed the website late on Wednesday after it came under attack from an unknown source. Internet activist groups such as Anonymous, LulzSec and Antisec have previously been linked to attacks against bodies including the U.S. Senate, Sony and Visa. ...

British crime agency website knocked out by attack

Thu, 03 May 2012 07:36:32 -0400

Britain's Serious and Organized Crime Agency says its website has been taken down following a denial-of-service attack.

Hackers pick Google's pocket with Mac virus

Tue, 01 May 2012 16:05:54 -0400

A virus infecting Macintosh computers is picking Google's pocket by hijacking advertising "clicks," tallying as much as $10,000 daily, according to Internet security firm Symantec.

Religion riskier than porn for online viruses: study

Tue, 01 May 2012 15:25:52 -0400

Web wanderers are more likely to get a computer virus by visiting a religious website than by peering at porn, according to a study released on Tuesday.

Spam Texts: 4.5 Billion Messages a Year and Counting [VIDEO]

Tue, 01 May 2012 10:15:09 -0400

Text message spam promising free iPads or cash rewards may be obnoxious and unwanted, but they also carry a greater danger: clicking on texts can install malware that collects personal data from your phone.

Microsoft says raid damaged cybercrime operation

Mon, 30 Apr 2012 21:31:28 -0400

Microsoft and the banking industry on Monday provided a detailed, behind-the-scenes account of an operation they said disrupted a major cybercrime operation that used malicious software to allegedly steal $100 million from consumers over the last five years.

Taliban website hacked as Afghan cyber war heats up

Fri, 27 Apr 2012 02:50:21 -0400

KABUL (Reuters) - Hackers have for the third time in less than a year crippled the main website of the Afghan Taliban, with a Taliban spokesman on Friday blaming Western intelligence agencies amid an intensifying cyber war with the insurgents. The unidentified hackers broke into the Taliban's El Emara website twice on Thursday, replacing usual insurgent victory messages with images of executions and support for the Afghan government and security forces in English, Arabic and Pashto. ...

Symantec shares drop after lowered 4Q outlook

Tue, 24 Apr 2012 11:59:48 -0400

Shares of Symantec Corp. took a hit Tuesday after the computer security and data storage company lowered its fourth-quarter adjusted earnings and revenue outlook citing weaker demand from its business customers.

Official: Iran oil industry safe after cyberattack

Tue, 24 Apr 2012 10:41:04 -0400

An Iranian official says the country's oil industry is working well despite an attack from hackers and a computer virus that targeted the sector's computer systems.

1 in 5 Macs Has Malware [STUDY]

Tue, 24 Apr 2012 04:42:05 -0400

In a challenge to the prevailing belief that Apple computers are immune to the sort of cyberattacks that plague WIndows-based machines, research firm Sophos has released a study claiming that one in five Macs have malware.

Summary Box: Report of cyberattack in Iran

Mon, 23 Apr 2012 10:50:43 -0400

HACKING IN THE MIDEAST: A report says the Iranian oil ministry's computer network came under attack from hackers and a computer virus, prompting Iran to disconnect its main oil export terminal from the Internet.

Report: Iran unplugs oil facilities from Internet

Mon, 23 Apr 2012 10:41:48 -0400

The Iranian oil ministry's computer network came under attack from hackers and a computer virus, prompting the Islamic Republic to disconnect the country's main oil export terminal from the Internet as a preventative measure, a semiofficial news agency reported on Monday.

Check Point Software 1Q profit grows 18 percent

Mon, 23 Apr 2012 10:05:42 -0400

Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. said Monday that its first-quarter earnings rose 18 percent, helped by growing demand for its Internet security software.

Check Point Software 1Q earnings grow 18 percent

Mon, 23 Apr 2012 09:23:38 -0400

Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. said Monday that its first-quarter earnings rose 18 percent, helped by growing demand for its Internet security software.