Zappos.com has taken pains to assure customers that their credit card information is safe after a data breach, which was reported over the weekend, compromised information of up to 24 million customers, including names, mailing …
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Speak Out and You May Be Targeted, Warns Breached Security Firm Stratfor
Be careful what you say, or say nothing at all, advises hacked international intelligence and threat analysis firm Stratfor, after revealing hackers may be targeting members who offer public support for the company in the wake of …
British Secret Service Creates Website to Recruit Self-Taught Hackers
It had to happen; after years of science-fiction stories where heroes are recruited through video games that are actually tests of their abilities, a secret service has gone all Last Starfighter and set up a fake website designed …
Hacker Arrested for Causing $500,000 Worth of Damage to NASA
How much damage can one man cause the National Aeronautics and Space Administration? If the Romanian Directorate for Investigating Organized Crime and Terrorism’s charges against the newly arrested Robert Butyka are to be …
‘Anonymous’ Releases IP Info for 190 Alleged Pedophiles
Anonymous’ forceful closure of more than 40 child pornography sites was apparently only the beginning of the group’s war against pedophile activity on the internet. The group has continued its action by releasing the internet addresses of 190 alleged pedophiles online, using information collected from the sites it had earlier shut down.
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China Denies Hacking U.S. Satellites
The Chinese government has denied U.S. accusations that it was responsible for hacking at least two U.S. satellites on multiple occasions during 2007 and 2008, saying instead that the American committee behind the suggestions had ulterior motives in making them.
Although the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission admitted …
‘Anonymous’ Forces 40+ Child Pornography Sites Offline
Anonymous has turned its attentions from corporations to pedophiles with the news that the hacktivist group has taken down multiple child pornography sites, including one of the largest known, with account details of its 1589 users being posted online as evidence.
The incident was just part of something Anonymous is calling “Operation …
Sony Reports ‘Massive’ Hacking Attempt Against Networks
Sony has taken to its PlayStation blog, informing customers that “a massive set of sign-in IDs and passwords” have recently been tested against its PlayStation, Sony Entertainment and Sony Online Entertainment networks.
The good news is that a) Sony appears to be pretty upfront about this, which is a nice change compared to how the …
Anonymous Declares ‘Day of Vengeance’, Coming September 24
Anonymous has apparently declared a “Day of Vengeance” to take place in “dozens of cities across the USA” this Saturday, September 24, in response to police action against New York City protesters earlier this week.
A press release claiming to be from the group explains that, although initial law enforcement response to the “Wall …
Anonymous Attacks Just Political Protests, Say Lawyers
Cyber attacks on PayPal, AT&T and other organizations weren’t just attempts to cause chaos or anarchistic assaults on the establishment, according to attorneys defending the fourteen members of Anonymous arrested earlier this year. Instead, they were apparently part of a political protest over the treatment of WikiLeaks’ founder Julian …
Study: Thermal Imaging Could Be Used to Hack ATM Codes
It sounds like something from an adrenaline-pumping spy thriller. You know, like Spy Kids 3-D.
A new study from researchers at the University of California, San Diego, posits that thermal imaging cameras can be used to capture the residual heat left over from freshly pressed ATM keys. This strategy in particular holds one pretty …
Anonymous: Hey, We Just Hacked NATO!
Anonymous, the hacker hive behind attacks on Sony, the Church of Scientology and various international governments has apparently trained its crosshairs on NATO, the military-minded North Atlantic Treaty Organization composed of the United States and multiple European countries. The group claims it managed to hack into NATO computers and …