Senators Question Intelligence Officials About Snowden, Domestic Surveillance

In a hearing before the Senate Intelligence Committee to discuss the public portions of a new national security threat assessment, top intelligence and law enforcement officials said that attacks against financial networks and the critical infrastructure are major threats to the United States’...

CNN's Twitter, Facebook and website hacked by Syrian Electronic Army

A well-known pro-Syrian hacker group known as Syrian Electronic Army SEA, aligned with President Bashar al-Assad, who successfully attacked The New York Times, Huffington Post, and Twitter, BBC, National Public Radio, Al-Jazeera, Microsoft, Xbox, Skype and responsible for cyber-attacks against...

NetTraveler Attackers Using PRISM Program as Bait

Never let it be said that attackers don’t keep up with the news. The crew behind the NetTraveler cyberespionage attacks is now using the news about the NSA’s PRISM surveillance program as bait in a new spear-phishing campaign. Security researcher Brandon Dixon of 9bplus came across a malicious...

Lulzsec hackers to be sentenced for cyber attacks on the CIA and Pentagon

Four men accused of launching online attacks under the banner of LulzSec appeared in a London courtroom Wednesday for sentencing. Ryan Ackroyd, Jake Davis, Mustafa al-Bassam and Ryan Cleary have all pleaded guilty to hacking offences. The name Lulzsec is a combination of 'lulz' or 'lols', "LAUGHI...

Lulzsec hackers to be sentenced for cyber attacks on the CIA and Pentagon

Four men accused of launching online attacks under the banner of LulzSec appeared in a London courtroom Wednesday for sentencing. Ryan Ackroyd, Jake Davis, Mustafa al-Bassam and Ryan Cleary have all pleaded guilty to hacking offences. The name Lulzsec is a combination of 'lulz' or 'lols', "LAUGHI...

Lulzsec hacker Sabu's sentencing postponed again

Remember Hector Xavier Monsegur a.k.a Lulzsec hacker Sabu ? That undercover double agent working for the FBI. Once again Authorities abruptly postponed his sentencing due to his continued cooperation with the feds. All told, he faced a maximum time behind bars of 124 years associated with his...

Anonymous Hackers may have hacked Former CIA Director

CIA Director was uncovered when a woman described as close to him received harassing emails and complained to authorities. The FBI traced the emails and found that they had been sent by Paula Broadwell, who wrote a highly favorable book on the former Army general's life and work. While initially...

Two Members of LulzSec Plead Guilty to Cyber Crimes

Two members of the hacker group Lulz Security LulzSec pleaded guilty today to taking part in a cyber crime spree that launched attacks against Web sites belonging to law enforcement, corporations and media companies. Ryan Cleary, 20, of Wickford, Essex and Jake Davis, 19, of Lerwick, Shetland...

Stuxnet was planted by Iranian double agent using memory stick

Stuxnet was planted by Iranian double agent using memory stick The Stuxnet computer worm used to sabotage Iran's nuclear program was planted by a double agent working for Israel. The agent used a booby-trapped memory stick to infect machines deep inside the Natanz nuclear facility, according to a...

Former NSA Director Calls Stuxnet "Good Idea"

Former National Security Agency NSA Director Ret. General Michael Hayden called the sabotaging of Iran’s nuclear program with Stuxnet a “good idea” during an interview with ‘60 Minutes.’ Hayden served as NSA director from 1999 to 2005, and was also director of the CIA from 2006-2009. During the...

#WikiLeaks publishes millions of Hacked Stratfor E-mails #gifiles

WikiLeaks publishes millions of Hacked Stratfor E-mails gifiles WikiLeaks today began publishing more than five million confidential e-mails from US-based Intelligence firm Stratfor. About 5.5m emails obtained from the servers of Stratfor, a US-based intelligence gathering firm with about 300,000...

CIA Admits It Monitors, Analyzes Facebook, Twitter

The Associated Press published a report today detailing, for the first time, a unit within the CIA, referring to itself as the ‘vengeful librarians,’ that is responsible for monitoring the vast and various social networks, local and international news, radio, and television, Internet chat rooms,...

Top Government Security Officials Call For Secure OS Development

WASHINGTON–One of the keys to addressing the widespread security threats facing both private and government networks is to develop more secure operating systems from the ground up and not rely on trying to secure existing ones, top CIA and Pentagon information assurance officials said. The federa...

ComodoHacker responsible for DigiNotar Attack

ComodoHacker responsible for DigiNotar Attack The hacker warns the Internet community that he has access to 4 other high-profile CAs, among them being GlobalSign, a certification authority from the U.S. He threatens that he will use his power over the companies to issue false certificates, which...

Alleged LulzSec Member Arrested. CIA, Sony Hacks At Issue

UK authorities have arrested an 19 year-old from Essex, England who is believed to be a member of the anarchic group Lulzsec following an investigation by the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation and British intelligence. The unnamed man was arrested for violations of the UK’s Computer Misuse Act...

XSS attack on CIA (Central Itelligence Agency) Website by lionaneesh

XSS attack on CIA Central Itelligence Agency Website bylionaneesh After Ddos attack on CIA Central Itelligence Agency website by Lulzsec, lionaneesh , an Indian hacker have found XSS Vulnerability on same site as shown. The Vulnerabile link is here. You can join Loinaneesh on Twitter...

XSS attack on CIA (Central Itelligence Agency) Website by lionaneesh

XSS attack on CIA Central Itelligence Agency Website by lionaneesh After Ddos attack on CIA Central Itelligence Agency website by Lulzsec, lionaneesh, an Indian hacker have found XSS Vulnerability on same site as shown. The Vulnerabile link is here . You can join Loinaneesh on Twitter...

LulzSec take down CIA Website

LulzSec take down CIA Website The hacker group Lulz Security has claimed it has brought down the public-facing website of the US Central Intelligence Agency. Infamous for a series of high-profile hacks on Sony, Nintendo, the PBS, FBI affiliates, LulzSec claimed on Wednesday its responsibility for...

LulzSec take down CIA Website

LulzSec take downCIA Website The hacker group Lulz Security has claimed it has brought down the public-facing website of the US Central Intelligence Agency. Infamous for a series of high-profile hacks on Sony, Nintendo, the PBS, FBI affiliates, LulzSec claimed on Wednesday its responsibility for...

Hacker Takes Credit For Attack on Comodo

Someone claiming to be the person behind last week’s attack on a registration authority tied to Comodo has posted an explanation of the methods he supposedly used and the reasons for the attack. The rambling, disjointed message claims that the Comodo attack was not the act of an organized,...