Chinese Hackers hit New York Times and Wall Street Journal

The New York Times says Chinese hackers probably working for the military or Chinese government have carried out sustained attacks on its computer systems, breaking in and stealing the passwords of high-profile reporters and other staff members. For the last four months, Chinese hackers have...

Experts Say CEOs Need to Get Handle on Cyberespionage Problem

NEW YORK–The long list of high-profile cyberespionage and cybercrime attacks that have surfaced in the last couple of years has led to broad discussions in the security community, government circles and elsewhere about the scope of the problem. Those discussions now are just starting to reach int...

Court: Government Need Not Justify Warrantless Data Requests

A Virginia appeals court on Friday denied a right-to-access order filed by the Electronic Frontier Foundation and the American Civil Liberties Union on behalf of Icelandic parliamentarian Birgitta Jonsdottir and computer security researchers Jacob Appelbaum and Rop Gonggrijp. The denial confirms ...

Twitter Complied with 69% of US Government Requests for Account Data

Government requests for user account information made to Twitter pale in comparison to the number made to Google, but nonetheless, the number is on the rise according to Twitter’s Transparency Report, released today. Twitter’s report said government requests are generally made in conjunction with...

Team GhostShell Exposes 700k accounts from African universities and businesses

The Hacktivist group Team GhostShell today exposes data including 700,000 accounts / records from African universities and businesses during a campaign named ProjectSunRise. Hacker mention, "GhostShell's new project focuses on Africa, mainly, for the time being, South Africa and to some extent...

Anonymous hackers deface United States Sentencing Commission website

Anonymous hackers deface the official website of U.S. Sentencing Commission website ussc.gov on Friday under a new campaign called "Operation Last Resort" in memory of Reddit co-founder Aaron Swartz and also threatening to release a massive WikiLeaks-style exposure of sensitive U.S. government...

I hack, reflection on the role of hacker

The role of hacker is recognized as crucial today in cyber security, these specialists are the nightmare of security experts but their knowledge is fundamental to understand the vulnerabilities of our infrastructures … think like a hacker if you want really protect your system. But hacking is a...

I hack, reflection on the role of hacker

The role of hacker is recognized as crucial today in cyber security, these specialists are the nightmare of security experts but their knowledge is fundamental to understand the vulnerabilities of our infrastructures … think like a hacker if you want really protect your system. But hacking is a...

Senate Introduces Cybersecurity Bill that Prioritizes Information Sharing

The United States Senate says it will prioritize the passage of a comprehensive cybersecurity bill designed to fortify the nation’s public and private IT systems in this session of Congress. Senators John D. Rockefeller IV D-WV, Chairman of the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation...

Google Complied With 88 Percent of U.S. User Data Requests

Google received more than 8,000 requests for user data from the U.S. government in the second half of 2012, and nearly all of them were the result of a subpoena or search warrant. The number of those requests that the company complied with by producing some or all of the data in question is still...

DARPA Seeking Help With Targeted Attack Analysis

The networks of government agencies and the military are under constant attack from a variety of sources, and the U.S., like most other countries, relies on those networks to not just run daily operations, but to support missions around the world. In the face of those attacks, the Department of...

Red October Attackers Shutting Down C&C Infrastructure

It appears that the attackers behind the Red October cyberespionage campaign are taking their ball and going home. Since the attack came to light on Monday, the attackers have begun shutting down their infrastructure and the hosting providers and registrars involved with some of the...

Operation Red October : Cyber Espionage campaign against many Governments

A new sensational discovered has been announced by Kaspersky Lab’s Global Research & Analysis Team result of an investigation after several attacks hit computer networks of various international diplomatic service agencies. A new large scale cyber-espionage operation has been discovered, named Re...

Indian Government Wiretapping and started BlackBerry interception

According to a report, All major Indian telecom companies, including Bharti Airtel, Vodafone India and Tata Tele services, have agreed to share real-time interception of BlackBerry calls and data services on their networks with Security agencies to meet the December 31 deadline fixed by the India...

Hackers and Anti-Government Protests rage across Iraq

Four Iraqi Government websites defaced today by hacker going by name "riSky". Defaced domains include Iraq National Investment Commission website also. Where, Tens of thousands of protesters rallied across Iraq on Friday, charging that Sunni Muslims had been disenfranchised under the Shiite-led...

Indian Government Wiretapping and started BlackBerry interception

According to a report, All major Indian telecom companies, including Bharti Airtel, Vodafone India and Tata Tele services, have agreed to share real-time interception of BlackBerry calls and data services on their networks with Security agencies to meet the December 31 deadline fixed by the India...

Hackers and Anti-Government Protests rage across Iraq

Four Iraqi Government websites defaced today by hacker going by name "riSky". Defaced domains include Iraq National Investment Commission website also. Where, Tens of thousands of protesters rallied across Iraq on Friday, charging that Sunni Muslims had been disenfranchised under the Shiite-led...

Hacker leaks Bangladesh Intelligence classified Emails

Indian hacker, Godzilla once again hit Bangladesh government server. Hacker told us about his latest cyber attack on Directorate General of Forces Intelligence Bangladesh DGFI - www.dgfi.gov.bd server . He claimed to back up all confidential mails in the server and list of all their agents around...

Hacker leaks Bangladesh Intelligence classified Emails

Indian hacker, Godzilla once again hit Bangladesh government server. Hacker told us about his latest cyber attack on Directorate General of Forces Intelligence Bangladesh DGFI - www.dgfi.gov.bd server . He claimed to back up all confidential mails in the server and list of all their agents around...

Anonymous General Purpose Operating System: Whonix

Whonix is a free desktop operating system OS that is specifically designed for advanced security and privacy. Based on Tor, Debian GNU/Linux and the principle of security by isolation, it realistically addresses common attack vectors while maintaining usability. Online anonymity is made possible...