Can Google Be Forced By the FBI to Unlock Users' Phones?

Those multi-gesture passcode locks on Android phones that give users and their spouses fits apparently present quite a challenge for the FBI as well. Frustrated by a swipe passcode on the seized phone of an alleged gang leader, FBI officials have requested a search warrant that would force Google...

Hackers disclose secret Ankara police files password '123456'

Hackers disclose secret Ankara police files password '123456' Hackers from the "RedHack" group who brought down the Ankara Police Department's website and acquired secret information last week said one of the passwords of the secret police files was "123456." A member of the hacking group named...

Twitter releases data to Law Enforcements for criminal inquiry

Twitter releases data to Law Enforcements for criminal inquiry Twitter handed over subscriber information yesterday for one Twitter account indirectly tied to the Occupy Boston protest, ending a court battle fought behind closed doors as Boston law enforcement investigated hacking attacks on the...

Philips, Police Looking Into Breach, 200K Email Addresses Leaked

Add electronics giant Philips to the list of companies that have suffered data breaches over the last year. The company had a server containing a variety of information, including 200,000 e-mail addresses, compromised earlier this month, according to a report from the UK’s V3. The report cites a...

DFLabs PTK 1.0.5 - Steal Authentication Credentials

+---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ Exploit Title : DFLabs PTK = 1.0.5 Multiple Vulnerabilities Steal Authentication Credentials Date : 22-02-2012 Author : Ivano Binetti...

YamaTough Hacker Demanded $50,000 for not releasing Stolen Symantec Source Code

YamaTough Hacker Demanded $50,000 for not releasing Stolen Symantec Source Code According to email transcripts posted to Pastebin yesterday, and confirmed by the company, a group of hackers attempted to extort $50,000 from Symantec in exchange for not releasing its stolen PCAnywhere and Norton...

Anonymous Leaks FBI, Scotland Yard Phone Call Detailing Hacking Investigations

Hacktivists with the online collective Anonymous have released a recording of a sensitive phone call between officials with the FBI, Scotland Yard and other foreign police agencies related to ongoing investigations into hacking. The conference call, which occurred Jan. 17, focused on the continue...

NASA and Pentagon Hacker - TinKode Arrested in Romania

NASA and Pentagon Hacker - TinKode Arrested in Romania Romanian police have arrested a man believed to be TinKode, the notorious hacker responsible for several daring, high-profile cyberattacks, including last year's breach of NASA's servers, Royal Navy, The European Space Agency and MySQL.com. T...

Was the Koobface Expose the Right Move?

Just as a stand-up comedian carefully places his punch line at the end of the joke, I also usually leave my conclusions for the end of a post. Except for this time. This time, I would like to start with the conclusion: For an ongoing investigation not to be jeopardized, it is extremely important...

Indian BJP Politician's bank accounts hacked

Indian BJP Politician's bank accounts hacked --- A local News paper today reported that ,The four axis bank accounts belonging to city's Ganesh Shipping firm were hacked by unknown persons and Rs 4, 00,100 was transferred to a different account of Moradabad and Sind Bank. Following a complaint by...

Update: Zappos Says 24 Million Customers Affected By Data Breach

UPDATE: Online retailer Zappos said that its network has been compromised and attackers were able to access personal information belonging to more than 24 million of its customers. Zappos said that its database that contains customers’ credit card numbers was not compromised, however. “We were...

Zappos a division of Amazon got Hacked

Zappos a division of Amazon got Hacked A notification mail from Zappos is circulating in Customers that a division of Amazon "Zappos.com" got Hacked by Unknown Hackers. Notification mail indicated that names, email addresses, mailing addresses, and the last four digits of customer's social securi...

Israeli Official Compares Cyber Attack to Terrorist Operation

Israeli authorities are investigating a cyber attack Deputy Foreign Minister Danny Ayalon described as being akin to a “terrorist operation.” The declaration by Ayalon comes after a hacker named “0xOmar” leaked the details of thousands of credit card numbers belonging to Israelis onto the Interne...

Anonymous Hacks Security Think Tank STRATFOR

Hackers with Anonymous have struck a well-known security and intelligence think tank based in Texas and made off with some 200 GB of credit card data and other information. Members of the loosely-affiliated collective announced the attack on STRATFOR on Twitter. Among the items reportedly pilfere...

Corporate fraud vs Anonymous Analytics Group

Corporate fraud vs Anonymous Analytics Group A new financial research group, Anonymous Analytics has released a report accusing Chinese firm Chaoda Modern Agriculture of "11 years of deceit and corporate fraud". The company is one of China's largest fruit and vegetable suppliers. A faction within...

Six arrested for Million Pounds phishing scam

Six arrested for Million Pounds phishing scam Six people from London and the North West were being questioned by police on Friday in connection with a £1 million phishing scam that drained the bank accounts of hundreds of UK students. That is a lot of beer and book money, and the police said that...

Site of Dutch CA Gemnet Offline After Web Server Attack

Another certificate authority in The Netherlands has been hacked, though this time the attack does not appear to have affected the certificate-issuing operations of Gemnet, a subsidiary of KPN. The company, which does business with the Dutch government among other organizations, said it has taken...

FCC to Investigate BART Wireless Blackout

The FCC is launching a probe into the August 11, 2011 decision by San Francisco’s Bay Area Rapid Transit BART to cut-off wireless communication services in their tunnels to disrupt planned protests. The investigation comes almost four months after BART operators used a wireless blackout to dampen...

PlayBook Jailbreak Tool Released

The researchers who last week said they had succeeded in jailbreaking the RIM PlayBook tablet have now posted a detailed walkthrough of how users can accomplish the same task on their own. The technique requires the use of a custom tool, but otherwise is fairly straightforward. One of the...

Manila AT&T hackers linked to 26/11 Mumbai terror attack

Manila AT &T hackers linked to 26/11 Mumbai terror attack Police in the Philippines working with the US Federal Bureau of Investigation have arrested four people over a premium-line phone scam that targeted customers of the American telecommunications giant AT&T to funnel money to a Saudi-based...