HBGary: Silence, Sloppy Reporting Hyped Anonymous Hack

After months of almost total silence, security firm HBGary issued a statement to counter what it claims were inaccurate media reports about a February security breach that spilled thousands of e-mail messages onto the Internet. The letter, published on HBGary’s Web site and positioned as an “Open...

WordPress.Com Hacked, Hacker root the Server !

WordPress.Com Hacked, Hacker Root the Server ! The parent company that operates WordPress, made an announcement this morning that it has hacked, resulting what the company said was a low-level root break-in to several of their servers. The company warned that potentially anything on those servers...

Hugh Grant's Turns Snitch

Hugh Grant went all mafia informant when he concealed a microphone on his persons in order to out former News of the World journalists that had been involved in a rather shady phone-hacking scandal. Evidently, News of the World has, for some time, been implicated in a phone-hacking scandal whereb...

Hackers steal Dell 1000's customer information !

Hackers steal Dell 1000's customer information ! The personal information of thousands of Australians has been stolen by hackers who raided a US-based database company, in what some experts are calling the biggest data theft in US history. Dell Australia says customer data was "exposed" by an...

HBA Crew (german carder forum) get hacked !

Now it's official: HBA-crew v2, was hacked! Ip 'were logged, Database is public! An official statement is as early as the first April before. But was it so funny but not that it was serious: Hi, Now we can not hide it anymore. geloaded Since yesterday evening by a leak in the server the entire...

Report: NSA Looks Into NASDAQ Hack

The National Security Agency has joined in a cyber forensic investigation off a major attack on NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc. which operates the NASDAQ stock exchange, according to a report on Wednesday by Bloomberg. As reported by Threatpost, the tech-heavy stock exchange was discovered to be infiltrat...

National Security Agency (NSA) to Investigate Nasdaq Hack

The National Security Agency has been called in to help investigate recent hack attacks against the company that runs the Nasdaq stock market, according to a news report. The agency's precise role in the investigation hasn't been disclosed, but its involvement suggests the October 2010 attacks ma...

Sophisticated Attack Yields Data On IEEE Members

IEEE, the world’s leading society for technical professionals, has warned some 800 members that their credit card and personal information may have been stolen. The FBI has been notified of the breach. The group disclosed the November, 2010 breach in a letter to the New Hampshire Attorney General...

European Union Parliament Under Cyber Attack !

Following on the heels of a sophisticated cyber assault against the European Union's Commission and External Action Service, reports have surfaced that the EU Parliament's information systems are also being targeted in an attack. Officials indicate that the attacks have successfully penetrated th...

Chinese hackers suspected in compromise of Australian PM's computer

Chinese hackers suspected in compromise of Australian PM's computer The parliamentary computers of Prime Minister Julia Gillard and at least two other senior ministers are suspected of being hacked. Ms Gillard's parliamentary computer, along with those of several cabinet ministers including Forei...

Thousands of Bank of America Accounts Hacked !

Thousands of Bank of America customers' account information could be in jeopardy after a major security breach. Christy Clark went to a Royal Oak drug store Friday, but when her debit card was declined, she knew something was wrong. "I was very embarrassed," Clark said. She went straight to the...

Former employee held for hacking server of BPO unit in Hyderabad !

A former software professional on Saturday was arrested for allegedly hacking the server of a city-based BPO company, where he previously worked, police said. The hacker identified as Shaik Mahammad Ghouse Bhasa allegedly secured unauthorised access to the computer systems of M/s IVOICE Network...

HBGary E-mails: DuPont, Other Firms Hit In Aurora Attack

Emails unearthed by the HBGary hack reveal that Chinese hackers compromised the networks of chemical company, DuPont, and more than a dozen others high profile Western firms in late 2009 as part of a wide-scale hack since dubbed “Operation Aurora.” The revelations, gleaned from leaked e-mail,...

Hacker sends teen's half-naked photo to Facebook, e-mail contacts !

BREMERTON — The partially naked photograph of a Bremerton teenager has managed to circulate to her e-mail contacts, teachers and even to colleges where she'd applied to school, according to Bremerton police reports. The girl said she'd sent a picture of herself wearing only underwear to her...

Report: French Ministry of Finance Confirms Hack

The French Ministry of Finance has confirmed a report in a French Magazine on Monday that a widespread hack of computers on its networks occurred. The hack, of over 150 MOF machines has been traced to computers in China and appears to have targeted documents that outline France and the G20’s...

Emailrevealer.com Launches New Email Hacking Investigation service !

EmailRevealer.com the Colorado based private investigation firm specializing in cyber stalking intervention and email tracing, has added Email Hacking Investigations to their investigative tool box. EmailRevealer's Email Hacking Investigations, available through their web site at...

Maldives National Defence Force (MNDF) Website Hacked !

The Maldives National Defence Force MNDF has confirmed that its website was hacked last night by an unknown attacker. Major Abdul Raheem today confirmed that the MNDF was made aware of an attack this morning after checking its website. "Currently our website is down, and we are trying to fix it,"...

CBI seeking Pakistan government's help in identifying members of a hacker group 'VERGIL'

The CBI will seek Pakistan government's help in identifying members of a hacker group 'VERGIL' operating from that country and was allegedly involved in defacing the official website of Bureau of Police Research and Development BPRD in 2010. Accepting a CBI plea, a Delhi court today issued a...

After The Hack: Tips For Working With Local Law Enforcement

SAN FRANCISCO–If you are in business long enough, you’re going to get hacked and you’re going to have to call the cops. Maybe you’ll need their help finding the perpetrators of a crime in which your business was victimized. Maybe employees will have conducted a crime involving IT, or maybe you’ll...

HOLD — HBGary Federal News…

HBGary Federal, the beleagured security startup that has been the target of the online mischief making group Anonymous for the last week said on Monday that it was ceasing operations | its CEO Aaron Barr was stepping down. The consulting firm, a wholly owned subsidiary of HBGary Inc., had been...