Kerala cyber police closing in on software theft culprits !

Thiruvananthapuram, Jan 5 IANS The cyber wing of the Kerala Police Wednesday claimed it had got vital clues about the theft of software source codes and intellectual property data from a Kochi-based IT company. The investigation is progressing on the right track, V.K. Ajith Mohan of the police...

Microsoft Warns Of Security Hole in Windows Graphics Engine

Microsoft issued an advisory to Windows users about a security vulnerability in a common Windows component that could be used by remote attackers to run malicious code on machines running the Windows XP, Vista and Windows Server 2003 operating systems. The company said on Tuesday that it is...

Cyber crime trail leads to Winona State students !

A U.S. Department of Homeland Security investigation dubbed "Operation eMule" has led federal agents to a pair of 22-year-old foreign-exchange students in Winona who are suspected to be part of a sophisticated cyber crime ring based in Vietnam that has been misusing the identities of countless...

Popular Indian news portal - indiablooms.com Hacked By PakBugs !

Popular Indian news portal www.indiablooms.com, the online version of the national news agency India Blooms News Service IBNS, was hacked by the Pakistani hackers on Sunday afternoon. "Pakistani Hackers- Your site has been Hacked" said the redirected page of the site which was hacked around India...

FBI raids ISP in Anonymous DDoS investigation !

Authorities in the U.S. and Germany have raided Internet Service Providers in hopes of tracking down the hackers who launched distributed denial of service DDoS attacks against Web sites such as Visa.com, PayPal.com, and Mastercard.com earlier this month. In documents posted Wednesday to the...

Its 3rd week after attack & still CBI website remains down !

3rd week after attack & still CBI website remains down ! The website of the much sought-after Central Bureau of Investigation CBI continues to remain inactive, three weeks after it was hacked into by the so-called Pakistani Cyber Army. As a result, many have been badly hit, particularly the media...

Texas Man Indicted for Hacking Eden Prairie Business, Stealing $274,000

A federal indictment unsealed earlier today alleges that a 35-year-old Texas man hacked into the computer network of an Eden Prairie business, stealing approximately $274,000. The indictment, filed in Minneapolis on October 13, 2010, charges Jeremy Parker of Houston, Texas, with one count of...

India's Gov't Websites Still under Cyber Attacks !

Cyber crime experts in India are warning about the security flaws of many government websites, claiming the recent cyber attacks by Pakistani hackers have spurred little action in terms of enhanced cyber security. "Websites like that of Income Tax of India has loopholes and it can be hacked...

Thousands of Social Security Numbers Stolen in New York Data Breach

Thousands of Social Security numbers have been stolen from the computers of a New York state agency. The Social Security Administration in New York City reports that a subcontractor, who was working for the Office of Temporary Disability Assistance on computer infrastructure upgrades, illegally...

Police Change Approach to Phone Hacking Case Involving Andy Coulson

The police have changed their approach to a phone hacking incident that could affect Andy Coulson. Coulson, the media adviser for the Prime Minister, was previously an editor for the News of the World. The police have taken steps to halt the flow of information that could implicate high-ranking...

Hackers Steal Customer Data from McDonald's Partner Database

McDonald's is collaborating with law enforcement after malicious hackers infiltrated another company's database and stole information about an unknown number of the fast-food chain's customers. McDonald's has alerted potentially affected customers via email and through a message on its website. "...

Genesco Inc. Confirms Payment Card Data Breach in U.S. Stores

Specialty retailer Genesco Inc. announced on Friday that it experienced a criminal intrusion into the part of its computer network that processes payment card transactions. Some card details might have been compromised. However, the company quickly secured the affected network segment and express...

Dutch Arrest 16 Year Old for Wikileaks Attack

Dutch authorities issued a statement Thursday saying that a 16 year old boy has been taken into custody for involvement in attacks against the Web sites of Mastercard and Visa. The boy, who was not named, was due to be arraigned by a judge in Rotterdam on Friday. The arrest is the first known...

PayPal Drops Wikileaks, Denies DDoS Attack

Paypal confirmed on Monday that it “permanently restricted” the account used by Wikileaks, citing a violation of its Acceptable Use Policy. The action was just the latest by government and private sector organizations in response to the recent publication of leaked diplomatic cables from the U.S...

Hacker Infects 2,300 Computers; Court Hears Case of Youthful Curiosity

A hacker who infected over 2,300 computers with a virus capable of stealing banking details did not have serious criminal intentions, a court has heard. Today, lawyers for Anthony Scott Harrison argued that his "youthful curiosity" led him to hack into other people's computers to steal money...

Report Alleges Bredolab-Spamit Connections

Law enforcement crackdowns in recent weeks have targeted two major contributors to worldwide spam: Spamit.com and the Bredolab botnet. Now a new report suggests that the two cases may be related. A report on Krebsonsecurity.com claims that the recent arrest of a 27 year-old man, identified as Geo...

FBI Arrest Over 100, Uncovers Cyber Crime Ring

The FBI announced last week that it had busted a major international cyber crime network after arresting more than 90 suspected members of the ring in the US alone. The FBI said that the suspects worked as so-called mules for hackers, who were based in Eastern Europe and used malware to hack US...

Mozilla Stops Firefox Security Updates

Mozilla has stopped providing security updates to Firefox users as it investigates a bug that caused computers to crash last week. Blogger Michael Horowitz reported on the problem last Sunday after he tried to update older editions of Firefox on several different machines. Read the full article...

FIFA Being Investigated for Stolen Passport Data

Reports are coming in that the Information Commissioner’s Office has started investigating FIFA, the world football governing body, over allegations that details of thousands of World Cup fans’ – including their passport data – were accessed by one or more members of staff and then sold on the...

FBI Probes AT&T iPad Goatse Email Leak

The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation has opened an investigation into the leak of an estimated 114,000 Apple iPad user e-mail addresses including those of Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel, ABC ABC News anchor Diane Sawyer and NY Mayor Michael Bloomberg. Read the full article. IDG News Service...