World's most secure messaging service offers £10,000 if you crack it

Privacy conscious phone users are being offered a new app that claims to be the world's first totally secure messaging service. A London-based iPhone messaging app claims to be unhackable and is offering reward to anyone who can intercept a message sent by it. Redact believes that messages sent v...

World's largest platinum producer 'Anglo American' hacked by Anonymous

Anonymous, the Internet hacktivist hacked into 'Anglo American' and dump their complete database online. The dump includes the Personal details of 122 investors, and more than 400 registered share holders details and other database also. Anglo American is a British multinational mining company...

Vulnerability in OpenSSL - SSL, TLS and DTLS Plaintext Recovery Attack

A weakness in the handling of CBC ciphersuites in SSL, TLS and DTLS which could lead to plaintext recovery by exploiting timing differences arising during MAC processing. Found by Nadhem J. AlFardan and Kenneth G. Paterson of the Information Security Group Royal Holloway, University of London...

Paypal hacker escaped jail

In London today, an 18-year-old anonymous hacker received an 18-month youth rehabilitation order and a 60-hour unpaid work requirement for his involvement in "Operation Payback". One strike against Paypal alone cost the site £3.5 million pounds. But Jake Birchall escaped jail today after the judg...

Paypal hacker escaped jail

In London today, an 18-year-old anonymous hacker received an 18-month youth rehabilitation order and a 60-hour unpaid work requirement for his involvement in "Operation Payback". One strike against Paypal alone cost the site £3.5 million pounds. But Jake Birchall escaped jail today after the judg...

Gary McGraw on Cyberwar and the Folly of Hoarding Cyber-Rocks

Dennis Fisher talks with Gary McGraw of Cigital about some of the holes in the current thinking about cyberwar, why traditional military analogies don’t hold up in cyberwar discussions and how better defense can make a difference. McGraw will be discussing his thoughts on cyberwar at King’s Colle...

Anonymous deface UK Police forum and Dating Portal

Yesterday Anonymous deface the UK Police Online web forum https://www.ukpoliceonline.co.uk and stole the private emails addresses of various members. The Metropolitan Police's e-Crime unit is investigating the hack and said that no computer system run by the police force had been hacked. The Hack...

Olympic Flavored 419 Scams Exploit London Games Fervor

Olympic themed fraud, email scams, and spam campaigns are so banal right now that the official website of the 2012 London Olympic Games contains not only a ‘stay safe online’ page but has also compiled a downloadable list of known scams. The “Stay safe online” page of the London Games’ website...

Wikileaks to Publish Almost 2.5 Million 'Syria Files'

Whistle blower website Wikileaks announced Thursday that it would publish nearly 2.5 million e-mails from 680 agencies in Syria over the next two months. In a press release on the organization’s site, Wikileaks’ founder Julian Assange claimed “the material is embarrassing to Syria,” and “Syria’s...

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...

[MATTA-2012-002] CVE-2012-1493; F5 BIG-IP remote root authentication bypass Vulnerability

Matta Consulting - Matta Advisory https://www.trustmatta.com F5 BIG-IP remote root authentication bypass Vulnerability Advisory ID: MATTA-2012-002 CVE reference: CVE-2012-1493 Affected platforms: BIG-IP platforms without SCCP Version: 11.x 10.x 9.x Date: 2012-February-16 Security risk: High...

DHS Warns of Potential Scams and Attack in Run-up to London Olympics

Hacktivists, malware, scams, data theft and DDoS attacks are among the Department of Homeland Security’s concerns regarding this summer’s Olympic Games set to take place in London, according to the DHS Cybersecurity and Communications Integration Center’s Strategic Outlook. The document focuses...

UK Govt. Investigating London Marathon Data Breach That Spilled Info On 38,000

The UK Information Commissioner’s Office ICO said it is looking into a possible data breach of the Website used by organizers of the London Marathon – major, international sporting event that attracted more than 37,000 runners for the 37th running on April 22nd. According to a BBC report, the hom...

Report: FEDS Arrest Top LulzSec Members

The FBI has arrested three suspected members of the hacker group LulzSec, according to published reports. Fox News broke the story of the arrests on Tuesday, citing unnamed FBI officials saying that law enforcement agents closed in on top members of the group LulzSec Tuesday morning using...

Unfixed XSS vulnerability at www.northlondonreadinggroup.co.uk

Security researcher IrIsT.Ir, has submitted on 25/12/2011 a cross-site-scripting XSS vulnerability affecting www.northlondonreadinggroup.co.uk, which at the time of submission ranked 0 on the web according to Alexa. We manually validated and published a mirror of this vulnerability on 25/12/2011...

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...

Sky News Twitter account Hacked

Sky News Twitter account Hacked Hackers yesterday accessed the Twitter account for Sky News business desk and posted a tweet claiming that James Murdoch had been arrested by London police. It has also lately been used by hacker groups to simply raise their profile and make the public aware of the...

#OccupyLondon : The Night of Thousand Masks on 5th November

OccupyLondon : The Night of Thousand Masks on 5th November Anonymous Mask = "A symbol that unites them behind one universal message" . Activists plan to protest on 5th November ,2011 at Saint Pauls Cathedral London 9:00pm - 11:00pm. This going to be "The Night of Thousand Masks". Message By...

BlackBerry blog site hacked by TriCk – TeaMp0isoN against London riots

BlackBerry blog site hacked by TriCk – TeaMp0isoN against London riots Hacking crew team TriCk – TeaMp0isoN today hack and deface the blog website of BlackBerry against London riots, One of the leading Mobile Company. They post a message also on homepage, as given below . Also There were calls on...

BlackBerry blog site hacked by TriCk – TeaMp0isoN against London riots

BlackBerry blog site hacked by TriCk – TeaMp0isoN against London riots Hacking crew team TriCk – TeaMp0isoN today hack and deface the blog website of BlackBerry against London riots, One of the leading Mobile Company. They post a message also on homepage, as given below . Also There were calls on...