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Like Those Wikipedia Ads? They Mean You're Infected With Malware!
The Wikimedia Foundation is warning its millions of visitors that if they’re seeing ads appearing on any of the Foundation’s Web sites, then their computer is probably infected with malware. The Foundation issued a statement on Monday clarifying that it never runs ads on the Web site for Wikipedi...
17 year old Teenager arrested over TeamPoison hacking attacks
17 year old Teenager arrested over TeamPoison hacking attacks A teenage boy has been arrested on suspicion of being a member of "TeamPoison", a computer hacking group that has claimed responsibility for 1,400 offences including an attack on the phone system of Scotland Yard's counter-terrorism un...
UK's Serious Organised Crime Agency's website taken offline after DDoS attack
UK's Serious Organised Crime Agency's website taken offline after DDoS attack The Serious Organised Crime Agency's website was temporarily shut down today after a cyber attack.It was the victim of a scam known as distributed denial of service DDOS whereby an internet address is flooded with bogus...
Malware Poses as US Department of Justice Violation Notice
Posing as the US Department of Justice DoJ, a new variant of the Citadel Malware called Reveton is responsible for a ransomware campaign that attempts to extort $100 from its victims. The infections are occurring after users are lured to a drive-by download site where a dropper installs the Citad...
36 Web domains seized tied to online financial fraud
Thirty-six websites used to sell stolen bank account details have been taken down following an investigation by the Serious Organised Crime Agency SOCA. The arrest of two men in the UK and another in Macedonia is the result of an international operation in which 36 web domains, used to trade...
Russian Mafia Organizes to Double Cybercrime Profits in 2011
The dollar-value of online criminal activity conducted by the Russian mafia and other criminal organizations doubled in 2011, according to a new report from the Russian security firm Group-IB. The global cyber crime market was worth $12.5 billion in 2011, the report claims. Russian-speaking...
Homeland Security hacking into gaming consoles to obtain user data
Homeland Security hacking into gaming consoles to obtain user data The U.S. government has hired a California-based company to hack into video game consoles, such as Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3, to watch criminals, especially child predators, and learn how to collect evidence against them. The U.S...
British Paypal hacker jailed for stealing millions Identities
British Paypal hacker jailed for stealing millions Identities A UK cybercrook has been jailed for 26 months following his conviction for stealing millions of banking and PayPal identities. According to Report, Southwark Crown Court heard how Edward Pearson, 23, could have made about £834,000 if h...
Sky News: Hacking was "Responsible Journalism" in Public Interest
In a statement published by The Guardian Thursday, Sky News admitted to twice authorizing a journalist to hack into the email accounts of persons suspected of crimes, defending its actions as “editorially justified.” In the first incident, the broadcaster admitted hacking the e-mail account of Jo...
Fortune Favors the Bold? Man Steals Microsoft Founder's Identity, Credit Card
When one Pennsylvanian man couldn’t foot his bills, he opted to steal the identity of someone that could – one of the world’s richest men, Microsoft co-founder and billionaire Paul Allen. An AWOL solider from Pittsburgh swiped Allen’s Citibank credit card account information earlier this year to...
National White Collar Crime Center Cross Site Scripting
Exploit Title: National White Collar Crime Center Cross Site Scripting Google Dork: - Date: 26/3/2012 4:43 AM Malaysia Author: Ryuzaki Lawlet Blog: http://justryuz.blogspot.com Tested on: Linux OSHIRIX CVE : XSS Vulnerable Vulnerable :...
Dominican Republic Police arrested 6 Anonymous hackers
Dominican Republic Police arrested 6 Anonymous hackers Dominican Republic Police has arrested six hackers , Milton Corniell David Jimenez Zerohack, Juan Rafael Leonardo Acosta Nmap, Cristian de la Rosa Jose de los Santos Mot, Robert Reynoso Delgado Frank-Ostia linked to Anonymous and accused by t...
Oxford University launches Cyber Security Centre
Oxford University launches Cyber Security Centre Cyber crime is not going away. As the world becomes ever more interconnected and dependent on networks, laptops and personal handheld devices, the opportunities are just too great. The personal information stored on such devices credit card...
Pakistani Hackers attacks 31 government and 46 educational institutions Websites
Pakistani Hackers attacks 31 government and 46 educational institutions Websites Maharashtra police said, websites of more than 46 educational institutions and 31 government websites based in the district were allegedly hacked by a group reportedly based in Pakistan. KhantastiC, a hacker who...
Australia's first national cyber security competition Announced
Australia's first national cyber security competition Announced Australia's first national cyber security competition, the 2012 Cyber Defence University Challenge, was launched today by broadband minister Senator Stephen Conroy. If you are an undergraduate with top cyber problem-solving skills th...
#THN Monthly ( February ) News Archive, If you miss Something !
THN Monthly February News Archive,If you miss Something ! Censorship - Global Concern, THN Magazine March Edition : Forget terrorists attacks here are 2012's Most Vulnerable Cities At Risk for Cyber Crime Idiots : Slum Dog India demands Real time monitoring on Indian Gmail & Yahoo Emails. Do they...
UPDATE: Interpol Operation Leads to Arrest of 25 Suspected Anons
Interpol announced yesterday that they had taken part in an international operation that led to the arrests of 25 alleged members of the Anonymous hacker collective. The not-arrested members of Anonymous reportedly lashed back with a stinging DDoS attack on Interpol’s website. The so-called...
Cyber Criminals took over billion dollar of Brazilian companies
Cyber Criminals took over billion dollar of Brazilian companies PricewaterhouseCoopers has revealed in a report that cyber criminals are now shifting their attacks towards emerging markets, especially those engaging with carbon emission trades which promote low carbon technologies but whose...
