Report: Syrian Government Using Targeted Skype Attacks, Malware To Spy On Dissidents

In a post on the F-Secure Labs blog, Chief Research Officer Mikko Hypponen says the firm received a hard drive image from a “contact” within Syria who believed that his computer had been compromised. An F-Secure analysis of the drive’s contents and Web history revealed evidence of a targeted atta...

Lebanese Government sites hacked by 'Raise Your Voice'

Lebanese Government sites hacked by 'Raise Your Voice' A group calling itself 'Raise Your Voice' hacked on Tuesday around 15 Lebanese government websites to ask for an improvement in living standards, the day the parliament launches a three-day session to assess the cabinet's performance. "To our...

The Syrian spyware to target the opposition activists

The Syrian spyware to target the opposition activists CNN News reported about malicious programs used to target the Syrian opposition, Its a computer viruses that spy on them and according to report a Syrian opposition group and a former international aid worker whose computer was infected. They...

#SOPA - The Hacker News say "NO WAY"

SOPA - The Hacker News say "NO WAY" Get mad and take action as you read how your internet privacy and freedoms are about to be taken away in our editor Patti Galle's article on SOPA…….coming to your personal rights soon. The Stop Online Piracy Act SOPA, or H.R. 3261, is a bill that was introduced...

As SOPA Looms, Survey Suggests Most Americans Are Media Pirates – And Proud Of It

While lawmakers in the U.S. debate new laws that would give media companies powerful new legal weapons to stop the distribution of copyrighted content online, a new survey of Americans finds that most admit to having pirated content themselves – and don’t see any problem with it. The survey of...

Iran government websites now on local server to Protect them from Cyber Attacks

Iran government websites now on local server to Protect them from Cyber Attacks An Iranian official says the country has transferred the location of most of its government websites from foreign-based hosting agencies to new computer facilities inside the country to avert potential cyber attacks...

Russian hackers hit Twitter with automated hashtags tweets

Russian hackers hit Twitter with automated hashtags tweets Russian hackers have taken aim at Twitter in recent days to hamper communication between opposition activists as outrage against the conduct of last week's general elections grows. The pro-government messages were generated by thousands o...

Key House Hearing on SOPA Bill Set For Today

All eyes will be on Capitol Hill this morning when the House Judiciary Committee holds a key hearing on the controversial Stop Online Piracy Act, which has drawn wide opposition from a variety of groups and companies for its broad language supposedly designed to prevent copyright infringement. Th...

European Union hacked by Inj3ct0r Team

European Union hacked by Inj3ct0r Team One of the Sub domain of European Union hacked and Defaced by Exploit writers at Inj3ct0r Team. Hacker deface the web page and wrote : We are against nuclear weapons. We are against violence in Libya. We are against the arrest of policy Tymoshenko's in...

Jordan Islamist opposition website hacked !

Jordan's opposition Islamic Action Front party said Sunday its website has been hacked, a day after it called for the ouster of the prime minister over a deadly crackdown on protesters. "The content of the website has been replaced with slogans and statements, clearly showing that an official par...

Libyan opposition websites hacked, activists blame Gaddafi !

Cairo - Anti-government activists Tuesday accused supporters of Libyan leader Moamer Gaddafi of hacking websites reporting on Libya's pro-democracy demonstrations. In a message posted on the website of Quryna newspaper, activists accused Gaddafi of hacking their sites. 'The Gaddafi regime shut do...

Iran's Intelligence Minister Admits to Hacking Opposition Emails

Iran's Intelligence Minister, Heydar Moslehi, has publicly admitted to hacking the emails of opposition members. Iranian news agencies, including ILNA, quoted Moslehi stating that emails were the primary communication tool for opposition members during last year's postelection protests. The...