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  • A history of viruses on Linux

    11/29/2010 5:35:05 AM PST · by ShadowAce · 14 replies
    Neowin ^ | 27 November 2010 | Brandon Boyce
    We recently gave you a brief history of viruses on the Mac and as requested by a user we wanted to give you a history of viruses on Linux. Given the tight security integrated into Linux, it is difficult to take advantage of a vulnerability on the computer, but some programmers have found ways around the security measures. There are several free options for anti-virus on Linux that you really should use, even if it isn't always running - a weekly or monthly scan doesn't hurt. Free anti-virus solutions include: ClamAV, AVG, Avast and F-Prot. 1996: The cracker group VLAD...
  • How hackers can help us defeat Wall Street: The heroes of the Second American Revolution

    11/19/2010 10:13:47 PM PST · by 2ndDivisionVet · 5 replies
    Market Watch ^ | November 8, 2010 | Paul B. Farrell
    “American capitalism is broken,” warns economist Peter Morici. Worse, American government is broken with “two bankrupt political parties bankrupting the country,” warns Stanford political scientist Larry Diamond. Why? Because Wall Street is broken: Our engine of capitalism is broken. Morici warns that Wall Street’s insatiable gluttony is strangling America’s 8,000 regional banks: “About 3,000 regional banks face extinction, and ordinary Americans can only borrow money at government run Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac or at extortionist rates on big-bank-controlled credit cards.” Time to counterattack, or the clock runs out. The plan? Hackers are America’s “Hail Mary pass” against Wall Street’s...
  • Hacker infiltration ends D.C. online voting trial

    10/05/2010 5:34:30 AM PDT · by tlb · 13 replies
    Washington Post ^ | October 4, 2010 | Mike DeBonis
    Last week, the D.C. Board of Elections and Ethics opened a new Internet-based voting system for a weeklong test period, inviting computer experts from all corners to prod its vulnerabilities in the spirit of "give it your best shot." Well, the hackers gave it their best shot -- and midday Friday, the trial period was suspended, with the board citing "usability issues brought to our attention." Here's one of those issues: After casting a vote, according to test observers, the Web site played "Hail to the Victors" -- the University of Michigan fight song. "The integrity of the system had...
  • Russians in NY aided '$3M bank hack'

    10/01/2010 1:46:47 PM PDT · by ConservativeStatement · 2 replies
    New York Post ^ | October 1, 2010 | BRUCE GOLDING and JEREMY OLSHAN
    A baby-faced band of "money mules" helped an Eastern European hackerring transfer $3 million in cash it pilfered from American bank accounts, federal prosecutors in New York said yesterday. The group, including several women who are college co-eds here on student visas, was allegedly tasked with opening hundreds of bank accounts used to receive the stolen funds.
  • Extradited Hacker Sentenced to 10 Years in Federal Prison for Masterminding First-Ever Hack....

    09/28/2010 12:39:52 AM PDT · by Cindy · 8 replies
    Newark.FBI.gov - DOJ Press Release ^ | September 24, 2010 | n/a
    NOTE The following text is a quote: Extradited Hacker Sentenced to 10 Years in Federal Prison for Masterminding First-Ever Hack Into Internet Phone Networks Defendant Also Ordered to Pay Over $1 Million in Restitution NEWARK, NJ—The first individual ever charged with hacking into the networks of Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) providers and reselling hacked VoIP services for a profit was sentenced today to 120 months in prison, United States Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced. Edwin Andres Pena, 27, transmitted over 10 million minutes of unauthorized telephone calls over the victims' networks. Pena, a Venezuelan citizen, fled the United States...
  • Email worm traced back to cyber-jihad group

    09/16/2010 9:20:57 AM PDT · by SmartInsight · 8 replies
    SC Magazine ^ | Sept. 13, 2010 | Dan Kaplan
    The person responsible for the "Here you have" email worm, which wreaked havoc last week on businesses across the United States, may be part of a cyber-jihad group upset over American military presence in Iraq. The malware author, who uses the handle "iraq_resistance," is believed to be part of the cyber-jihad organization "Brigades of Tariq ibn Ziyad," whose goal is to digitally infiltrate U.S. Army agencies, Joe Stewart, director of malware research at SecureWorks, a network security company, told SCMagazineUS.com on Monday. Researchers concluded this after determining that a worm launched last month, but on a much smaller scale, was...
  • New York Post Hacked; Anti-WikiLeaks Editorial Redirected to Dummy Site

    08/14/2010 6:53:18 AM PDT · by kristinn · 48 replies · 1+ views
    Saturday, August 14, 2010 | Kristinn
    The online version the New York Post editorial in today's issue harshly criticizing WikiLeaks for publishing stolen classified Pentagon Afghan war documents without redacting them to prevent Afghans from facing retribution from the Taliban has been hacked.Attempts to access the editorial directly through NYPost.com and through Google result in being directed to Pages.US.comWikiLeaks and its founder, reputed computer hacker Julian Assange, have come under criticism from allies Reporters Without Borders and Amnesty International for outing Afghans without regard to their safety.This week, Assange called Afghans aiding the U.S. in the fight against al Qaeda and the Taliban "genuinely traitorous." That...
  • INTERNATIONAL HACKER ARRAIGNED AFTER EXTRADITION Elaborate Scheme Stole over $9.4 Million...

    08/07/2010 4:01:49 PM PDT · by Cindy · 4 replies
    NOTE The following text SNIPPET is a quote: International Hacker Arraigned After Extradition Elaborate Scheme Stole over $9.4 Million from Credit Card Processor ATLANTA, GA—SERGEI TŠURIKOV, 26, of Tallinn, Estonia, has been extradited to the United States. TŠURIKOV appeared today and was arraigned before United States Magistrate Judge E. Clayton Scofield III, on federal charges of conspiracy to commit wire fraud, wire fraud, conspiracy to commit computer fraud, computer fraud, and aggravated identity theft. TŠURIKOV was indicted by a federal grand jury on these charges on November 10, 2010, along with VIKTOR PLESHCHUK, 29, of St. Petersburg, Russia; OLEG COVELIN,...
  • Al Qaeda in Gaza on YouTube

    06/29/2010 12:30:53 AM PDT · by Cindy · 2 replies
    THE JAWA REPORT - blog ^ | June 28, 2010 03:25 PM | By Rusty Shackleford, Ph.D.
    SNIPPET: "The guy who uploaded it seems to think that he's a cyber-hacker for Allah, too."
  • Haxor Training to Commence Shortly at Al-Faloja?

    06/28/2010 5:42:26 PM PDT · by Cindy · 6 replies
    INTERNET-HAGANAH.com ^ | June 28, 2010 | n/a
    28 June 2010 HAXOR TRAINING TO COMMENCE SHORTLY AT AL-FALOJA? SNIPPET: "Signs point to yes."
  • Taliban Sites Hacked: Who is the 'Voice of Truth'?

    06/14/2010 5:48:10 PM PDT · by Cindy · 5 replies · 280+ views
    LONG WAR JOURNAL.org - Threat Matrix - blog ^ | JUNE 13, 2010, 4:49 PM | By TONY PRUDORI
    SNIPPET: "-- The Voice of Truth claims responsibility for attacking the site on March 17, April 7, April 14, May 17, June 4, and June 7 of this year (the dates are based on this Islamic calendar date converter)." SNIPPET: "So, who could be doing this? Earlier this year, someone identifying himself as @th3j35t3r on Twitter bragged about taking sites promoting terrorism, for short periods of time (30-60 minutes). He says he's hit at least some of the Taliban usual suspect sites - for example: www.alemarah.info - official taliban website (Afghan Resistance) - ooops I did it again, down for...
  • Audit finds Deparment of Homeland Security’s network vulnerable

    06/11/2010 6:47:45 AM PDT · by oc-flyfish · 20 replies · 495+ views
    Tech 1984 ^ | 6/11/10 | Tech 1984
    Oh man this is rich. The same group of people who want to grab control of private civilian networks can't even secure their own network! Can you say poetic justice?
  • Report: Google to Dump Windows Internally Due to Security Concerns - hackers came thru the windows

    06/01/2010 9:02:23 AM PDT · by Ernest_at_the_Beach · 26 replies · 471+ views
    Daily Tech ^ | June 1, 2010 9:22 AM | Jason Mick (Blog)
    New hires are being given the choice of using Macs or LinuxGoogle is one of the most creative and powerful tech companies in the world, thus its actions are scrutinized at times.  However, it's hard not to see a bit of significance in this one -- Google is reportedly phasing out Windows due to security concerns. News of the plan broke as Google remains reeling from a major intrusion by Chinese hackers which occurred using an unprotected flaw in Internet Explorer 6.  Back in early February, Google announced that it would be dropping dedicated support for Internet Explorer 6, leaving a fifth of...
  • U.S. Treasury Sites Hacked, Serves Up Malware

    05/05/2010 3:34:03 PM PDT · by decimon · 3 replies · 254+ views
    Tom's Guide ^ | May 4, 2010 | Kevin Parrish
    Hackers planted code into three sites belonging to the U.S. Department of the Treasury.As a consumer and a taxpayer, it's assumed that government websites are the most secure in the nation. After all, if hackers can gain access and plant malware for viewers to download , then the nation really isn't that all secure on the cyber frontier, right? Unfortunately, that's apparently what has happened to three websites belonging to the U.S. Department of the Treasury. How safe and secure do you feel now? Roger Thompson of AVG discovered the infestation on Monday. The urls involved include bep.gov (Bureau of...
  • India bans Chinese telecom equipment citing security

    04/30/2010 9:48:25 AM PDT · by James C. Bennett · 4 replies · 555+ views
    CTV News ^ | April 30, 2010 | CTV News
    NEW DELHI — India has banned telecom equipment from China citing national security reasons, heightening trade tensions between the two Asian economic giants. In a recent order, the government has told mobile operators not to import any network equipment manufactured by Chinese vendors such as Huawei and ZTE. Indian officials say the ban was prompted by concerns that Chinese telecom equipment could have spyware or malicious software - known as "malware" - embedded in it which could give Chinese intelligence agencies access to telecom networks in India. Under strict new conditions, Indian telecom companies will have to get a security...
  • China-Based Hackers Stole Indian Secrets

    04/06/2010 11:31:28 PM PDT · by myknowledge · 8 replies · 421+ views
    BEIJING—China-based hackers stole Indian national-security information, 1,500 emails from the Dalai Lama's office and other sensitive documents, a new report said Tuesday. Researchers at the University of Toronto said they were able to observe the hacking and trace it to core servers located in China and to people based in the southwestern city of Chengdu. The researchers said they monitored the hacking for the past eight months. The report said it has no evidence of involvement by the Chinese government, but it again put Beijing on the defensive. Separate reports earlier this year said security investigators had traced attacks on...
  • Hordes of Honkers Out To Raise Hell

    04/04/2010 9:16:46 PM PDT · by myknowledge · 11 replies · 553+ views
    Strategy Page ^ | April 4, 2010
    Many nations are taking advantage of the Internet to encourage, or even organize, patriotic Internet users to obtain hacking skills. This enables the government to use (often informally) these thousands of hackers to attack enemies (foreign or domestic.) These organizations arrange training and mentoring to improve the skills of group members. Turkey has over 44,000 of these hackers, Saudi Arabia has over 100,000, Iraq has over 40,000, Russia over 100,000 and China, over 400,000. While many of these Cyber Warriors are rank amateurs, even the least skilled can be given simple tasks. And out of their ranks will emerge more...
  • Training the next Cyber Warriors

    03/27/2010 4:09:03 AM PDT · by sodpoodle · 2 replies · 150+ views
    Fox news ^ | March 26, 2010 | Adam Housley
    By some estimates we will need nearly 60,000 newly trained cyber defense warriors (as they are called), just in the next 3 years to help stop the threats to U.S. interests, companies and friends around the globe. That number is staggering when you realize that much of the hacking that exists today is unknown. For example, for every hacker like Francois who clearly wants to be known, there are hundreds who want to do just the opposite....they just want to sneak in, get the info and then sneak out......never detected.
  • Nuke hack attack puts military on high alert (Fake report over govt systems Okinawa nuked)

    03/09/2010 12:42:45 AM PST · by tlb · 20 replies · 352+ views
    WorldNetDaily ^ | March 08, 2010 | Mike Maloof
    WASHINGTON, D.C. – A message that North Korea had conducted a nuclear attack on the Japanese island of Okinawa turned out to be false, but the fact it was delivered via U.S. military communications has prompted a high alert, according to U.S. officials who asked to remain anonymous. U.S. military channels were hacked either by the Chinese or North Koreans, the source said. Access to such communications – even unclassified military systems – suggests a serious breach of technology security. "Today, March 06, 2010 at 11.46 AM local time (UTC/GMT -5 hours),US seismographic stations recorded seismic activity in the area...
  • How FBI, police busted massive botnet

    03/03/2010 12:55:20 PM PST · by Ernest_at_the_Beach · 12 replies · 702+ views
    The Register ^ | 3rd March 2010 15:56 GMT | John Leyden
    Analysis More details have emerged about a cybercrime investigation that led to the takedown of a botnet containing 12m zombie PCs and the arrest of three alleged kingpins who built and ran it. As previously reported, the Mariposa botnet was principally geared towards stealing online login credentials for banks, email services and the like from compromised Windows PCs. The malware infected an estimated 12.7 million computers in more than 190 countries. The botnet was shut down on 23 December 2009 following months of collaboration between security firms Panda Security and Defence Intelligence in co-operation with the FBI and Spain's Guardia...