Turks Fake Out Facebook Translation

A group of Turkish miscreants have submitted fake translations to Facebook so that an error message would appear reading “Your message could not be sent because of your tiny penis” in Turkish. The intended message should actually read “the message could not be delivered because the intended recipient was offline.”

The Turkish users were able to take advantage of Facebook’s crowd-sourcing technology used in translations to vote for the incorrect…

Neo-Nazi Hackers Hit Holocaust Memorial Website

Neo-Nazi hackers have hacked into a website commemorating victims of the Buchenwald concentration camp and defaced it with Nazi symbols and slogans.

The hackers hit the “Book of the Dead,” defacing the site designed to commemorate the camp’s victims. Additionally, the hackers took down the web pages for the Mittelbau-Dora camp nearby. Volkhard Knigge, speaking on behalf of the Buchenwald memorial foundation, said the attacks were reported to the police,…

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Genachowski: FCC’s Authority Vital to Privacy and Cybersecurity

In testimony before the Senate Commerce Committee yesterday, Julius Genachowski, chairman of the FCC, told Committee members that the FCC’s regulatory authority is vital to the security and privacy of the Internet.

“The Commission also recognizes that privacy has more than intrinsic value: it is critical for promoting investment, innovation, and adoption of cutting edge communications…

Russians Criminals Use Botnets for Check Counterfeiting

A security researcher has discovered a Russian cyber crime gang that uses botnets to steal and print millions of dollars worth of false invoices. The gang then recruits money mules to cash the counterfeit checks.

The scam, which is highly automated, begins with the infiltration of online check archiving and verification services which often store vast records of previously cashed checks. It then goes through job websites to find email…

DMCA Changes Allow Jailbreaking

A new change to the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) will now keep users who jailbreak their iPhones or other mobile devices from worrying about the threat of prosecution. An additional change allows will provide further protections for security researchers.

According to the Library of Congress’s Patent Office, which oversees the DMCA and conducts regular reviews,…

Botnet Malware Writer Arrested in Slovenia

A man believed to a malware author has been arrested in Slovenia. The 23-year-old virus writer, known as Iserdo, is said to be the author of the Mariposa virus, which infected more than 12.7 million computers and was dismantled earlier this year.

Since its discovery, law enforcement organizations in the United States and Europe have been working to close down the operators. Police in Spain arrested three individuals suspected of…

Hacker Pleads Guilty to Trojan Banking Scam

An Australian hacker has pleaded guilty to infecting approximately 3,000 computers with a Trojan virus designed to steal user information.

Anthony Scott Harrison, 21, from the area near Adelaide, pleaded guilty on Monday to seven counts of computer hacking violations, according to UPI. He will be sentenced in September.

Harrison used unnamed malware to steal credit card and banking login information from infected users. He also admitted to creating a botnet…

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Cybersecurity Challenge Not ‘Insurmountable,’ Says Singapore Minister

Singapore’s well-developed IT infrastructure and dependence on technology has made the country a possible target for cyber terrorists, a scenario the Singaporean government is trying to prevent from occurring.

Last year, McAfee released a report ranking Singapore as the 10th-riskiest domain out of 104 around the world. The report noted that almost one out of every 2o tested .sg domains are being used for phishing and to distribute…