Hacker collective Lulz Security has taken credit for hacking the U.S. Senate and Maryland-based gaming company Bethesda Softworks, according to media reports. “Bethesda, we broke into your site over two months ago,” the group tweeted yesterday, according to The Los Angeles Times. “We’ve had all of your Brink users for weeks. Please fix your junk, [...]
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EU countries have agreed on harsher punishments against hackers who launch cyber attacks similar to those seen in recent weeks against the French government, European institutions and Citigroup, Reuters reports. Under the new rules, hackers would face a sentence of at least five years if found guilty of causing serious damage to IT systems. Attackers [...]
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The Navy is working to launch initial operations at four new regional network operation security components that will support the Navy Fleet Cyber Command and help protect naval computer networks, according to a senior Navy official. Along with combining network operations with computer network defense, the commands will exploit the adversary, predict future attacks and defend networks, said [...]
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A California-based company that represents medical providers in the recovery of billing from workers’ compensation insurance carriers has disclosed that electronic files containing the personal information of hundreds of thousands of individuals have been exposed to hackers. Southern California Medical-Legal Consultants, Inc was notified of the breach by an outside data security firm. The compromised [...]
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Hackers recently targeted the International Monetary Fund with a sophisticated cyber attack, whose impact remains unknown but has been described by a senior official as a “major breach,” The New York Times reported. The fund told its staff and its board of directors about the attack last Wednesday, but did not make a public announcement. [...]
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Blue Ridge Networks has received a Blanket Purchase Agreement to enable secure remote access for more than 9,000 users of the Justice Department’s Executive Office for United States Attorneys to 94 locations across the nation and its territories. Under the terms of the five-year agreement, Blue Ridge will provide end-to-end managed security solutions to eliminate [...]
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Nearly 40 percent of web hosts were repeat victims of phishing attacks that resulted in the placing of malware on their server platforms, according to a new report by the Internet Policy Committee of the Anti-Phishing Working Group. Thirty-seven percent of respondents said their websites had phishing or spoof sites planted on their web servers [...]
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Although much of the recent buzz surrounding cyber attacks has highlighted the possibility of retaliation, the million-dollar question remains: How do you strike back when you do not know who your enemy is? “The simple answer is that you can’t, and the longer answer is that it’s really hard and will probably take more time [...]
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On the heels of a recent study warning about mobile malware emerging as the new frontier of cyber crime comes another report that discusses the evolution of both smart devices and the threats that target them. The “Smartphone Malware Report,” by Panda Security and Spain’s National Cyber-Security Advisory Council, follows the historical milestones of mobile [...]
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Spanish police today arrested three suspected members of Anonymous on charges of cyber attacking targets including Sony, governments, businesses and financial institutions, Reuters reports. The suspects had been involved in the recent denial-of-service attack on Sony’s PlayStation online gaming store, as well as other cyber attacks on Spanish banks and Italian energy group Enel, the [...]
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