$3 Million Stolen from NY School

A school district in western New York state has become victim to cyber crime, with criminals stealing around $3 million via the Internet. The funds were stolen over a four day period and it is presently unclear to investigators precisely how the funds were accessed by the criminals.

The FBI and New York State Police are presently investigating the case. This is the latest in a string of online thefts…

Hackers Exploit Vulnerabilities to Spread Anti-Semitism

Latin America Media Group officials have reported that their website was hacked by anti-Israel hackers. The hacker, whose signature is ‘Abu Salaman,’ managed to hack into the server of nearly 40 websites and also downed the back up server.

The company is not presently sure how much revenue has been lost, but estimates the damage in the hundreds of thousands. The hacker posted anti-Israel photos and anti-Semitic content…

Hackers Steal Classified Data from South Korea

South Korean officials reported over the weekend the army’s computer network was hacked and classified data was accessed.

The breach compromised information on dangerous chemicals hosted on the Chemical Accident Response Information System. Close to 600 agencies throughout South Korea use the system, including a number of first-responder units.

The system was compromised using the login credentials of a military officer. The hackers stole his login information after infecting…

Botnets Don’t Pay what They Used To

Botnets used for cyber attacks, particularly distributed denial of service attacks, are becoming cheaper, according to security researchers.

The number of available botnets has grown rapidly, flooding the market and driving prices down.

Botnets are constructed by hackers who infect a series of computers. They then rent out the botnet to other users for pre-set pricing based on how many days the botnet is used. The botnets are offered…

DHS Websites May Be Vulnerable to Hackers

Richard Skinner, the Department of Homeland Security’s inspector general, announced in a report that many of the most popular DHS sites are vulnerable to hackers, a problem that could result in the loss or misuse of DHS data.

The most frequently visited websites were audited and were found to have basic security protocols. However, security patching and assessments were largely inconsistent leaving a number of vulnerabilities…

Scam Compromises Email Accounts

The other day, Microsoft confirmed that a number of Hotmail account login information was compromised and posted online. It now appears that the breach is significantly wider, extending to Gmail, AOL, Yahoo, Earthlink and Comcast email accounts.

Over 30,000 accounts have been posted online according to a list the BBC viewed. Google has moved…

Data Breach Potentially Compromises SSNs

According to Computerworld, the School of Medicine at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill notified more than 160,000 women Friday their Social Security numbers may have been compromised by a recent breach by hackers.

The system breach was discovered in July, and it appears that some data theft may have occurred as far back as 2007.

The hacked system contained information on a federally funded research study…

Hackers Use Social Media, Stolen IDs to Perform Cyber Attacks

New research suggests that during last year’s five-day war between Russia and Georgia, Russian hackers used a combination of hijacked American identities and U.S. software tools to carry out an attack on Georgian governmental websites. A major issue with cyber warfare is that current military and international agreements do not yet account for the use of new American technologies as weapons.

The U.S. Cyber Consequences Unit has determined that to…