SAP Offers New Platform for Mobile Apps

SAP today announced its partners will be delivering and building its apps on Sybase Unwired Platform. More than 100 mobile apps will be showcased at the SAPPHIRE NOW + Sap TechEd event in Madrid, Spain from Nov. 8-10. Attendees will have the opportunity to see app demonstrations and numerous presentations, as well…

Malaysia Braces for ‘Anonymous’ Attack

Malaysia’s government says it is preparing to foil a potential cyber attack on its website by online collective Anonymous, which is responding to the country’s strict censorship practices, Voice of America reports.

Anonymous recently posted a video message on various websites, saying the government’s efforts to restrict access to at least 10 file-sharing websites amounts to a denial of basic human rights.

“We fear that if…

Suspected Anonymous Members Arrested; 9 Minors Released

In the wake of news that Spanish police arrested three suspected members of Anonymous last week, Turkish authorities yesterday detained an additional 32 suspected members of the same group, according to International Business Times.

The arrests were made after Turkish prosecutors and police yesterday launched raids in response to the cyber attacks the hacktivists allegedly unleashed on Turkish telecom regulators last week,…

Hacker Crackdown in Spain Brings Down Suspected Members of Anonymous

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 police said in a statement obtained by Reuters.

Describing the loose coalition of…

Suspected Nintendo Hacker Nabbed in Spain

Police in Spain have arrested a man for allegedly stealing personal data from thousands of Nintendo users by hacking into Nintendo Corp.’s online user database, the BBC reported.

The alleged hacker got his hands on data of 4,000 gamers, according to Spain’s Interior Ministry. The suspect allegedly threatened to contact the country’s data protection agency, accusing the firm of negligence.

When Nintendo failed to respond, he began leaking some of…

Anonymous Strikes Again; DDoS Attacks Spain’s Copyright Society

After recently cyber assaulting anti-piracy advocates and threatening to attack until it “stops being angry,” hacker collective Anonymous has struck again. The target this time: the Spanish copyright protection society.

PandaLabs reported how Anonymous yesterday launched a DDoS attack against the Spanish copyright protection society. As of 2:30 p.m. EDT yesterday, PandaLabs had witnessed more than 20 service interruptions to the society’s site, as well…

Cyber Crime on the Rise in Spain

Authorities in Malaga, Spain, have reported that child pornography and fraud account for more than half of cyber crime, Euro Weekly reports.

Since its creation more than 18 months ago, the Computer Crime Service of Malaga Public Prosecutor’s Office has  investigated almost 500 crimes. More than half of cases were related to fraud and the possession or distribution of child pornography. The remaining cases involved mainly slander,…

Botnet Malware Writers Arrested in Slovenia

Slovenian police have arrested four suspects amid allegations that the four developed the Mariposa botnet malware. The arrests come of the heels of a joint investigation between Slovenian police and the FBI.

Earlier this year, three suspects were arrested in Spain and are charged with distributing the malware. According to STA, a Slovenian news agency, the four suspects are through to have developed the malware used by the…