Rod Chester reports: Builder Mark Parry is one of the countless Australians who have experienced the harsh fallout of a ransom demand from an anonymous hacker. The owner of Melbourne-based Hebden Kitchens and Bathrooms logged on to his office computer and was faced with a hard disk full of encrypted files and a criminal demand. All…
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Delhi cyber heist: Suspected Isis hackers route Delhi firm’s Rs 6 crore to Turkey
Neha Singh reports: The Delhi Police are probing a cyber heist in which suspected Isis hackers have routed around Rs 5-6 crore in payments made to a Delhi-based firm to the bank accounts associated with Islamic State (Isis) in Turkey. […] According to the police, the hackers routed the payments made by the Delhi firm’s…
The FBI is investigating Juniper’s big, embarrassing security hole
Julie Bart reports: Things have gone from bad to worse over a big security hack that put “unauthorized code” inside security equipment sold by Juniper Networks. On Thursday, Juniper disclosed the problem, which affected its NetScreen firewalls. Firewalls are security devices that are supposed to help protect networks from being hacked. Now the FBI is investigating the…
U.S. Justice Department probing data breach at Uber?
Joseph Menn and Dan Levine report: The U.S. Department of Justice is pursuing a criminal investigation of a May 2014 data breach at ride service Uber, including an examination of whether any employees at competitor Lyft were involved in the episode, sources familiar with the situation said. Earlier this year, Uber revealed that as many…
Shocking! Instagram HACKED! Researcher hacked into Instagram Server and Admin Panel
Swati Khandelwal writes: Ever wonder how to hack Instagram or how to hack a facebook account? Well, someone just did it! But, remember, even responsibly reporting a security vulnerability could end up in taking legal actions against you. (Yeah, I’ve recently been reminded of that myself. :)) An independent security researcher claims he was threatened…
Federal Judge Denies Request to Dismiss Hacking Charges
AP reports that a federal judge has denied a motion by lawyers for Roman Seleznev (previous coverage) seeking dismissal of hacking charges (like that was really gonna happen, right?) Martha Bellisle reports that the court found that nothing in the government’s conduct is seizing Seleznev in the Maldives was so outrageous or egregious as to warrant…