Agan Uzunovic writes: The cyber war between Armenians and Azerbaijani hackers seems never ending — Like this recent cyber attack in which the Armenian hackers from The Monte Melkonian Cyber Army (MMCA) hacked top Azerbaijani ministries and stole sensitive data. Earlier yesterday, a group of Armenian hackers breached into the official website of Azerbaijani Ministry of Labour and Social protection and…
AU: Builder Mark Parry was hacked with ransomware attack
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…
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…
97 Japanese web site attacks reportedly involving Anonymous since September
IANS reports: Japanese police on Sunday announced that the international network of activist and hacktivist entities, Anonymous, has attacked at least 97 websites in Japan since September. The National Police Agency said cyber attacks by Anonymous have intensified since September. Read more on BGR.
The Weakest Link in Banks’ Fight Against Hackers
Robin Sidel reports: Terrified by a string of recent hacks, banks are spending billions of dollars trying to fend off a faceless army of digital intruders. But the biggest threats may come from within. Banks fear a growing number of employees are unwittingly exposing valuable information to hackers or in some cases leaving digital clues that…
Database leak exposes 3.3 million Hello Kitty fans (UPDATED)
Over on Salted Hash, Steve Ragan reports on yet another MongoDB Database leak uncovered by Chris Vickery. This one involves a database for sanriotown.com, the official online community for Hello Kitty and other Sanrio characters. As such, a lot of children’s information may be in the database. The records exposed include first and last names, birthday…