Tim Greene reports: Cyber attacks are becoming more frequent and severe, and the vast majority of businesses have suffered at least one data breach in the past year, a Ponemon Institute survey says. According to the survey, 77% of respondents say attacks have been more severe or more difficult to prevent over the past 12…
Arizona Department of Public Safety hacked; LulzSec starts to reveal data reportedly acquired
With each day, LulzSec seem more and more to be “hactivists.” Today, they revealed what seems clearly to be a politically motivated hack/compromise. From their press release: We are releasing hundreds of private intelligence bulletins, training manuals, personal email correspondence, names, phone numbers, addresses and passwords belonging to Arizona law enforcement. We are targeting AZDPS specifically because…
Ryan Cleary Charged and held for further questions
Today ryan cleary, uk teenager suspected of being part of group anonymous and lulzsec was charged with 5 offences in relation to the SOCA website attacks, porn website attacks. Cleary was charged by the Metropolitan police with three specific attacks, including one earlier this week on Soca. Cleary is also charged with attacks against music…
Computer Security where is it going
Past, current & future of Cyber crime With the recent cyber war thats taken and still taking place can we actually be secure of any types of cyber crime at all? With botnet, sql injection, server exploits taking place will we ever have a step ahead where a networked computer can be totally safe from…
Postal Inspectors Probe Gold Coin Purchases Made With Stolen American Express Cards
A reader sent along this item from CoinWeek, noting the interesting references to tampering with AmEx security: U.S. Postal Service inspectors are investigating the fraudulent use of stolen American Express credit cards to purchase apparently tens of thousands of dollars of gold coins. “The orders are placed by phone, often for $10,000 to $20,000 worth…
Spitler pleads guilty to his part in hacking 120,000 iPad accounts
Jerry DeMarco reports: A computer hacker who helped write the malicious code behind a breach of AT&T’s computer servers admitted today that he conspired with another Internet “troll” to hack into the servers, steal information from “the most exclusive list of [iPad subscribers] on the planet,” and then boast about it online. In pleading guilty…