hackers ⌛︎ 1 min read Personal data for 3.6M South Carolina tax payers stolen in hack Hackers stole credit card information and potentially tax information from 3.6 million people in South Carolina. They obtained the data by hacking [https://time2hack.blogspot.in/search/label/hacking] into the state’s Department of Revenue — a hole which the DOR says it patched up. The Department of Revenue
hackers ⌛︎ 1 min read Google pays ‘hacker’ Pinkie Pie $60K for cracking Chrome A youngster who goes by the name Pinkie Pie made $60,000 for hacking into Google today. In fact, Google was the one who paid up. This is the second time the teenaged reverse engineer enthusiast was able to collect the grand exploit prize from Google in less than a
hackers ⌛︎ 1 min read Hackers backing Syrian regime hit Al-Jazeera The official website of the Al-Jazeera TV satellite channel was attacked Tuesday by hackers backing the Syrian regime. Hackers replaced the home page of Al-Jazeera’s Arabic site with a statement that says the cyberattack was a protest against its coverage of the Syria civil war. “This is in response
hackers ⌛︎ 1 min read Hackers hit Reuters, post fake blog on Syria Hackers took over the blogging platform of the Reuters news agency and posted “fabricated” stories said to include an interview with a Syrian rebel leader, the company said Friday. “Reuters.com was a target of a hack on Friday,” said a statement from parent firm Thomson Reuters. “Our blogging platform
hackers ⌛︎ 2 min read U.S. spy agency chief to meet with hackers at 'Defcon' Computer geeks attending the world’s largest annual hacking party in Las Vegas next week will have a rare chance to rub shoulders with the head of the U.S. National Security Agency. General Keith Alexander, director of the spy agency, will speak at the Defcon conference, marking the highest-level
hacking ⌛︎ 2 min read British anti-terror hotline breached by hackers Hackers have recorded calls of Britain’s anti-terrorist hotline, Scotland Yard revealed in the second security breach involving the force in recent months.
hackers ⌛︎ 1 min read Hackers claim attack on UK Home Office website Britain’s Home Office said Sunday its website was temporarily unavailable overnight, and hackers are claiming responsibility for shutting it down.
hackers ⌛︎ 4 min read "Anonymous" hurt by arrests but hard to kill In turning one of its best-known hackers into an informant and breaking open the highest profile elements of the “Anonymous” movement, authorities have dealt a serious blow to a group they found a growing irritant. But as the broader “Anonymous” label – complete with its iconic Guy Fawkes mask imagery – is
hackers ⌛︎ 1 min read 'Anonymous' hackers briefly hijack French Elysee website The shadowy online hackers group Anonymous briefly hijacked the French presidential website
technology ⌛︎ 2 min read Hackers developing satellite system for ‘uncensorable Internet in space’ The threat of Internet censorship has spurred some to seek refuge in space. Hackers at the Chaos Computer Club’s Chaos Communication Congress [http://www.digitaltrends.com/mobile/researcher-claims-all-gsm-phones-vulnerable-to-hijacking/] in Berlin this year proposed an initiative called the Hackerspace Global Grid (HGG). This initiative aims to create and freely make
hackers ⌛︎ 2 min read Hackers Steal 45,000 Facebook Passwords & Logins A rampant worm by the name of Ramnit has stolen login and password information for 45,000 Facebook users, mostly in the UK and France
hackers ⌛︎ 3 min read Nasdaq hackers spied on company boards Hackers who infiltrated the Nasdaq’s computer systems last year installed malicious software that allowed them to spy on the directors of publicly held companies
hackers ⌛︎ 1 min read Libya's Top Level Domain Name Registry Hacked Hackers have also taken virtual arms overnight and defaced the website of domain name registry nic.ly.
hackers ⌛︎ 1 min read Hackers claim to breach NATO security A group of computer hackers on Thursday claimed to have breached NATO security and accessed hoards of restricted material.
hackers ⌛︎ 2 min read Zombie virus infects 1 million Chinese cell phones More than 1 million cell phones in China have been infected with a virus that continually sends out text messages. The ‘zombie’ virus is hidden in a fake anti-virus app.
trojan ⌛︎ 2 min read New cyber attack linked to Nobel Peace Prize A fake email invitation to this year’s Nobel Peace Prize ceremony is currently circulating and carrying with it a virus capable of infecting the computer of anyone who opens it
hackers ⌛︎ 2 min read Cybercriminals in India creating botnets to capture PCs Cybercriminals in India are increasingly looking at creating botnets, network of computers aimed at attacking and ‘capturing’ PCs to spread viruses through them to other systems, according to Microsoft report. India ranks 25th in terms of bot infections detected and removed in the quarter ended June 2010, according to the
