Despite news that Google’s security team is experimenting with ways to replace passwords for logging in to websites, security experts …
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“Don’t mess with our elections”: hackers warn Iran
The attack has disrupted data centres in Iran and has reportedly been launched in multiple countries as well. The hackers have left the image of a US flag on screens along with a warning: “Don’t mess with our elections”, the Iranian IT ministry said on Saturday. 0 3033
Is Iran really behind recent stream of DDoS bank attacks?
Though U.S. officials have consistently blamed Iran for the ongoing stream of distributed denial of service attacks (DDoS) against major …
Anonymous affiliate indicted for threats, stolen credit cards
A federal grand jury in Texas has indicted Barrett Brown, a putative spokesman for the hacker collective known as Anonymous …
Tumblr falls victim to malicious trolls
Popular online social networking site Tumblr was ravaged on Monday by an Internet worm that spewed racist and inflammatory messages …
BYOD puts the employee in control, says Blue Coat
With the advent of mobility and the influx of BYOD in enterprise, employers are struggling to keep control of their …
China blocks Google indefinitely
China has blocking access to Google in what’s likely a move to squelch any controversial content on the nation’s Internet …
Anonymous fails to take down Facebook, Zynga
The hacktivist collective Anonymous celebrated Guy Fawkes Day on Monday by claiming it had stolen data from Symantec and ImageShack …
Hackers claim attacks against Symantec, PayPal, others
Different hacker groups claim to have breached servers belonging to ImageShack, Symantec, PayPal and other organisations. On Sunday, a hacker …
Researcher warns of severe increase of “zombie browsers”
Some Web browsers can be tricked into using so-called “malicious extensions” that can give hackers the ability to hijack the …
Cybercriminals sell access to compromised corporate systems
A service discovered in the criminal underground is renting access to thousands of corporate servers that have been hacked through …