Some US utilities say they're under constant cyberattack
An interesting article in NBC News in there Technology Section: Several power utilities say they face a barrage of cyberattacks on their critical systems, a report by two Democratic lawmakers found, echoing warnings from the Obama administration that foreign hackers were trying to bring down the U.S. power grid. Rep. Henry Waxman, D-Calif., released the report, […]
Google Aurora Hack Was Chinese Counterespionage Operation
A posting from Informationweek Security : A high-profile information security attack against Google in late 2009 -- part of what was later dubbed Operation Aurora -- was a counterespionage operation being run by the Chinese government. Former government officials with knowledge of the breach said attackers successfully accessed a database that flagged Gmail accounts marked for court-ordered wiretaps. […]
Anonymous Hackers TangoDown the Official Website of Rome's Court
Anonymous Hackers TangoDown the Official Website of Rome's Court
Hacker hacked Toyota UK Blog and leaked personal info
Hacker hacked Toyota UK Blog and leaked personal info
DDoS-for-hire service is legal and even lets FBI peek in, says a guy with an attorney
A posting from Naked Security about DDoS-for-hire service is legal: Paying a site to DDoS other sites is perfectly legal, the proprietor behind one such outfit told security journalist Brian Krebs. Besides which, he says, his service, called RageBooter, even features a nifty backdoor that lets the FBI monitor customer activity. The conversation took place recently between Krebs […]
Black Hat 2013 Showcases Home Security, Bootkits, Cellular OPSEC Failures
A posting from Dark Reading on Black Hat: Major information security event Black Hat has announced three more featured talks -- just the start of an avalanche of new briefings being announced on the Black Hat USA website. We're highlighting three of them here --- focusing on diverse subjects spanning home security system hacking, bootkit threats across multiple OSes, and […]
Large Attacks Hide More Subtle Threats In DDoS Data
An interesting article from Dark Reading in there Security Monitoring section : The massive avalanche of data in March that crashed down on Spamhaus, the maintainer of a number of spam blacklists, made headlines as the largest distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack witnessed to date. Along with the ongoing campaign against financial institutions by a group of attackers calling […]
Apple iPhone Decryption Backlog Stymies Police
A posting from InfromationWeek in there Security section: pple is overwhelmed by requests from law enforcement agencies to decrypt seized iPhones, and its waiting list is so long that it may take months before new requests get handled. That revelation, first reported by CNET, was gleaned from a search warrant affidavit for a seized iPhone last summer by a […]
Google security: You (still) are the weakest link
A posting from Cnet News in there Security and Privacy section: AN FRANCISCO--Two of Google's top Chrome and Google Apps security experts confessed that the problem of passwords will continue to plague the people who use them and computer security for the foreseeable future. On the second day of the company's I/O conference here on Thursday, Eran […]
FT hacked. Syrian Electronic Army hijacks Financial Times blogs and Twitter accounts
A posting from Naked Security: The Syrian Electronic Army has struck again - this time adding the scalp of the prestigious Financial Times to its collection of hijacked accounts belonging to well-known media organisations. Hackers from the Syrian Electronic Army appear to have stolen the usernames and passwords of FT staff with access to the newspaper's social media […]