Hackers have breached top secret MoD systems, cyber-security chief admits
Computer hackers have managed to breach some of the top secret systems within the Ministry of Defence, the military's head of cyber-security has revealed. Major General Jonathan Shaw told the Guardian the number of successful attacks was hard to quantify but they had added urgency to efforts to beef up protection around the MoD's
Facebook encourages cyber-security poachers turned gamekeepers
On one of the lesser visited pages of Facebook, there is a list of 109 hackers who have found ways of getting through the company's security firewalls. Facebook is not naming and shaming them. On the contrary, the company has set up the page to thank them 'on behalf of our millions of users for making a responsible disclosure'. The
Taliban website under repeat attack by hackers
Hackers have for the third time in less than a year attacked the main website of the Afghan Taliban. The Taliban has blamed western intelligence agencies amid an intensifying cyberwar with the insurgents. The unidentified hackers broke into the Taliban's El Emara website twice on Thursday, replacing usual insurgent victory messages
Anonymous claims responsibility for taking down government sites
A group of computer hackers have claimed responsibility for taking down the Home Office website, apparently in protest against government extradition and surveillance policies. Internet users were unable to fully access the department's homepage for several hours on Saturday night as a message on the site said the page was currently
European hackers suspected in Utah Medicaid files breach
A data security breach at the Utah Health Department, believed to be the work of Eastern European hackers, has exposed 24,000 U.S. Medicaid files bearing names, Social Security numbers and other private information, state officials said on Wednesday. The intrusion initially appeared to have affected claims representing at least 9 percent
NASA says was hacked 13 times last year
NASA said hackers stole employee credentials and gained access to mission-critical projects last year in 13 principal network breaches that could commitment U.S. national security. National Aeronautics and Space Administration Inspector General Paul Martin testified before Congress this week on the breaches, which appear to be among the
Anonymous splinter group AntiSec wages war on profiteering gluttons
In secretive on the webat rooms, away from the glare of police, small groups of elite hackers plot attacks against multi-national corporations and governments. But in a quest to expose what they see as a conspiracy of high-level corruption, the hackers - affiliated to cyber-activist network Anonymous - have in current months expanded
Android bug opens devices to outside control: experts
Cybersecurity experts have uncovered a flaw in a component of the operating system of Google Inc's widely used Android smartphone that they say hackers can exploit to gain control of the devices. Researchers at startup cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike said they have figured out how to use that bug to launch attacks and take control of some
Microsoft India store down after hackers take user data
Microsoft India's retail website was down on Monday after being hacked, with a purportedly Chinese group called Evil Shadow Team posting screenshots the hackers said were customers' obscured usernames and passwords found unencrypted on the site. 'Microsoft is investigating a limited compromise of the company's online store in India,' a
CIA website forced offline as hacking group Anonymous admits it has stolen personal information of 46,000 people
The CIA's website has been targetted by computer hackers believed to have stolen the personal information of more than 46,000 people.
Members of hacking group Anonymous have claimed they were behind an attack that closed down the website cia.gov for nine hours on Friday.
The hackers said they broke into several Alabama law
Apple supplier Foxconn hacked in factory conditions protest
Apple's controversial Chinese supplier Foxconn was battling on Thursday to contain a security breach after hackers joined the mounting protest over iPhone factory conditions by leaking the login details of its entire staff.A group calling itself Swagg Security taunted Terry Gou, the chief executive
Hackers sought $50,000 from Symantec for anti-virus blueprint
Hackers sought $50,000 from U.S. anti-virus firm Symantec Corp in return for the stolen blueprints to its flagship products under what the company says was a sting operation run by an undisclosed law enforcement agency via emails.The company said the emails were in fact between the hacker and law
Anonymous publishes trove of emails from Haditha marine law firm
Hackers associated with the Anonymous activist group have leaked a trove of emails hacked from the law firm representing staff sergeant Frank Wuterich, accused of leading a group of Marines responsible for the deaths of 24 unarmed Iraqi civilians at Haditha.The group has published files taken from
Hackers outwit online banking identity security systems
Criminal hackers have found a way round the latest generation of online banking security devices given out by banks, the BBC has learned.After logging in to the bank's real site, account holders are being tricked by the offer of training in a new 'upgraded security
McAfee software bug could turn customers PCs into spam servers
Anti-virus software maker McAfee warned that a flaw in one of its products could make customers' PCs vulnerable to attacks in which hackers used their computers to distribute spam.The company, which is a unit of chipmaker Intel Corp, disclosed the flaw in a message to customers on its website
Zappos database hit by cyberattack
Hackers have struck Zappos, the online shoe retailer, putting at risk the sensitive information from its database of 24 million customers.Credit card information had not been stolen, Zappos chief executive Tony Hsieh said in a statement, but names, email addresses and other personal information may
Hackers disrupt Tel Aviv exchange, El Al websites
Computer hackers disrupted access to the websites of the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange (TASE) and Israel's flag carrier El Al Airlines on Monday, officials at both companies said.Stock trading and flights operated normally despite the cyber assaults, which occurred as Israeli media reported that
Indian hackers offer help to man suing Symantec
A group of Indian hackers has offered support to an American man who filed a lawsuit against Symantec Corp by publishing source code from a 2006 version of Norton Utilities, a software program at the heart of the legal dispute.A spokesman for the group, which is known as 'Lords of Dharmaraja,'
