MOSCOW (Reuters) – Hackers temporarily blocked President Vladimir Putin’s web site on Wednesday, carrying out a promise to disrupt government information portals two days after his swearing-in for another six-year term that has drawn street protests. The hacker activist group Anonymous used the “Op_Russia” twitter account to publicize the attack, saying “kremlin.ru – TANGO DOWN”…
Read MoreThe founder of the computer virus software company McAfee Inc. says he is being persecuted by police in his home in the Central American country of Belize.
Read MoreBritain’s Serious and Organized Crime Agency says its website has been taken down following a denial-of-service attack.
Read MoreLONDON (Reuters) – Hackers attacked the website of Serious Organised Crime Agency (SOCA), a spokesman said on Thursday, the latest in a wave of assaults against high profile targets like NASA, the Vatican and multi-national companies. The national police agency, often described as the British FBI, said it closed the website late on Wednesday after…
Read MoreLONDON (Reuters) – Hackers attacked the website of Britain’s Serious Organized Crime Agency (SOCA), a spokesman said on Thursday, the latest in a wave of assaults against high profile targets like NASA, the Vatican and multi-national companies. The national police agency, often described as the British FBI, said it closed the website late on Wednesday…
Read MoreThe website of Britain’s Serious Organised Crime Agency (SOCA) has been taken offline after an attack by hackers, the agency said on Thursday.
Read MoreWASHINGTON (Reuters) – Lockheed Martin Corp on Thursday said it had won a contract worth up to $454 million to support the Pentagon’s Cyber Crime Center, a government facility that investigates the growing number of attacks on U.S. government networks. Lockheed beat out General Dynamics Corp, which previously ran the center, to win the contract…
Read MoreText message spam promising free iPads or cash rewards may be obnoxious and unwanted, but they also carry a greater danger: clicking on texts can install malware that collects personal data from your phone.
Read MoreWeb wanderers are more likely to get a computer virus by visiting a religious website than by peering at porn, according to a study released on Tuesday.
Read MoreA virus infecting Macintosh computers is picking Google’s pocket by hijacking advertising “clicks,” tallying as much as $10,000 daily, according to Internet security firm Symantec.
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