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Hackers break into Azerbaijan Eurovision websites

admin — Fri, 18 May 2012 15:15:34 +0000

BAKU (Reuters) – A group of hackers calling themselves Cyberwarriors for Freedom attacked the official websites of the Eurovision song contest on Thursday, demanding that the host nation, Azerbaijan, cancel next week’s competition. Azerbaijan, a mainly Muslim ex-Soviet republic, won the right to host the contest by winning last year’s event in Germany, and sees the competition as a chance to showcase the country. The grand finale is scheduled for May 26. …

UK agency approves BlackBerry 7 OS for government

admin — Thu, 17 May 2012 15:00:14 +0000

(Reuters) – Research In Motion Ltd said the UK agency responsible for setting standards for computer security has approved the BlackBerry 7 operating system for government use. This will allow the government employees to use six models of the smart phone including BlackBerry Bold 9900, BlackBerry Torch 9810 and BlackBerry Torch 9860, RIM said. Ministry of defence, central government employees and more than half of the country’s police force use BlackBerry smart phones, the company said. (Reporting by Aftab Ahmed in Bangalore; Editing by Joyjeet Das)

Utah tech director resigns in wake of data theft

admin — Wed, 16 May 2012 14:21:57 +0000

Utah’s chief technology officer has resigned following the theft of hundreds of thousands of online medical records from state computers by unknown hackers.

Hackers booby-trap foreign policy group websites

admin — Wed, 16 May 2012 14:21:57 +0000

Internet security researchers warned that foreign policy and human rights websites are being booby-trapped by hackers in what appears to be cyber espionage.

Cyberattacks Target Russian Broadcasters, Ustream CEO Responds

admin — Fri, 11 May 2012 13:14:05 +0000

Popular online video broadcasting and streaming service Ustream has gone down only three times in its five-year history, but on Wednesday it was hit with the most complex Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attack it’s ever seen.

2 teens arrested in Norway in cyber attack case

admin — Thu, 10 May 2012 12:37:25 +0000

Norwegian police say they have arrested two teenage hackers accused of so-called denial-of-service attacks against websites in Norway, the U.S. and other countries.

2 teens arrested in Norway for alleged cyber attacks against government, corporate sites

admin — Thu, 10 May 2012 12:37:25 +0000

OSLO – Norwegian police say they have arrested two teenage hackers accused of so-called denial-of-service attacks against websites in Norway, the U.S. and other countries.

Interpol to crack down on cyber crime

admin — Wed, 09 May 2012 12:01:39 +0000

Interpol said Tuesday it is making the war against cyber crime a main priority this year as online fraud crosses borders and increases in scope.

Interpol says organised gangs behind internet crime boom

admin — Wed, 09 May 2012 12:01:39 +0000

Interpol president Khoo Boon Hui said on Tuesday that organised international gangs are behind most internet scams and that cyber crime’s estimated cost is more than that of cocaine, heroin and marijuana trafficking put together.

Twitter Debunks Reports of 55,000 Hacked Accounts

admin — Wed, 09 May 2012 12:01:39 +0000

Hackers claiming to be affiliated with the hacktivist group Anonymous claimed this week to have accessed and published the details of about 55,000 Twitter accounts. But Twitter said Tuesday those claims are largely bogus, and that the group mostly posted duplicate information or username and password information for suspended spam accounts.