Hackers – The Cyber Crime News Watch
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HACKERS – The cyber criminality is rising with the tide of new computers getting connected to the Internet. Many of the stories intercepted in this category fall under the ‘you wouldn’t believe it’ label.
Amazing but true stories on the search terms ‘hackers’, ‘China hackers’ and ‘Cyber Crime’ are here intercepted chronologically. Headlines and excerpts at your convenience.
HACKERS – headlines daily
 VentureBeat | Famous hackers discuss Zuckerberg's “Hacker Way” comments VentureBeat In last week's SEC filing, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg poked a huge hornet's nest when he referenced “The Hacker Way.” Some of the pioneers of the hacker ethos and culture have previously defined hacking as having strong connections to tinkering, ... Mark Zuckerberg, the Hacker Way, and the Art of the Founder's Letter Zuckerberg's 'Hacker Way' helped Facebook to prosper Letting Hackers Compete, Facebook Eyes New Talent |
 Moneycontrol.com | When your email is hacked, protect investments first Reuters By Lynn Brenner (Reuters) - The first thing a lot of people do when they get hacked is worry that their Facebook friends are going to be annoyed. But before you send out an "I've been hacked" alert to the 500-or-so people closest to your digital life, ... E-Mail Hacked? Quickly Protect Your Investments |
NEWELL POST: A different kind of hacker Florida Times-Union By Michelle Newell You may be familiar with the word “hacker” as it relates to computers and gaining access to unauthorized information. However, and thankfully, the word has been re-purposed to describe someone who — well — re-purposes existing ... |
 TIME | FBI Hacked While Congress Ponders Cybersecurity Legislation TIME Not three days later, hackers released a recording of an intercepted call between FBI agents and their UK counterparts investigating the Anonymous and LulzSec collectives. Some have speculated this means that at least one person at the FBI has had ... |
 Washington Times | Hackers Eavesdrop on FBI Scotland Yard Conference Call Discussing Hackers IEEE Spectrum Last Friday, 16 minutes of a conference call between the US Federal Bureau of Investigation and the London Metropolitan Police, during which the law enforcement agencies discussed their investigation into hacking incidents believed to be the handiwork ... Anonymous: How hackers recorded FBI and Scotland Yard Hunted hackers spy on FBI, Scotland Yard Phreaking out or How Hackers Still Have The Mojo |
 Fox News | Bigger US role against companies' cyberthreats? Fox News Legislation set to come out in the days ahead is intended to ensure that computer systems running power plants and other essential parts of the country's infrastructure are protected from hackers, terrorists or other criminals. Summary Box: Bigger US Role Against Cyberthreat? |
 RedOrbit | Hackers Apparently Hit Swedish Government Site ABC News A group linked to the hacker network Anonymous on Saturday said it had attacked the Swedish government's website, bringing it down for periods of time by overloading it with traffic. CyberForce used Twitter to claim responsibility, saying "We have ... Swedish Government Site Hit By Hackers Anonymous hackers claim hit |
 My Fox Boston | Law enforcement websites report security breach Police News Hackers gained access to the Salt Lake City Police Department website that gathers citizen complaints about drug and other crimes, including phone numbers, addresses and other personal data of informants, police said. The website remained down Friday ... Boston police hope to have website back up soon Hacking keeps Boston police website offline Hackers Attack Boston Police Website |
 The Guardian | Unaware 'Anonymous' Existed Until Friday, Partner of Hacked Law Firm is Now ... ABA Journal By Martha Neil Unaware until Friday that the hacking collective known as Anonymous existed, partner Neal Puckett has gotten an extensive education in Internet security issues for law firms over the past three days. The attack that began Friday on ... Hackers deface website of lawyers for US Marine Anonymous publishes trove of emails from Haditha marine law firm Anonymous Hacks Law Firm Representing Haditha Marine |
 USA TODAY | UK: Hacked phone call with FBI poses no risk USA TODAY LONDON (AP) – Trading jokes and swapping leads, investigators from the FBI and Scotland Yard spent the conference call strategizing about how to bring down the hacking collective known as Anonymous, responsible for a string of embarrassing attacks ... Hackers Intercept FBI Call With UK Hackers intercept FBI, Scotland Yard call Hacker Group Anonymous Intercepted US Call Over Investigation |
CHINA Hackers – headlines daily
Disagreements on cyber risk East-West "Cold War" Reuters But privately and occasionally on the record, they frequently point the finger at Russia and China. Both angrily deny any involvement, saying they too are victims of hacking. But many Western security specialists say the evidence against both nations ... |
Brain drain: Protecting your organization's intellectual property InfoWorld Daily headlines detail attacks on corporate IP, especially when the assaults are launched from emerging economies such as China. For example, security software vendor Symantec recently announced its discovery that hackers had targeted the intellectual ... |
 The Voice of Russia | Global “Russian Hackers” scare The Voice of Russia Democrat Senator Dutch Ruppersberger echoed Clapper, placing Russia, China and Iran on one and the same pedestal, and accusing the three countries of aggressive economics espionage. To quote him: ”the cyber terrorists are trying to glean US research ... |
 Bloomberg | China-Based Hackers Target Law Firms Bloomberg China-based hackers looking to derail the $40 billion acquisition of the world's largest potash producer by an Australian mining giant zeroed in on offices on Toronto's Bay Street, home of the Canadian law firms handling the deal. Law firms get hacked for deal data BHP/PotashCorp deal targeted by China-based hackers in 2010 |
Fox News | Bigger US role against companies' cyberthreats? Fox News Concerns about federal involvement, he said, belie the fact that computer breaches over the past several years make it clear that hackers and other governments, such as China and Russia, are already inside many industry networks. |
Disagreements on cyber risk East-West "Cold War" Reuters But privately and occasionally on the record, they frequently point the finger at Russia and China. Both angrily deny any involvement, saying they too are victims of hacking. But many Western security specialists say the evidence against both nations ... |
While the world braces for e-threats, India moves slow Economic Times China-watchers in the Indian security establishment say Beijing already has two to three "hacker brigades'' and 30000 computer professionals in its militia. China, in fact, has made cyber-warfare one of its topmost military priorities, with its hackers ... |
 Yahoo!7 News | Chinese hackers suspected in US Commission breach Computer Business Review A cyber attack on US-China Economic and Security Review Commission, which was thought to have had an Indian connection, is now being linked to China. The commission's site contains some related to the work of the commission, which was set up by ... Suspicion grows China was behind hack of US commission |
Exclusive: Hacked companies still not telling investors Reuters Intel had been one of the few to disclose a successful breach in the past, along with Google Inc, which has complained of attacks originating in China. In a November filing, Intel repeated that hackers had gotten inside and warned that "the theft or ... |
 ITBusiness.ca | China-based hackers target law firms for secret deal data The News Journal China-based hackers looking to derail the $40 billion acquisition of the world's largest potash producer by an Australian mining giant zeroed in on offices on Toronto's Bay Street, home of the Canadian law firms handling the deal. China-based hackers hit Bay Street law firms |
CYBER Crime – headlines daily
Interpol Preps Gobal Cybercrime Center InformationWeek By Kelly Jackson Higgins, Dark Reading One of the many challenges faced by law enforcement worldwide in investigating cybercrime cases is the ability to efficiently share intelligence among different nations and to disseminate it to the appropriate ... |
Ordinance lapsed in 2009: call for urgent legislation against cyber crimes Business Recorder (blog) With no specific law in place, field for cyber crime is almost open in the country as the federal legislature seems not in hurry to in legislation to replace the lapsed Prevention of Electronic Crime Ordinance. Experts believe that lack of law is ... |
 ITProPortal | Cyber Crime, Targeted Attacks & Related Risks For Businesses ITProPortal It's not a tongue twister but an important question that all organisations must ask themselves when thinking about the risk that cyber crime presents to their business. The European Commission has announced that tough penalties will be levied on ... |
 Los Angeles Times | FBI Confirms Cybercrime Conference Call Hacked CRN By Antone Gonsalves, CRN The Federal Bureau of Investigation confirmed Friday that cybercriminals had hacked into a conference call between agents and British law enforcement officials discussing cybercrime investigations. Anonymous Hacked FBI Conference Call Anonymous: We snooped an FBI cybercrime call Hackers Intercept FBI Call With UK |
Rep. Pine's Inbox: HMC Closure Town Hall Meeting and Cybercrime Testimony Needed Hawaii Reporter The many Hawaii victims of cybercrime would appreciate your support and testimony for important bills to be heard in Senate committees on Wednesday, February 8, 2012. Details are below on what the bills would do and how to testify. |
Syllabus overhaul: Special training for police recruits Indian Express To keep pace with changing trends in crime and to increase professional competence, police recruits in the state will now be given special training in forensic science, forensic medicine, cyber crimes, cyber forensics and gender sensitisation. |
 NewsPoint Africa | Increased Cases of Cybercrime, a Matter of Concern for India NewsPoint Africa It has been warned by the Russian cyber expert, Eugene Kaspersky that the developed countries are at higher risk of becoming the victim of cybercriminals. Amidst the ongoing cybercrime, India does have a reason to be worried about. |
 SC Magazine UK | Cyber crime 'to overtake terrorism' as top threat facing the US SC Magazine UK According to ABC News, FBI director Robert Mueller said cyber espionage, computer crime and attacks on critical infrastructure will surpass terrorism as the number one threat facing the US. He said: “I do not think today it is necessarily [the] number ... US expresses concern over cyber threats from China, Russia |
Firms could see PCs lose internet access in DNSChanger switch off V3.co.uk The system had been established to help victims of the Rove Digital cybercrime syndicate, which distributed malware capable of changing victims' DNS settings to point to rogue servers run by the group. The US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) ... |
 TechEye | MPs: Police need to learn about e-crime ZDNet UK By Tom Espiner, ZDNet UK, 2 February, 2012 18:27 @tomespiner MPs have called for police forces to get more training to deal with minor online crimes, as such e-crimes often end up taking second place to cybercrime gangs and other headline-grabbing ... UK MPs ask Government to Raise Cybercrime Awareness Instead of Scaring Web Users Science and Technology Committee publishes Malware and Cyber Crime report MPs demand cyber crime awareness campaign |
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