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
 Gamasutra | Sony Says Stuff You To PS3 Hackers With New Jailbreak Patch SmartHouse After spending tens of thousands fighting hackers and distributors in an Australian Court Sony Computer ... New PS3 Update Kills Jailbreak PS3 3.42 Update Available and Controversial Firmware Blocks PSGroove Jailbreak ... PSJailbreak now possible via phones |
Network Security Breaches Occur Thanks to Cheap Investments TMCnet CEOs are not only responsible for the effect of attacks to their own IT systems, but they are responsible for hackers who use their system to attack others. ... |
 ZDNet UK (blog) | Hackers - 25th Anniversary Edition ZDNet UK (blog) By Book Reviews, 7 September, 2010 08:06 Twenty-five years ago the term 'hacker' didn't mean a cybercriminal, and the few who used it meant it as high ... |
Sign Hacked To Say "Eat My Shorts" In West Seattle Los Angeles Times The trend with these kind of pranks has skewed towards zombie-related humor the last few years and there's apparently a group of hackers online who trade ... |
Car hacking goes wireless as modern vehicles open to hacker attacks Infosecurity Magazine (US) The reason why car electronic computer units (ECUs) are open to attack by hackers, says Fortify Software, is that security issues were ignored at the car ... |
Hackers catch puppy-chucker TechEye A team of hackers at 4chan managed to identify the girl based on the video image code and some local knowledge. With Peta and its ilk baying for blood the ... |
HMRC tax problems quickly tapped by cash hungry hackers Infosecurity Magazine ... extra bills for as many as six million PAYE taxpayers next financial year, have been seized upon by hackers looking for new sources of illegal revenue. ... |
O2 Forced To Pull Faulty Android 2.2 Desire Update I4U There's even been a sort of black market for Android 2.2, with hackers able to get their hands on early builds of the OS for some devices. ... |
Call of Duty Black Ops PC Version to Get Dedcated Servers and More Examiner.com Admin will have Kick vote but players wont,so if no admin is on server there is know way to remove hackers unless Vac picks them up and removes them two ... |
 Erictric | Microsoft Probes 2-Year-Old IE8 Bug IT Business Edge (blog) By date: According to Computerworld, Microsoft is investigating a 2-year-old bug in Internet Explorer 8 that can allow hackers to hijack Web mail accounts, ... Microsoft investigates years-old IE bug |
CHINA Hackers – headlines daily
Gamasutra | Sony Says Stuff You To PS3 Hackers With New Jailbreak Patch SmartHouse The device which was being made by Chinese firm China Sun Trading Limited housed software that allowed homemade games and those of unauthorised to be played ... Gaming modchips - a cat n' mouse game without end? Hackers provide Sony two finger salute after PS3 ban approved Sony's ban on PlayStation 'jailbreak' hack already circumvented |
Mole alert: MoD, services to review use of digital storage Times of India A group of Canadian and American cyber-security researchers in their recent report `Shadows in the Cloud', in fact, held China-based hackers were regularly ... |
 The Voice of Russia | Pentagon takes aim at China cyber threat The Associated Press He and others noted, however, that there are hackers in China who are not connected to the Chinese military or government but are also targeting US ... Assessing threat of online theft vs. cyber war |
Today's media stories from the papers The Guardian P31 China and the cult of "celebrity" advertising. G2, P2 Charlie Brooker: when it comes to phone hacking, the press is the elephant in the room. ... |
Should the US Bomb Countries Harboring Hackers? DaniWeb (blog) Nations such as Russia and China who have malicious hackers should be held accountable for the actions of those ... Expert says US must take lead on securing cyberspace |
PS3 hack escapes court challenge BBC News However, the court's action was pre-empted when another group of hackers decided to develop and release PSGroove, the code behind the hack, on the internet. ... |
NSA chief: "Internet is fragile" The Hill (blog) Speaking at the Gov 2.0 Summit in Washington on Tuesday, Alexander warned against the growing threat from hackers and enemy states seeking to penetrate ... |
 VentureBeat | Gmail gets hijacked by hackers in China VentureBeat Internet users in China are facing a phishing attack — put in place by hackers — when they attempt to access Gmail, according to a report by Fast Company. ... Gmail Hijacked By Hackers In China Chinese hackers hijack Gmail |
 MSN Singapore | 'Defaced gov't websites another black eye for RP' ABS CBN News Hackers from China by custom group FMT” The defaced page also opens with a dialog box saying, "You make me angry." Government officials have yet to confirm ... Aquino hate mail down; gov't website hacked Palace orders gov't agencies to review web security Third gov't website hit by hackers |
China Will Require ID for Cellphone Numbers; Noncompliance Means No Service New York Times The rules, he wrote, would probably initially create a black market in legally registered SIM cards that could be used for spam, and then spur hackers to ... |
CYBER Crime – headlines daily
ArcSight Announces New Initiatives in Australia and New Zealand MarketWatch (press release) "We welcome Observatory Crest into the program and look forward to working with all of our partners to continue to reduce the threat of cybercrime for ... |
 Seattle Post Intelligencer | Fo'shizzle: Snoop Dogg partners with Norton security to fight cybercrime New York Daily News This week, the rapper began promoting a contest for the brand, in which fans submit a 2-minute rap video with an anti-cybercrime message to www. ... Snoop Dogg Comes Out Against Cyber-Crime: What the Fizzle? Snoop Dogg Raps About Cybercrime, BB King Collaboration Snoop Dogg, Symantec team up on cybercrime |
 San Diego Gay & Lesbian News | Are you safe? FBI combats cyber crime on popular social networking sites San Diego Gay & Lesbian News Usually, these types of attacks are bundled with an additional cyber crime tactic, such as social engineering or zero day exploits. ... Cyber crime remains a threat: AFP |
 Trend News Agency | Ministry: Cyber crime on the rise in Azerbaijan Trend News Agency Acts of "cyber crime" are on the rise in Azerbaijan as information and communication technologies develop, a representative of the Ministry of National ... Cyber crime growing in Azerbaijan International workshop on cyber security held in Azerbaijan OSCE Office in Baku promotes comprehensive approach to cybersecurity |
First Suspects Charged Under Jamaica's New Cybercrime Law Softpedia In order to combat a significant rise in electronic crimes in the country, last December the Jamaican legislators passed the Cyber Crimes Act. The law ... First persons charged under Cyber Crime Act First persons charged under Cyber Crimes Act |
Dedicated cops to tackle cyber crime Central Chronicle "We have sent a proposal to recruit over 700 police personnel for the newly-created Cyber Crime Cell of Madhya Pradesh and the police headquarter has ... |
Gaps remain in local cybercrime law: Professor CIO Australia While Australian crime legislation has been amended to account for the evolving landscape of cybercrime, gaps remain in the key areas of theft, ... |
 News.Az | Azerbaijan makes first steps in combat with cyber crime, Veronika Kotek News.Az The representative of the CE Secretary General in Baku expressed its attitude to Azerbaijan's actions in combating cyber crime. ... |
Heartland Payment Systems Selects ArcSight and Vigilant to Enable Real-Time ... MarketWatch (press release) "Preventing cybercrime is more complex than simply monitoring violations of security policy. It requires contextual intelligence with the ability to ... |
Symantec 'Black Market' Event Highlights Perils of Cybercrime PC Magazine On September 1, New Yorkers will have a chance to peer inside the sleazy world of cybercrime when the "Norton Black Market Experience" rolls in to Times ... |
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it-security – it is always very interesting area, with ineresting news. It is like small war between hackers and specialist in information security.
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