A former Romanian hacker, after graduating in law in his home country, is reported to have refused to pay $240,000 compensation to the US government for hacking the servers of NASA, the US Navy and the Department of Energy back in 2005/2006.
Texas Comptroller hires chief privacy officer after massive data breach
Fulfilling a pledge she made in May, Texas Comptroller Susan Combs has hired a chief privacy officer to oversee data security in her office following a data breach in April in which personal information on 3.5 million citizens was exposed.
Defense contractor Booz Allen Hamilton comes clean on hack
After hiding behind a “no comment” regarding Anonymous’s claim that it stole 90,000 military email addresses and password hashes from the defense contractor, Booz Allen Hamilton has admitted that it did in fact suffer a data breach.
GCHQ has lost up to £1m worth of equipment, ISC report reveals
The Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ), which is responsible for key aspects of the UK’s cybersecurity, has lost equipment worth up to £1m, the latest Intelligence and Security Committee (ISC) report reveals.
Azerbaijan at centre of pharma and fake AV card processing says researcher
In his continuing research into which banks are processing card transactions for spamming rogue pharma websites – which supply drugs without the need for prescriptions – Brian Krebs says that a number of banks in Azerbaijan are now central to this type…
Most enterprises disappointed in virtualisation cost savings
Research just released by Computer Associates (CA) claims to show that 60% of IT decision makers from medium and large-sized enterprises were disappointed by the cost savings resulting from their migration to virtualisation.
Cyber terrorism set to increase after al-Qaeda calls for more cyber attacks, says government
Cyber terrorism will become an increasing problem as the tools and techniques needed for cyber attacks become more widely available, according to a report on the government’s new counter-terrorism strategy.
News of the World phone hacking spills into the world of malware
A number of authors are reporting that the Sunday Times – amongst other papers – may have attempted to infect their computers with malware in an attempt to learn printable secrets.
Vishing attacks now five years old says Symantec
Last Sunday was the fifth anniversary of the first vishing attack – an attack methodology involving the use of voice telephony – and says a Symantec senior analyst, the security problem shows no sign of going away.
Anonymous says it stole 90,000 military emails from defense firm
The hacker group Anonymous claims that it breached a server at defense contractor Booz Allen Hamilton and stole 90,000 military emails and password hashes.