Source: Nick Hopkins, The Guardian
Computer hackers have managed to breach some of the top secret systems within the Ministry of Defence, the military’s head of cyber-security has revealed.
Tag Archives: Hackers
Hackers breached top secret defense systems, UK cyber-security chief admits
May 3, 2012 – 2:08 am
Hacking the hackers: A counter-intelligence operation against digital gangs
April 26, 2012 – 4:59 pm
Source: Marc Weber Tobias, Forbes
One of our security lab team members is an ex-cyberspook who spent his career in the military doing hacking, crypto, and a lot of special computer ops for different government agencies.
Hacktivists in the frontline battle for the internet
April 20, 2012 – 5:28 pm
Botnets, DDoS attacks as weapon against financial sector
April 13, 2012 – 11:32 am
Source: The Hacker News
DDOS attacks against the financial sector almost tripled during the first quarter of this year, according to DDoS mitigation specialist Prolexic.
Chinese coders beat all-comers
April 12, 2012 – 11:45 am
Source: Phil Muncaster, The Register
Does China have the best hackers in the world? Well, new stats from code sprint site Interview Street would seem to indicate that they certainly dominate the global rankings when it comes to programming skills.
Anonymous wants to take down the Great Firewall of China
April 11, 2012 – 11:49 am
Source: Emil Protalinski, ZD Net
The group has hacked and defaced hundreds of Chinese government, company, and other general websites to the point where China even acknowledged the attacks.
Citizen Lab Director Ron Deibert interviewed for CNET article on hacktivism
March 30, 2012 – 2:05 pm
Source: Elinor Mills, CNET
In December 1998, a U.S.-based hacker group called Legions of the Underground declared cyberwar on Iraq and China and prepared to protest human rights abuses in those countries by disrupting their Internet access.
U.S. outgunned in hacker war
March 28, 2012 – 2:51 pm
Source: The Wall Street Journal
The Federal Bureau of Investigation’s top cyber cop offered a grim appraisal of the nation’s efforts to keep computer hackers from plundering corporate data networks: “We’re not winning,” he said.
Syria e-mail hack points to new “information war”
March 16, 2012 – 10:54 pm
Source: Peter Apps, Reuters
Whether Syrian rebels hacked President Bashar al-Assad’s e-mails themselves or with the help of Western spy agencies or “hactivists”, the release of dozens of revealing messages points to a new era of information warfare.
Tap into the gifted young hackers, says Misha Glenny
March 8, 2012 – 1:28 pm
Source: Misha Glenny, The New York Times
Teenagers are not usually the main targets of the F.B.I., whose agents are used to dealing with hardened criminals. But for the Cyber Division, they appear to be the norm.
