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152 Spanish Websites Hacked in Protest Against the Deaths of 7 Moroccan Immigrants
"Hackers of the Moroccan Ghosts group have defaced 152 Spanish websites in response to a judges ruling, according to which, the Spanish Coast Guard isn't responsible for the deaths of 7 Moroccans who died while trying to get to Spain in a small boat. In response to the ruling, the hacktivists...
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Philippines National Telecommunications Commission Defaced by Anonymous Hackers
"The official website of the Philippines National Telecommunications Commission (ntc. gov. ph) has been breached and defaced by hackers of PrivateX and Anonymous Philippines. Currently, the site is restored, but according to The Hackers Post, the hacktivists published a message for the countrys...
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Hackers use Crown Casinos own security cameras to beat the house
"An Australian casino called Crown Casino was hit by a group of high-tech hackers. The hackers co-opted the casinos own security cameras for the heist that saw them to make off with about $33 million. The hackers broke into the casinos surveillance camera network and used the cameras to gain an...
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Electronic Arts' SimCity game hacked
"Hackers modified the game's code during debug mode and turned off its disconnect timer. Electronic Arts (EA) city-building and urban planning simulation video game SimCity has been hacked and converted into a single-player game that allows users to play the game offline almost indefinitely...
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Whose Fault Is It When Your PC Gets Hacked? Probably Not Microsoft's
"Since 2002, when Microsoft launched its Trustworthy Computing initiative, security in the company's products have improved each year. But while the company has increasingly battened down Windows, Office and its other programs, the number of vulnerabilities in harder-to-patch third-party...
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Court rules FBI access to private data unconstitutional
"A US court has ruled that national security letters (NSLs) to obtain citizens private data and slap a gagging order on recipients are a breach of the constitutions first amendment. Judge Susan Illston ordered the US government to stop issuing NSLs under the US Patriot Act, in what the Guardian...
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Warren Buffett gives advice on how to fix the debt crisis and congress
"Warren Buffett, in a recent interview with CNBC, offers one of the best quotes about the debt ceiling:"I could end the deficit in 5 minutes," he told CNBC. "You just pass a law that says that anytime there is a deficit of more than 3% of GDP, all sitting members of Congress are...
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UK SMEs risk data loss through poor practice
"Less than 20% of UK small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) back up all of their data, a study has revealed. The survey of IT managers at UK SMEs, commissioned by IT services firm Onyx Group, highlights a number of ineffective data storage practices that are leaving companies at risk from data...
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Norwegian Telecoms Giant Telenor Targeted in Cyber Espionage Campaign
"Norwegian telecommunications company Telenor is the latest major organization to report being hit by a sophisticated cyberattack. According to Views and News from Norway, cybercriminals might have stolen impressive quantities of information from the personal computers of Telenor executives. The...
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UK Government Forges Anti-Cyber Crime Partnership
"The UK government has launched yet another initiative designed to take the fight to Internet crooks, with a project aimed at improving collaboration between government and private industry. Minister for security at the Home Office, James Brokenshire, said he would chair a meeting of the new...
