Hacking

Two arrested in Germany over cyber bank heist

News 13 May, 2013 Reuters

Prosecutors say two detained were part of gang that stole $45 million from cash machines.

Huge cyber bank theft spans 27 countries

News 10 May, 2013 Reuters

Hackers and 'casher' teams steal $40 million in just 10 hours.

Twitter rebukes news organisations over security breaches

News 30 Apr, 2013 Jane McCallion

Repeated successful hacking attempts by Syrian Electronic Army lead to security advice email.

Money off

LivingSocial security breach sparks phishing email fears

News 29 Apr, 2013 Michael Toso

Attack on money-saving coupon site prompts speculation from IT security community.

Japanese police urge site administrators to block Tor

News 25 Apr, 2013 Jane McCallion

Internet anonymity tool poses threat to security, NPA claims

LulzSec

Australian police arrest LulzSec ringleader

News 24 Apr, 2013 Reuters

Country's federal police force confirms arrest of Lulzsec senior member.

Oracle patches 42 Java holes to revive security confidence

News 17 Apr, 2013 Reuters

Beleagured networking giant seeks to shore up confidence in programming language.

Information security

Symantec 2013 threat report flags surge in targeted attacks

News 16 Apr, 2013 Jane McCallion

Small businesses are the most popular targets, security vendor claims.

Anonymous steps up attacks on North Korea

News 15 Apr, 2013 Michael Toso

Hacking group appears to have staged another round of attacks against North Korea.

Three LulzSec hackers plead guilty to SOCA, NHS attacks

News 10 Apr, 2013 Rene Millman

LulzSec trio to be sentenced next month.

Anonymous targets North Korean social media channels

News 4 Apr, 2013 Jane McCallion

Secretive state falls victim to hackers protesting its threats of nuclear war

Password

Stolen logins used to distribute malware in South Korea attacks

News 25 Mar, 2013 Caroline Donnelly

Security vendor AhnLab claims credentials were used to access patch management systems and distribute malware.

Pro-Assad hackers target BBC Twitter accounts

News 22 Mar, 2013 Reuters

BBC Weather, Arabic service and Radio Ulster Twitter accounts commandeered by hacktivists.

Hacking attack highlights dangers of North Korea's cyber-warriors

News 21 Mar, 2013 Reuters

Seoul blames Pyongyang for attack that crippled South Korean broadcasters and banks.

NATO sets out cyber warfare rules

News 19 Mar, 2013 Caroline Donnelly

Organisation bans attacks on hospitals and nuclear power plants in guidance document.

Cyber Crime

Home Office forges Cyber Crime Reduction Partnership

News 14 Mar, 2013 Caroline Donnelly

Government-led scheme to draw on skills of crime fighting, academic and business community.

US National Vulnerability Database infected with malware

News 14 Mar, 2013 Rene Millman

NIST Security database goes offline following hack

Offline

Iran bans VPN that lets web users bypass internet filters

News 11 Mar, 2013 Reuters

VPN access blocked to stop Iranians accessing unauthorised web sites.

Hacking

China responds to hacking claims

News 28 Feb, 2013 Rene Millman

Beijing says its military websites get attacked by the US.

Two more zero-day Java bugs discovered

News 28 Feb, 2013 Rene Millman

Polish researchers find more flaws in Java 7 browser plug-in.

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