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Anonymous Hackers Release Data for 4000 US Bank Officials
Jeb Boone Global Post Anonymous hackers released user and personal information belonging to 4,000 US community bank executives, in an escalation in their online battle against the US Department of Justice. Anonymous released the security credentials for over 4,000 US bank executives on Monday, posting their user account information, passwords and personal information online [...]
Al-Qaeda Linked to New York Phone Hacking Scams
Chris Dougherty VirtualThreat Contributing Writer Hackers with ties to Al-Qaeda terrorist cells in Somalia and the Philippines are targeting New York small businesses using international phone hacking scams. The scams are costing the companies hundreds of thousands of dollars in phone charges each month. Senator Charles Schumer (D-NY) said that the hacker group has a [...]
Hacked Phones Could Be Listening To Everything You Say
Chris Dougherty VirtualThreat Contributing Writer Most people believe their phone conversations are private. Well, they may not be as private as you think if your office or home is filled with hacked phones. Researchers at Columbia University have discovered a flaw in telephones that allows a hacker to turn a phone’s microphone into [...]
What To Do When Your Phone Gets Hacked
Elise Ackerman Forbes What To Do When Your Phone Gets Hacked … My friend Mike’s Android phone had been acting strangely for awhile. In the middle of the night, the phone would come alive. It would meander down various menu paths, send texts that were gibberish and start playing poker. Was it bug in [...]
Millionaire Manhunt: John McAfee Person of Interest in Belize Homicide
Chris Dougherty VirtualThreat Contributing Writer Caribbean officials in Belize have questioned 3 people with regard to the murder of Gregory Viant Faull, an American citizen living in a town north of San Pedro, on the island of Ambergris Caye. Belize authorities say John McAfee, the 67 year old founder of the antivirus software giant McAfee, [...]
NICT Daedalus Gives Startling Function and Beauty to Cyber Security
Meg Jones VirtualThreat Guest Writer NICT Daedalus. It’s an unfortunate fact that many people fail to realize, but advancements in technology also lead to advancements in criminal activity. Yes, even the technologies that are intended for our safekeeping, security, and protection. In short, the bad guys can nearly always find a way to break [...]
Hacked Pacemaker Used For Anonymous Assassination
Jeremy Kirk ComputerWorld IDG News Service – A hacked pacemaker or implantable cardioverter-defibrillator could be manipulated for an anonymous assassination. Pacemakers from several manufacturers can be commanded to deliver a deadly, 830-volt shock from someone on a laptop up to 50 feet away, the result of poor software programming by medical device companies. The [...]
Hacked Iranian Nuclear Plants Play Heavy Metal Music by AC/DC
Chris Dougherty VirtualThreat Contributing Writer Hacked Iranian Nuclear Plants Play Heavy Metal Music by AC/DC. It seems the Iranian government has been busy retaliating after a barrage of recent cyber attacks targeting the computers within the country’s nuclear program. First there was Stuxnet, a malicious piece of malware that targeted the actual control systems [...]
Estonian Government Threatened With Anonymous Cyber Attack
Mohit Kumar The Hacker News Anonymous Hackers AnonSwedenOp posted a video on YouTube on October 8 where it threatened the Estonian government with a possible Anonymous cyber attack. “Estonian government had sacrificed its own people instead of helping its own people, Estonian government has channelled money to helping Greece that is much better off.” “Estonia says [...]
Chinese Hack White House Military Network Holding Nuclear Codes
Chris Dougherty VirtualThreat Contributing Writer Sources within the White House and U.S. military partially confirmed that Chinese attackers hacked the White House Military network. The White House Military Office (WHMO), is in charge of the network that holds the commands for the President’s nuclear “Football”. A White House national security official stated the security breach [...]
Anonymous Hactivists Spokesman Barrett Brown – Letter From Prison
Barrett Brown iNewp Anonymous Hactivists Spokesman Barrett Brown – Letter From Prison It is hard for me to express how much I appreciate your letter, which is the first I have received here, along with the support I’ve reportedly gotten from others so far. Before I forget, let me request that you also send a tweet [...]
NYTimes.com Site Vulnerability Allows Attacker to Post Fake Story
Chris Dougherty Virtual Threat Contributing Writer In this day and age we all depend heavily on the Internet and social networking to stay informed about important happenings around the world and in our own communities. What many people may not realize is the fact that there is a cyber war occurring beneath the covers [...]
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CISPA: A Vaguely-Defined Bill Against an Imaginary Threat [VIDEO]
RT The House of Representative has passed CISPA, a bill seeking to increase the government’s power to monitor private data online. Political commentator Luke Samuel says the law is directed against a nebulously-defined and imaginary threat. Luke Samuel, who writes for Spiked magazine, sat down with RT to talk about the reasons why there’s [...]
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Anonymous Promises to Take Down the Internet
Kurt Nimmo Infowars.com They’re back. The FBI’s Lulzsec promises hijinks on April Fool’s Day. On Saturday, the supposed hacktivist group infiltrated – and we can presume created – by the U.S. government released a YouTube video promising more mayhem. “Lulzsec will start targeting governments, corporations, agencies, and quite possibly the people watching this video. We are [...]
