Security News

London 2012 Olympics faces increased cyber attack threat
2011-01-21 11:19

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2011/jan/19/london-2012-olympics-cyber-attack By Owen Gibson sports news correspondent guardian.co.uk 19 January 2011 London Olympics organisers today warned of the...

Cyber criminals abandon 'dogs' for new,	sophisticated attack methods
2011-01-21 11:18

http://gcn.com/articles/2011/01/20/cybersecurity-reports-new-methods.aspx By William Jackson GCN.com Jan 20, 2011 On the surface, it appears that progress is being made in the struggle for...

Hackers steal data of 2,	000 people in attack on Fine Gael website
2011-01-11 07:54

http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2011/0111/1224287236758.html The Irish Times January 11, 2011 TWO INVESTIGATIONS are under way by gardaí and the Office of the Data Protection...

Crime ring instigates cyber attack against rival websites
2011-01-10 07:37

http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/nation/2011/01/113_79384.html By Kim Rahn The Korea Times 01-09-2011 A group of gangsters have been caught hiring hackers to make “cyber attacks” to shut...

F.B.I. Memos Reveal Cost of a Hacking Attack
2010-12-15 06:01

http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/12/14/f-b-i-memos-reveal-cost-of-a-hacking-attack/ By VERNE G. KOPYTOFF The New York Times Bits December 14, 2010 Repelling a hacker attack can be costly as...

Smartphone botnets? New report predicts mobile devices will be part of DDoS attacks
2010-12-15 06:01

http://www.csoonline.com/article/646713/smartphone-botnets-new-report-predicts-mobile-devices-will-be-part-of-ddos-attacks By Joan Goodchild Senior Editor CSO December 14, 2010 Smartphones could...

'Hacktivist' takes credit for WikiLeaks attacks via Twitter
2010-12-01 06:39

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/technology/2010/11/hacktivist-takes-credit-for-wikileaks-attacks-via-twitter.html By Nathan Olivarez-Giles Los Angeles Times November 30, 2010 A self-proclaimed...

China to issue unified rules on sentencing for cyber attack	crimes
2010-11-11 07:21

http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/china/2010-11/10/c_13600869.htm Editor: Mu Xuequan English.news.cn 2010-11-10 BEIJING, Nov. 10 (Xinhua)-- China will issue new judicial rules governing...

Hacker attacks Royal Navy website
2010-11-11 07:21

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/hacker-attacks-royal-navy-website-2128489.html The Independent 8 November 2010 The Royal Navy Website has been taken offline after it was...

Hacker Attacks on Cheong Wa Dae on the Rise
2010-11-05 05:26

http://english.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2010/11/04/2010110401076.html The Chosum Ilbo Nov. 04, 2010 Cyber attacks targeting the computers of Cheong Wa Dae officials are increasing as the G20...