Security News

Some sites struggle to stay up due to Heroku attack
2011-05-18 08:36

http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9216795/Some_sites_struggle_to_stay_up_due_to_Heroku_attack By Nancy Gohring IDG News Service May 17, 2011 A potential DDoS attack on Heroku, the Ruby...

Hack attacks on US could spark military action
2011-05-18 08:36

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/05/17/white_house_cyberspace_strategy/ By Dan Goodin in San Francisco The Register 17th May 2011 The Obama Administration has put the world on notice that hack...

Teens sentenced for vicious attack on UK hosting firm
2011-05-17 05:13

http://news.techworld.com/security/3279975/teens-sentenced-for-vicious-attack-on-uk-hosting-firm/ By John E Dunn Techworld 16 May 11 Two UK teens have been sentenced to a suspended prison term and...

OpenID warns of 'psychic paper' authentication attack
2011-05-10 07:32

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/05/09/openid_security_bug/ By John Leyden The Register 9th May 2011 OpenID has warned of bugs in its authentication technology that create a possible means for...

Evidence Points to N.Korea in Hacker Attack on Bank
2011-05-04 05:40

http://english.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2011/05/04/2011050400576.html The Chosunilbo May 4, 2011 A computer network breakdown on April 12 in agricultural cooperative lender Nonghyup was the...

US-CERT Current Activity - Osama Bin Laden's Death Email Scams, Fake Antivirus, and Phishing Attack Warning
2011-05-03 14:51

http://www.us-cert.gov/current/index.html#osama_bin_laden_s_death US-CERT Current Activity Osama Bin Laden's Death Email Scams, Fake Antivirus, and Phishing Attack Warning Original release date:...

Experts dissect hacker attacks during cybersecurity forum at Hagerstown Community College
2011-04-28 07:34

http://www.herald-mail.com/news/local/hm-cyber-experts-dissect-hacker-attacks-during-cybersecurity-forum-at-hagerstown-community-college-20110427,0,2996601.story By ANDREW SCHOTZ herald-mail.com...

Stuxnet-like attacks beckon as 50 new Scada threats	discovered
2011-04-22 08:45

http://www.v3.co.uk/v3-uk/news/2045556/stuxnet-attacks-beckon-scada-threats-discovered By Phil Muncaster V3.co.uk 21 Apr 2011 Cyber criminals appear to be ramping up their interest in industrial...

Cyber attack in Canberra
2011-04-18 08:09

http://www.smh.com.au/technology/security/cyber-attack-in-canberra-20110415-1di3c.html By Dylan Welch The Sydney Morning Herald April 16, 2011 SILENCE reigns in Canberra over the latest...

EU parliament suspends webmail after cyber-attack
2011-04-01 06:28

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/03/31/eu_parliament_hack/ By John Leyden The Register 31st March 2011 The European Parliament network has fallen under cyber-attack, leading to a suspension of...