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Bitcoin Exchange MtGox Faced Massive Hacker Offensives Last Month
Mar 9, 2014Bitcoin exchange MtGox faced massive hacker offensives last month, coming under some 150,000 DDoS attacks per second for several days ahead of its spectacular failure, a report said Sunday. The Tokyo-based exchange, which filed for ...
Tags: Bitcoin, Consumer Electronics
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A Man Was Sentenced for Participating in a DDoS Attack by Hacker Group Anonymous
Dec 4, 2013A man from Wisconsin was sentenced for participating in a DDoS (distributed denial-of-service) attack by hacker group Anonymous on a Kansas company. Eric J. Rosol, 38, is admitted that on Feb. 28, 2011, he took part in a denial of service ...
Tags: Ddos Attack, Fined
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A New Malicious Software Programme Claims to Mine and Steal Bitcoins
Nov 27, 2013A new malicious software programme, advertised for sale on underground forums, claims to mine and steal bitcoins, according to a Danish security company. The Atrax malware is notable for its low US$250 price and use of TOR, short for The ...
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ENISA Report Compiles Data on 79 Incidents That Occurred Across 18 E.U. Member States
Aug 26, 2013Although cyberattacks caused just 6 percent of significant outages of public electronic communications networks and services in the E.U. last year, they affected more people than hardware failure, a much more common factor in service ...
Tags: Computer Products, webservice
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Wall Street Played Its Own Version of War Games on Thursday
Jul 23, 2013Wall Street played its own version of war games on Thursday, testing its defences against simulated cyber-attacks bent on taking down US stock exchanges. A total of 500 people took part in the exercise, called Quantum Dawn 2, in offices ...
Tags: Wall Street, Computer Products
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One Well-Known Gang of Hackers Contributed to Cyberattacks on South Korea
Jun 26, 2013One well-known gang of hackers contributed to cyberattacks on South Korea on Tuesday, which coincided with the 63rd anniversary of the start of the Korean War, according to analysis from Symantec. The attacks on Tuesday disabled websites, ...
Tags: Cyberattacks, South Korea, Symantec
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Dozens of South Korea Organizations Used Chinese Malware Compromised Over 1,000 Computers
Jun 26, 2013A recent targeted attack that used Chinese malware compromised over 1,000 computers belonging to dozens of South Korea organizations, according to researchers from Israeli security firm Seculert. The main malware tool used in the attack ...
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Wall Street Plans to Hold a Simulated Cyber-Attack Against Equity Markets This Month
Jun 19, 2013Wall Street plans to hold a simulated cyber-attack against equity markets this month that experts hope will set an example of how industries should test their defences against assailants. Called Quantum Dawn 2, the drill will involve big ...
Tags: Wall Street, Security Defences
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ISC Has Patched a Publicly Disclosed Vulnerability That Called BIND 9
Jun 8, 2013The Internet Systems Consortium (ISC), the organization that develops and maintains the widely used BIND DNS (Domain Name System) software, has patched a publicly disclosed vulnerability that can be used to remotely crash DNS servers ...
Tags: Computer Products
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DDoS Could Be Related Have in The Past Few Days Slammed The DNS Servers
Jun 4, 2013Distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks that could be related have in the past few days slammed the DNS servers of at least three providers of domain name management and DNS hosting services. DNSimple, easyDNS and TPP Wholesale all ...
Tags: DDoS Attacks, DNS
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Most Financial Services Organisations Have No Budget to Deal with The Cyber Attacks
May 31, 2013Most financial services organisations (even the largest ones) have admitted that they do not have the budget to deal with the largest cyber attacks, according to attendees of a recent forum. Comments made at Ballintrae's first IT Security ...
Tags: Cyber Attacks, Computer Products
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A Former Member of a Band of Hackers Faces up to 10 Years in Prison
May 29, 2013A former member of a band of hackers faces up to 10 years in prison after pleading guilty Tuesday to a single computer hacking charge. Jeremy Hammond, 28, of Chicago admitted to participating in more than a half dozen attacks perpetrated ...
Tags: Stratfor Hack, Computer Hacking
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4 British Men Associated with The LulzSec Hacker Collective Received Prison Sentences Thur
May 20, 2013Four British men associated with the LulzSec hacker collective received prison sentences Thursday for their roles in cyberattacks launched by the group against corporate and government websites in 2011. Ryan Cleary , 21, Jake Davis, 20, ...
Tags: Computer Products, LulzSec hacker
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Hackers Are Finding It Pays to Call Ahead Before Sending Malware-Laden Email
May 15, 2013Hackers are finding it pays to call ahead before sending malware-laden email. Symantec has seen what it describes as a sophisticated social engineering campaign aimed at French-speaking accounting and finance department employees. The ...
Tags: Malware, Computer Products
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Colleges Should Scrutinize Their Systems to Keep Them From Being Hijacked in DDoS Attacks
May 14, 2013Colleges and universities are being encouraged to scrutinize their systems to keep them from being hijacked in DDoS (distributed denial-of-service) attacks. The Research and Education Networking Information Sharing and Analysis Center ...