For as little as $20, you can be well on your way to conducting massive online financial fraud. A pair of well-established botnets have become the basis of an online commodity market for tailored "webinjects" that allow would-be hackers to take control of e-banking customers' transactions, according to the findings of a researcher from Web security firm Trusteer.
Adidas, the German sportswear and equipment maker, said overnight that all its websites remained closed down after what it called a "sophisticated and criminal" attack.
A Palestinian minister said on Wednesday he would seek an international inquiry into a hacking attack that took down Internet service across the West Bank and Gaza.
Communications minister Mashur Abu Daqqa said the Palestinians would ask the International Telecommunications Union, a UN agency, to officially investigate Tuesday's cyber-attack. "We will begin today our communications with the ITU to request an international committee to investigate the facts," he told a news conference.
A U.S. man pleaded not guilty Tuesday to hacking into the email accounts of celebrities such as Christina Aguilera, Mila Kunis and Scarlett Johansson, whose nude photos eventually landed on the Internet.
Christopher Chaney, 35, made his first court appearance in California, where he's been indicted on 26 counts, including unauthorized access to a computer and wiretapping. If convicted, he faces up to 121 years in prison.
Hackers are testing new Mac malware that they've ported from a nine-year-old Trojan horse originally written for Linux, according to security experts.
The malware, dubbed "Tsunami," has been circulating in limited numbers since last week, said researchers at the Slovakian antivirus firm, ESET Security.
Every 24 hours 600,000 Facebook accounts are subject to attempted hacking or violation, Facebook has revealed.
The Social Network™ disclosed details of hacking activity as it unveiled new measures to protect user’s privacy. “We are adapting and responding to new threats everyday and will continue to roll out new ways to protect your account,” Facebook said.
Chris Patten called a large investment-management firm to report that he was going through a divorce and was worried that his wife had set up an account under a false name.
And with that story—entirely plausible but in this case a lie—a customer-service representative turned over customer account numbers and other details with a readiness that makes banks and other companies cringe.
The hackers who compromised systems belonging to the NASDAQ stock market last year were able to install monitoring software that allowed them to spy on the doings of corporate directors, Reuters is reporting.
The news adds critical details to the story of an October, 2010, compromise of Director's Desk, a Web-based application that is used by the boards of NASDAQ-traded companies to share documents and communicate with company executives.
The Obama administration intensely debated whether to hack the computer networks that run Libya's air-defense system in the days leading up to the US-led strikes against Qaddafi forces, The New York Times reports.
Hackers released personal information about the head of Citigroup today in retaliation for the arrest of protesters during the Occupy Wall Street demonstrations this weekend.
The data on Vikram Pandit, Citigroup's chief executive officer, includes phone numbers, address, e-mail address, family information, and some legal and financial information. It was released by CabinCr3w, which is affiliated with the Anonymous online activist group that has been involved in the monthlong protests.
