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Apr 2009

Christopher Poole,(nick moot) founder of the forum 4chan won the title of the world’s most influential person through a poll ran by Times magazine. We won the title defeating Barack Obama, Oprah Winfrey, Vladimir Putin, Pope Benedict XVI and many others. Moot received 16,794,368 votes and an average influence rating of 90 (out of a [...]

Salma Hayek email account was hacked by some unknown hackers. Hackers successfully reset her password after answering the security questions correctly. Hayek’s MobileMe account was compromised as the hacker was able to answer simple question like her birthday and her favorite character Frida Kahlo. Then access the actress’s personal information, including her e-mail, calendar, and [...]

22
Apr 2009

A massive network of 2 million computers which were infected with malware, was tracked to a cyber criminal gang of six people based in the Ukraine. The infected machine includes sensitive machines inside UK and US government department and another 114,000 machines in UK. This is what is found so far Total infected machines = [...]

Digital-rights advocates are worried about a new federal sentencing guideline would classify the use of proxies as evidence of “sophistication,” increasing sentences by about 25 percent. They complain that the proposal is so broad, it could lead to unnecessarily harsh sentences for tech neophytes who didn’t know they were using proxies in the first place [...]

10
Apr 2009

After months of silence and after skipping the much awaited April 1st activation date, Conflicker has sent an encrypted data message to infected machines. Security experts at Trend Micro said the purpose of the mysterious update was not immediately clear. The Conficker/Downad P2P communications is now running in full swing!. The P2P communications of the [...]

10
Apr 2009

1. Trend micro housecall HouseCall is a free online virus scanner offered by Trend Micro, which checks whether a computer has been infected by viruses, spyware, or other malware. Free scan link : http://housecall.trendmicro.com 2. Activescan 2.0 You can use Panda ActiveScan 2.0 whenever you want to make sure that your PC is free from [...]

31
Mar 2009

Security researchers have discovered a flaw in the Conficker worm that makes it much easier for users to detect infected PCs. Researchers has published a paper and has released proof of concept scanner. Because Conficker patched its victims, enterprises had trouble detecting which machines on their networks had been compromised by running standard vulnerability scanners. [...]

Deloitte & Touche, the United States The embassies of India in Belgium, Serbia, Germany, Italy, Kuwait and the United States Embassy of Pakistan in Bahrain International Campaign for Tibet, the Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Iran NATO, the Netherlands Office of Dalai Lama, India Associated Press, United Kingdom Department of Science and Technology, Philippines Prime [...]

Yet another Chinese cyber espionage project exposed. Ghost Net, the cyber spy network that operates from China is allegedly hacked into numerous government and private organizations around the world. University of Toronto research shows that at least 1,295 computers in 103 countries have been hacked. It’s also reported that close to 30 per cent of [...]

24
Mar 2009

Owen Thor Walker, computer hacker well known by the nick AKILL, leader of the hacker group A-Team, got a job at New Zealand’s TelstraClear communications company. He was busted by FBI in 2007 during the operation ‘Bot Roast’. Mr. Walker home schooled and learned computer skills on his own; controlled the botnet of 1.3 million [...]

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