The Dubai police has arrested three people allegedly belonging to a crime gang that managed to steal nearly $2 million from Dubai exchange companies with the help of hackers. The hackers have broke...
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Tuesday, March 5, 2013
Thursday, February 28, 2013
MTV’s Twitter Hacking Prank Misfires
Burger King got things rolling. Then it was Jeep. Hackers made merry on the Twitter pages of the leading brands, sending out weird messages and changing the design and layout of the profile. They also used the platform to spread rumors. Well apparently the hacking worked out well for Burger King. They now have 30,000 more followers on their Twitter page than before it was hacked. The latest to join the hacked brigade was MTV. Their Twitter page was hacked by……. MTV! Believe it or not, the music channel decided to pull a prank on its followers and the Twitterati in general. The hack was evident as several strange and outrageous tweets were made from their account, some quite notorious in nature. Well, it was later revealed that it was all a major prank by MTV itself to have a little fun. The celebs offended by the messages they saw posted about them on MTV’s Twitter feed would not see the fun in that for sure. In the end, it turned out to be a major publicity stunt. Clearly, Microsoft was impressed by the fact that Burger King gained 30,000 followers after being hacked and thought they would try the [...]
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Tuesday, February 26, 2013
Twitter Responds to Burger King Hacking
Something fishy has been over at Twitter. The accounts of some leading businesses have been hacked over the past few week, none more sensationally than Burger King. Not only was someone able to breach Burger King’s account, but make it appear like a McDonald’s page. In fact, the description read that the failure of the Whopper had led to the sale of Burger King to Mickey D’s. The problem has been solved but question marks arose over the password security on Twitter. Apart from Burger King, Jeep was the other brand to suffer the same fate as its account got hacked. Given the fact that these are two major brands worth billions, this creates a potentially grave situation for the average user. How can a person expect his/her Twitter account to remain safe and private? To diffuse the situation, Twitter has offered some tips for its users to protect their passwords in a better way. According to them, this would prevent your account from getting hacked. However, this still doesn’t show what the company is doing to offer better security and protection to its users. The result of this might be many users discontinuing their Twitter accounts. Somewhat mysteriously, the [...]
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Thursday, February 21, 2013
A look at Mandiant and their allegations on China hacking
A private technology security firm on Tuesday described in extraordinary detail efforts it blamed on a Chinese military unit to hack into 141 businesses, mostly inside the U.S., and steal commercial secrets. China denies the claim. Here's a look at the company, Mandiant, and why its report is significant.
What is Mandiant?
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Wednesday, February 20, 2013
China steps up defence on hacking allegations
Chinese state media stepped up the war of words on Thursday over allegations of sophisticated cyberattacks on US firms, branding the accusations a "commercial stunt" and accusing Washington of ulterior motives.
American Internet security firm Mandiant earlier this week said that a Chinese military cyberspy unit is targeting US and other foreign firms and organisations with hacking attacks.
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Tuesday, February 19, 2013
Indonesian police claim progress in probe into Bumi computer hacking
Indonesian police expressed optimism about their investigation into the recent hacking of email accounts belonging to publicly-listed coal miner PT Bumi Resources, saying they were making further probes into the coal miner’s stolen data and any links with its business partners.
Police chief spokesman Brig. Gen. Boy Rafli Amar said here on Friday that with further investigation the police would be able to identify the hackers and bring them to the courts.
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Security group suspects Chinese military is behind hacking attacks
A secretive Chinese military unit is believed to be behind a prolific series of hacking attacks, a U.S. computer security company said, contradicting claims by China's government that it is not involved in such operations.
The report by Mandiant identified the People's Liberation Army's Shanghai-based Unit 61398 as the most likely driving force behind the hacking. Mandiant said it believed the unit had carried out "sustained" attacks on a wide set of industries.
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