New York: A group of hackers has gained access to the websites of the US Senate and video game company Bethesda Softworks, the latest in a series of cyberattacks plaguing a broad range of online victims. The group, which calls itself Lulz Security, posted what it called a "small, just-for-kicks release of some internal data" from Senate.gov on its website on Monday. Likely referencing reports that the Pentagon is considering...
12:48 PM, Jun 14, 2011
Washington: A loosely aligned group of computer hackers calling themselves Lulz Security said they broke into the US Senate's computer network on Monday. There was no immediate comment by the Senate Sergeant at Arms Office, which oversees the chamber's security. Lulz Security, who have hacked into Sony's website and the Public Broadcasting System, posted online a list of files that appear not to be sensitive but indicate the hackers had...
03:04 AM, Jun 14, 2011
New Delhi: Osama bin Laden may be dead, but his terror looms large on the internet with cyber criminals using this as a bait to lure innocent people and make money. Following the news of Laden's death, cyber criminals were quick to set up phishing sites to lure people who were searching for and sharing information about the Al Qaeda leader. According to the security software firm Symantec, the first...
05:36 PM, May 04, 2011
New York: Sony has hired outside investigators to help clean its networks and catch the people behind a massive breach that exposed the personal data of more than 100 million video game users. The Japanese electronics giant has retained a team from privately held Data Forte that is led by a former special agent with the US Naval Criminal Investigative Service to work alongside the FBI agents, who are also...
07:35 AM, May 04, 2011
New York: Sony disclosed on Monday hackers had stolen the names, addresses and passwords of nearly 25 million more users than previously known less than a day after the Japanese company apologised for one of the worst break-ins in Internet history. Sony's latest revelation comes after Sony No. 2 Kazuo Hirai announced measures had been put in place to avert another Playstation-type cyberattack, hoping to repair its tarnished image and...
08:34 AM, May 03, 2011
Boston: The hacking of Sony Corp's PlayStation Network has earned a place in the annals of Internet crime. That's partly because of the massive size of the data breach - information about 77 million customer accounts was stolen. It is also because Sony bothered to disclose the attack at all. The bulk of attacks on corporate and governmental computer networks go unreported because victims want to avoid the embarrassment and...
11:06 AM, Apr 30, 2011
Washington/Boston: US authorities claimed one of their biggest victories against cyber crime as they shut down a ring they said used malicious software to take control of more than 2 million PCs around the world, and may have led to theft of more than $100 million. A computer virus, dubbed Coreflood, infected more than 2 million PCs, enslaving them into a "botnet" that grabbed banking credentials and other sensitive data...
09:49 AM, Apr 14, 2011
The cyber crime branch of the Chandigarh police on Monday, arrested a software engineer who was trying to sell Mohali match tickets online. He was trying to sell five tickets of Rs 250 each for Rs 1,20,000 each online. ...
04:46 PM, Mar 28, 2011
Mohali: The cyber crime branch of the Chandigarh police on Monday, arrested a software engineer who was trying to sell Mohali match tickets online. He was trying to sell five tickets of Rs 250 each for Rs 1,20,000 each online. The software engineer has been taken into custody and has been sent to 14-days judicial remand. The tickets of the India-Pakistan semi-final are sold out in Chandigarh and Mohali, but...
04:30 PM, Mar 28, 2011
Toronto: The wild popularity of Facebook and other social media sites has spawned a cottage industry of con artists promising average investors a chance to cash in on the frenzy through shares in the companies ahead of their initial public offerings. While the pre-IPO offerings may be real, investors must be aware that the people touting them may be frauds, the U.S. Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) said on Tuesday....
10:03 AM, Mar 16, 2011
Washington: The programmer who wrote ZeuS - malicious software used to steal an estimated $ 100 million so far this year from US towns, companies and individuals - says he is retiring. But security experts believe there is a good chance he will soon emerge with even more powerful ways to steal, a pattern of behavior seen after previous retirements in 2007 and 2008. ZeuS' anonymous programmer, who lives in...
02:18 PM, Oct 30, 2010
London: Wireless internet networks in millions of homes can be hacked in less than five seconds. Wi-Fi hacking means criminals can spy on the activities of families, perhaps stealing their identity and banking details to raid their accounts, says a new study. The hackers could also use the wi-fi access to tap into illegal pornography or upload and download stolen music and movies without being traced. An 'ethical hacking' experiment...
03:43 PM, Oct 15, 2010
In this week's episode of Tech Toyz, we show you how even the experts in tech crime can make mistakes. ...
05:16 PM, May 24, 2010
A new survey has thrown up some warnings, saying that millions of us leave ourselves prone to cybercrimes. ...
11:27 AM, May 05, 2010
The best weapon against online crimes would be international regulation of cyberspace. ...
12:56 PM, Feb 23, 2010
The Chinese government has denied any role in the attacks. ...
05:23 PM, Jan 18, 2010
Spam email messages are used to infect PC's with malicious software. ...
11:58 AM, Dec 02, 2009
Around 800 PCs get accessed from remote destinations every day in India. ...
10:25 AM, Nov 27, 2009
The man is accused of uploading child pornography on the Internet. ...
01:38 AM, Nov 13, 2009
Protesters want laws to prevent such games from entering the Indian market. ...
11:30 AM, Nov 10, 2009
