iPhone hacked with zero-day font vulnerability
“Apple’s newest iPhone devices have been hacked with a zero-day font vulnerability in the latest iteration of the JailbreakMe.com project. The JailbreakMe.com exploit allows the automated jailbreaking of iPhone/iPad/iPod Touch devices from a specially created Web site.” Source: iPhone hacked with zero-day font vulnerability | ZDNet
PNNL Working to Restore Systems after Cyber Attack
“”These are well funded, very persistent individuals looking for intellectual property or national security secrets and so they’re very dedicated to trying to attack,” says Jerry Johnson the man in charge of the cyber-security effort at PNNL. A cyber-security team of about 50 people have been working non-stop since the
Morgan Stanley Data Breach Hits Investors
“Personal information belonging to 34,000 investment clients of Morgan Stanley Smith Barney has been lost, and possibly stolen, in a data breach. According to two letters sent to clients, and obtained by Credit.com, the information includes clients’ names, addresses, account and tax identification numbers, the income earned on the investments
NATO server hacked, files published
“A NATO server appears to have been hacked by a group that claims to have rooted the server with a private zero day exploit. A private zero day exploit is a vulnerability discovered in a system that is not disclosed publicly before being used in an attack. A 50 MB
Epsilon security breach: 5 signs it’s only the tip of the iceberg – Mobile phones
” Targeted attacks are the trend in cyberspace. Six months ago, the world’s first cyber superweapon – Stuxnet – was discovered to be targeting Iran’s nuclear facilities. This week millions of e-mail addresses were reported stolen from Epsilon, a firm that supplies e-mail marketing to BestBuy, Disney, and many others.
Anonymous claims to breach Apple’s security
“The Anonymous hacker group claimed Sunday that it had stolen a small number of internal passwords and user names from an Apple server. The data was reportedly stolen from a server used for Apple’s online surveys and it did not belong to Apple’s own customers. It was publicly posted on
Cyber attacks outpace global response, U.S. warns
“The technical sophistication of cybercriminals is swamping the world’s ability to cope, a top U.S. official warned on Friday, demanding an accelerated cross-border campaign to combat the security threat. “ (Source: Cyber attacks outpace global response, U.S. warns | Reuters.)
Hackers hit Arizona law enforcement for third time
“For the third time in less than 10 days, confidential information from Arizona’s law enforcement community was hacked and posted online, with the same basic group of hackers behind the effort. The information, posted late Thursday, was shared Friday by Anonymous, a loose collective of hackers. Some of these hackers
Latin America’s cyber gangs
“June 2011 saw some of the most significant cyber-attacks ever in Latin America. Brazil had several government and private sector websites knocked offline and their Army personnel database was hacked with information posted online. Colombia’s Senate website was defaced. Peru had police information stolen. Chile was threatened for its monitoring
Anonymous Launches A WikiLeaks For Hackers: HackerLeaks
“Despite countless WikiLeaks copycats popping up since the secret-spilling site first dumped its cache of State Department cables last year, the new generation of leaking sites has produced few WikiLeaks-sized scoops. So instead of waiting for insider whistleblowers, the hacker movement Anonymous hopes that a few outside intruders might start