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Hackers: Archive: August 2011 

Survey: APT Attacks Lead Enterprise Security Concerns

According to Bit9's third annual Endpoint Security Survey, 60 percent of IT executives say their main concern is being hit by advanced persistent threat attacks.

WikiLeaks Hit by Cyber Attack

The site was taken down for several hours by a DDoS attack on August 30.

Symantec: Number and Frequency of Attacks Declining

But the sophistication of attacks is on the rise and companies are losing big money on data breaches.

Anonymous Hackers Target Symantec, Apple, Others

Sri Lankan members of Anonymous claim to hacked into several large enterprises' DNS servers.

Nokia Acknowledges Security Breach

The company warned users of its developer forum that their e-mail addresses and other data may have been accessed.

Kaspersky: Majority of Hackers Aren't Activists

The majority of DDoS attacks in the second quarter were carried out for financial gain.

Operation Shady RAT Pointing the Way

Future hackers are no doubt taking notice of the lessons learned from the five year hack that Operation Shady RAT perpetrated on some of the most sophisticated security organizations on the planet.

Transocean Hacked

The offshore drilling contractor's website was recently infected with malicious code.

Hacker Publishes Allianceforbiz.com Login Credentials

A published file contained 13,322 passwords and 17,590 e-mail addresses.

Apple's iCloud Used as Phishing Lure

The campaign attempts to trick victims into providing personal information to sign up for Apple's upcoming cloud service.

Hackers Publish Nude Pics of BART Spokesman

Anonymous has targeted Linton Johnson because he came up with the idea of shutting down mobile phone service to stop protests.

PrestaShop Security Vulnerability Found

The flaw was discovered when PrestaShop's own Web site was hacked earlier this week.

Apple Hires iOS Hacker Comex

Nicholas Allegra will be joining the company as an intern.

Alleged Anonymous Hacker Charged in UK

Peter David Gibson was charged with participating in Anonymous DDoS attacks.

German Music Royalty Site Hacked

The Web site was defaced by members of Anonymous.

Cyber Attack Targets Ron Paul Web Site

The DDoS attack interrupted a fundraising drive.

Four Hackers Arrested in Ukraine

The Ukranian Security Service collaborated with the U.S. Secret Service in the investigation.

Epson Korea Hacked

Users' names, phone numbers, e-mail addresses and passwords were compromised.

Cyber Attacks Target U.S. Battery Companies

The denial of service attacks caused financial losses in excess of $600,000.

Chinese Cyber Attack Tool Shown on TV

The software was shown as part of a propaganda documentary about military strategy.

Hong Kong Stock Exchange Hacker Arrested

The 29-year-old suspect is due to appear in court tomorrow.

Nokia Forum Hacked

The main page for the Nokia Developer Community was redirected to another site.

HSBC South Korea Hit by Cyber Attack

The banking group's Web site was defaced by a hacking group called Turkguvenligi.

Purdue University Hacked

Hackers accessed the personal data of 7,093 former students.

Libyan Domain Name Registry Hacked

The nic.ly home page was recently defaced.

Thwarting the Age Old Man in the Middle

Man in the middle attacks are morphing to keep pace with mobile, VoIP, browsers ... you name it and financial institutions are on alert.

Samsung Hires Hacker Cyanogen

Steve 'Cyanogen' Kondick is now a software engineer at Samsung Mobile.

Korean Streaming Media Service Hacked

Customers' names, locations, e-mail addresses, nicknames and passwords may have been accessed.

Webroot: More Cyber Attacks Targeting Social Networks

The number of people hit by social networking malware reached 18 percent this year.

Hackers Publish BART Police Data

The names, home addresses, e-mail addresses and passwords of 102 officers were published.

WordPress Cyber Attacks Continue

According to Websense researchers, the number of attacks exploiting a TimThumb vulnerability is increasing.

Former IT Admin Pleads Guilty to Cyber Attack

The attack froze the company's operations for several days, according to prosecutors.

Australian Police Arrest Cybercrime Gang

The five men arrested are Malaysian and Sri Lankan nationals.

BART Hacked

Personal information on 2,400 customers was published online.

Security Breach at Cybercrime Web Site

A database of more than 81,000 stolen credit and debit card numbers was backed up to an unencrypted third party server.

University of Wisconsin Acknowledges Security Breach

Names and social security numbers of 75,000 students and staff were exposed.

Hacked WordPress Sites Poison Google Image Search

Researcher Denis Sinegubko has found 4,358 WordPress blogs being used to redirect visitors to malicious Web sites.

Hackers Demo Attack on Home Automation Systems

Dave Kennedy and Rob Simon demonstrated two tools designed to hack systems that operate over power lines.

Hackers Publish Data from 70 Law Enforcement Agencies

The 7.4 GB file contains user names, passwords, home addresses, phone numbers and Social Security numbers.