Archive for 'Ethical Hacker Roundup'

Cybermiscreants Continue to Blast Banks as “Operation Ababil” Enters New Phase

These Financial IT Security links are part of a weekly series, Ethical Hacker Roundup, featuring recent information security and cyber security related articles that we’ve read over and thought worth sharing.

These articles were emailed to us, shared on Twitter @pivotpointsec and our Google+ page, and read in RSS subscriptions this week.

Anonymous Leaks Bank of America Data in “Spy Revenge Hack”

Black hat hackers associated with the so-called Anonymous Intelligence Agency just leaked over 14GB of ...

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Categories: Ethical Hacker Roundup

Tags: Financial, Malware

US Department of Energy Hacked as Obama Signs Cybersecurity Order

These Energy IT Security links are part of a weekly series, Ethical Hacker Roundup, featuring the information security and cyber security related articles that we’ve read over and thought worth sharing from the past week.

These articles were emailed to us, shared on Twitter @pivotpointsec and our Google+ page, and read in RSS subscriptions this week.

US Department of Energy Hacked

The US Department of Energy has become the latest federal agency to fall victim to cybercrime. Hackers ...

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Categories: Ethical Hacker Roundup

Tags: Energy, Government, Smart Grid, Utilities

High-Profile Breaches Galore… Can the Hackers Be Stopped?

These Technology IT Security links are part of a weekly series, Ethical Hacker Roundup, featuring the information security and cyber security related articles that we’ve read over and thought worth sharing from the past week.

These articles were emailed to us, shared on Twitter @pivotpointsec and our Google+ page, and read in RSS subscriptions this week.

Hack on Twitter Has Grave Implications

Twitter announced on February 1 that it detected “unusual access patterns” on its network, which pointed ...

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Categories: Ethical Hacker Roundup

Tags: Financial, Government, Technology

Hacktivists Turn US Government Site into Playable Video Game as China Hacks the New York Times

These Government links are part of a weekly series, Ethical Hacker Roundup, featuring recent information security and cybersecurity related articles that we’ve read over and thought worth sharing.

These articles were emailed to us, shared on Twitter @pivotpointsec and our Google+ page, and read in RSS subscriptions this week.

Anonymous Repeatedly Hacks US Government Site

Hackers claiming to be part of the Anonymous hacker collective “owned” the US Sentencing Commission website (ussc.gov) on January 25 ...

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Categories: Ethical Hacker Roundup

Tags: Government

“New Era” for Healthcare Data Security

These Healthcare links are part of a weekly series, Ethical Hacker Roundup, featuring recent information security and cyber security related articles that we’ve read over and thought worth sharing.

These articles were emailed to us, shared on Twitter @pivotpointsec and our Google+ page, and read in RSS subscriptions this week.