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GoDaddy: thousands of websites down after domain registrar hacked

(Guardian) - A member of the Anonymous collective claims responsibility for hacking the internet's largest domain registrarGoDaddy, the internet's largest domain registrar, was hacked on Monday morning by a member of the Anonymous hacking group. Although it was not clear how many websites were affected, 'DNS' or Domain Name System,

Comentário · Set 11 2012 · Postagem · Internet

Insiders suspected in Saudi cyber attack

(Reuters) - One or more insiders with high-level access are suspected of assisting the hackers who damaged some 30,000 computers at Saudi Arabia's national oil company last month, sources familiar with the company's investigation say. The attack using a computer virus known as Shamoon against Saudi Aramco - the world's biggest oil company

Comentário · Set 07 2012 · Postagem · Internet

FBI denies claims of Apple ID hack

(CNN) - The FBI on Tuesday said there is 'no evidence' to support claims by a hackers group that they accessed information about millions of Apple users on a bureau computer. The hackers have posted online what they claim are the IDs of more than 1 million iPhones and iPads. And they say that's just part of the more than 12 million IDs -

Comentário · Set 05 2012 · Postagem · Internet

A who's who of Mideast-targeted malware

(CNET) - For the second time in two weeks a virus outbreak has been reported at an energy company in that region. Qatari liquified natural gas producer RasGas said its corporate network and Web site were down after getting hit by a virus on Monday. Earlier this week the Saudi Aramco oil company confirmed that its network was hit by a

Comentário · Ago 31 2012 · Postagem · Internet

Kindle Fire sells out ahead of Amazon event

(CNN) - What timing! Exactly one week before Amazon is expected to unveil a new Kindle line, the company announced on Thursday that its Kindle Fire tablet is sold out. Amazon (AMZN, Fortune 500) sent out press invitations last week for a Sept. 6 event in California. While Amazon didn't reveal the subject of the event, it's

Comentário · Ago 31 2012 · Postagem · Internet

'Lulzsec hacker' latest to be arrested in US

(BBC) - A man suspected of being a member of hacking group Lulzsec has been arrested in the US, the FBI has said. Raynaldo Rivera, 20, is accused of being involved in hacks on Sony Pictures in May and June last year, in which thousands of personal details were published online. The FBI alleged he had worked with Cody Kretsinger, a

Comentário · Ago 29 2012 · Postagem · Internet

How the internet and Silicon Valley are changing China's office politics

(CNN) - For more than a year, Chris Bayer, a Canadian student, waited tables alongside Chinese migrant workers in a restaurant in Shanghai. While there he received an intimate glimpse of what work life is like for millions in mainland China. 'Nothing was ever really clear,' said Bayer, who is now

Comentário · Ago 27 2012 · Postagem · Internet

Flame: Massive cyber-attack discovered, researchers say

(BBC) - A complex targeted cyber-attack that collected private data from countries such as Israel and Iran has been uncovered, researchers have said. Russian security firm Kaspersky Labs told the BBC they believed the malware, known as Flame, had been operating since August 2010...

Comentário · Ago 22 2012 · Postagem · Internet

Star Wars made real: The astonishing video that shows a hoverbike flying through the desert

(Dailymail) - Made famous by 'Return of the Jedi,' where it flew through woods piloted by Stormtroopers, the real life version has been tested in the rather safer surrounding of the Mojave desert. A video of the machine being piloted has already become a YouTube hit. World's first flying motorbike: Helicopter pilot invents the 'hoverbike'

Comentário · Ago 22 2012 · Postagem · Internet

Darpa Looks to Make Cyberwar Routine With Secret 'Plan X'

(Wired) - Col. Todd Wood (right), commander of 1st Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, briefs National Security Agency director Gen. Keith Alexander at Forward Operating Base Masum Ghar in Kandahar Province, Afghanistan. Photo: Sgt. Michael Blalack/U.S. ArmyCol. Todd Wood (right), commander of 1st Stryker Brigade Combat