Neowin News Feed for: Cyber attacks

US Government: disable Universal Plug and Play on routers due to hacker threat

John Callaham — Tue, 29 Jan 2013 19:46:35 +0000

The US Department of Homeland Security issued a statement today that urged individuals and businesses to disable Universal Plug and Play features from routers due to the threat of hacker attacks. Read more...

US gets 3 out of 10 for cyber security, says NSA director

John Callaham — Sat, 28 Jul 2012 08:41:03 +0100

General Keith Alexander, the director of the National Security Agency, gave the United States a 3 on a scale of 1 to 10 this week when describing the nation's security readiness. Read more...

Plans being made for possible Olympic Games cyber attacks

John Callaham — Sun, 08 Jul 2012 17:38:52 +0100

Google is working with the NBC TV network to conduct drills designed to prepare for possible cyber attacks that could happen during the London Olympic Games, which begin later this month. Read more...

Anonymous attacks some UK government websites

John Callaham — Mon, 09 Apr 2012 09:02:54 +0100

The hacker group Anonymous launched several denial of service attacks against some UK government websites over the weekend as a protest against a proposed Internet monitoring law. Read more...

Anonymous defaces hundreds of Chinese websites

John Callaham — Thu, 05 Apr 2012 19:41:46 +0100

The hacker group Anonymous has claimed it has launched cyber attacks against hundreds of websites based in China, including defacing them with messages denouncing the country's government. Read more...

Pastebin to delete more messages from hackers

John Callaham — Wed, 04 Apr 2012 10:38:57 +0100

The owner of the Pastebin website says he plans to bring in more people to police the site after a number of messages from hacker groups have been published on Pastebin. Read more...

NSA head: Anonymous could cause power blackouts

John Callaham — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 18:00:42 +0000

The director of the National Security Agency has claimed that the hacker group Anonymous is a bigger threat than most people believe and that the group could be capable of causing power outages. Read more...

Anonymous attacking Mexican web sites

John Callaham — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 18:24:40 +0000

The hacker group Anonymous is continuing to launch cyber attacks on various web sites around the world, with the newest victims being three Mexican government-based web sites. Read more...

The Top 10 (plus 1) Tech News Stories of 2011

John Callaham — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 14:13:54 +0000

As 2011 comes to an end, we give our picks for the top 11 biggest stories in the tech industry in the past 12 months, featuring the preview launch of Windows 8, the launch of the iPhone 4S and more. Read more...

McAfee Labs predicts Windows 8 attack threats for 2012

John Callaham — Wed, 28 Dec 2011 19:56:23 +0000

A new report from McAfee Labs predicts the kinds of cyber attacks and threats that PC owners, along with mobile users, will have to deal with in the next 12 months, including Windows 8 Read more...

Member of Anonymous reveals himself

John Callaham — Sat, 20 Aug 2011 17:03:45 +0100

One of the members of the hacker group Anonymous has decided to reveal his true identity because he disagrees with what the leaders of Anonymous are doing with their activities. Read more...

Cyber attacks on South Korea 'could have been war drill'

Paul Ferson — Wed, 06 Jul 2011 14:58:51 +0100

Attacks against South Korean government websites could have suddenly become a lot more threatening than previously thought, after McAfee Labs claimed they could have been North Korean cyber war drills. As Reuters reports, the vice... Read more...

LulzSec publicly attacks fellow hacker group Anonymous

John Callaham — Thu, 16 Jun 2011 00:03:53 +0100

The hacker group LulzSec, which has taken responsibility for a number of cyber attacks on various web sites over the past few weeks, is now publicly attacking a fellow hacking group, the well known Anonymous.... Read more...

Bethesda Softworks latest to suffer cyber attack

John Callaham — Mon, 13 Jun 2011 19:13:15 +0100

Elder Scrolls publisher Bethesda Softworks has admitted it is the latest game company to deal with a cyber attack on its servers. The company's official blog site has posted word today that, "over the past... Read more...

More Anonymous arrests made in Turkey

John Callaham — Mon, 13 Jun 2011 14:41:31 +0100

A few days after people who are allegedly part of the hacker group Anonymous were arrested in Spain, even more arrests were made in Turkey in relation to that same group. Security Week reports that... Read more...

Report: US could respond to cyber attacks with military force

John Callaham — Tue, 31 May 2011 23:45:27 +0100

The rash of cyber attacks on companies like Sony and more recently Lockheed Martin have raised more awareness about the threat that cyber attacks can have on private businesses. But what if a hostile foreign... Read more...

CIA Warns of Chinese Plans for Cyber-Attacks on U.S.

Daniel Fleshbourne — Fri, 26 Apr 2002 09:44:22 +0100

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Thanks nekrosoft13 U.S. intelligence officials believe the Chinese military is working to launch wide-scale cyber-attacks on American and Taiwanese computer networks, including Internet-linked military systems considered vulnerable to sabotage, according to a... Read more...