Date: 04/04/12 Issues related to hypercrime and multimedia content analysis discussed
The regional ‘ITU Forum-2012’ titled ‘Bridging the standardization gap’ has been held in Tashkent city of Uzbekistan. At the forum representative of members-states of the Regional Commonwealth in the Field of Communications (RCC) discussed issues related to hypercrime and multimedia content analysis.
Date: 31/03/12 European Cybercrime Centre aims for January 2013 launch
The European Commission has proposed establishing a dedicated Cybercrime Centre as part of Europol, the European Police Office,
Date: 30/03/12 Cybercrime: EU's 'best brains' to be enlisted to fight
"[It] will bring together some of Europe's best brains in the field of cybercrime," said Cecilia Malmstrom, European Commissioner for Home Affairs, at a press conference in Brussels. Based in The Hague, it will be housed alongside Europol, the pan-European police force.
Date: 16/03/12 Anonymous operating system prompts security warnings
More than 26,000 people have downloaded an operating system which members of the Anonymous hacker group claim to have created. The software is based on a version of the open-source operating system Linux and comes outfitted with lots of website sniffing and security tools, - reported BBC.
Date: 05/03/12 Hackers had 'full functional control' of Nasa computers
Hackers gained "full functional control" of key Nasa computers in 2011, the agency's inspector general has told US lawmakers. Paul K Martin said hackers took over Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) computers and "compromised the accounts of the most privileged JPL users".
Date: 05/03/12 UK Government pledges £100,000 to fight international cyber crime
Foreign secretary William Hague has pledged £100,000 of government money to the fight against international cybercrime. The money will go to the Council of Europe's Global Project on Cybercrime, which is aimed at supporting the implementation of the Budapest Convention on cybercrime and related standards and practices.
Date: 23/02/12 Azerbaijani TV, AZAL websites hacked by Iranians
Iranian hackers attacked the websites of the Azerbaijan State Television & Radio Company, AzTV, and Azerbaijani Airlines (AZAL) on 22-23 February. A message in English from the hackers popped up in place of the AzTV website when it was opened.
Date: 13/02/12 Stolen Facebook and Twitter log-ins on sale for $30 each
Cyber criminals are selling bulk log-in credentials for social sites, such as Facebook and Twitter, and web server management software cPanel, according to security researchers. "These details are not on sale so people can cause mischief but for real
Date: 13/02/12 Malware authors get social to improve cyber attacks
Security researchers have found that cyber criminals are offering their attack tools in a software-as-a-service (SaaS) model, and creating social networks to build communities around their products to help suggest new features and find bugs. Researchers at cyber threat management firm Seculert found that malware developers
Date: 13/02/12 Regional cybercrime hubs launched across England
Three police cybercrime teams have been launched as part of a £6m regional effort to combat growing threats. Yorkshire and the Humber, the Northwest and East Midlands will each get its own dedicated unit. They will work alongside the Metropolitan Police Centre
Date: 13/02/12 Acta: Germany delays signing anti-piracy agreement
Germany has halted signing a controversial anti-piracy accord, the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (Acta), after the justice ministry voiced concerns. A foreign ministry spokesperson told AFP that the delay was to "give us time to carry out further discussions". Latvia also put off signing on Friday.
Date: 07/02/12 Hackers sought $50,000 from Symantec for anti-virus blueprint
Hackers sought $50,000 from U.S. anti-virus firm Symantec Corp in return for the stolen blueprints to its flagship products under what the company says was a sting operation run by an undisclosed law enforcement agency via emails.
Date: 07/02/12 New Zealand joins US defence SATCOM pact
New Zealand has joined the US Department of Defence’s flagship wideband global satellite (WGS) program under moves to boost its communications capabilities, and ensure guaranteed access to communications at fixed prices and faster data throughput. The WGS program, currently supported by partner countries including Australia
Date: 06/02/12 MCIT creates information exchange system to predict earthquakes
The Ministry of Communications and Information Technologies has established an information exchange system for monitoring its earthquake prediction system, Institute of Cybernetics Director Telman Aliyev told. He said the system will transmit seismic signals directly to the server.
Date: 04/02/12 'What do you say about this?' Israeli hackers ask Ahmadinejad
A group of Israeli hackers have attacked several Iranian websites, a day after a number of Israeli websites were taken offline in the latest incident in a low-level cyberwar. In a statement posted on the Pastebin.com, a group calling themselves the "Israel Defense Force Team"
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