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This kind of thing tends to happen from time to time, though this time it seems that Mark Zuckerberg’s name has been dragged into it.   A hacker out there managed to hack into Kenya’s law enforcement body’s website and post some graffiti there, which is some kind of tribute to Facebook’s co-founder.   The site now shows “Got in and all i could think about was zuckerberg!!! This’ for you Mark!” Only the main page seems defaced, as the rest of the site is functional. Hopefully this gets solved sooner rather than later and it’s not a sign of an upcoming trend for 2011.

Video shows how Windows Phone 7 apps can be easily swiped and stripped of DRM protections Once more, Microsoft finds itself in the unenviable position of having one of its security flaws shared with the world. WPCentral has posted a video made by a "'white hat' developer" that shows how cyber shoplifters can easily swipe and unlock apps from Microsoft's Windows Phone 7 Marketplace. The news yet again raises the question of whether Microsoft is slacking on security. WPCentral asserts that it shared this security flaw with Microsoft "well before the publication of [the] article" but opted to make public the information to motivate the company to fix the problem, in defense of developers who are seeing their wares stolen. "While many will condemn us for 'promoting piracy,' we respectfully disagree," said WPCentral. "We have heard many complaints from developers about this weakness for months now and it is their right to know abo...

Barnes and Noble’s full color touch screen, Wi-Fi and 3G enabled eReader tablet NOOK color ships with a Bluetooth chip that is not activated. Well, not anymore. A user occip at XDA-developers has managed to start the Bluetooth on the device and scanning and connecting to devices is working well. NOOK color is really turning out to be quite a tablet. It comes at a much cheaper rate than standard tablets and looks and works like a superior piece of equipment. Way to go, people! What would the tech world be without the developers? Do note that the eReader’s Bluetooth capabilities are not error-free yet. There are some problems such as inconsistency. And you have to be on Android 2.2, not Android 2.1, the default operating system version. In any case, if you want to try this out on your Nook, get the instructions  here . Do this at your own risk. As this implementation will definitely void your equipment’s warranty, be sure you know what you’re doing. NOOK color has been a treat for de...

The Japanese motor company, Honda, today issued an alert to U.S. customers concerning a security breach  resulting from a hacked database. The database that was managed by a third-party marketing group contained confidential information, including names of car owners, personal e-mail addresses, and even Vehicle Identification Numbers (VIN). The company downplayed the breach, saying it would be very difficult for the hackers to actually utilize the stolen information to steal a person’s identity. Honda immediately issued a warning via e-mail to people included in the database once becoming aware of the unauthorized breach. The company cautioned people not to reply to e-mail requests for additional information, such as social security or credit card numbers, as the company itself would not request this information. Acura, the luxury car brand also owned by Honda, owners were also affected in the security breach, as their accounts were also included in the database. About 2.4-million ...

The simplistic spam campaign that hit around Christmas and purported to be a holiday greeting from the White House not only included a piece of Zeus-related malware that searches hard drives for documents and uploads them to a remote server, but also appears to be connected to a similar attack from early 2010 that exposed a nascent botnet. The holiday e-card scam is a typical year-end spam tactic and often will include malware of one type or another. But the latest incarnation was different in that it included a malicious executable related to the Zeus botnet and it seems that officials in a number of government agencies in the U.S. and elsewhere fell for the scam and ended up exposing gigabytes of government documents. One of the executables being used in the e-card attack is nearly identical to a file that was used in a similar attack in February 2010 that was detailed by security firm NetWitness at the time. In the frst stage of the latest attack, the user clicks on a link in the m...

A nearly nine-month investigation by Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s detectives has led to the arrest of a former UCSB student as a suspected identity thief who bilked at least five victims out of at least $158,000. Imoukhuede Ohiwerei Ehimika, 26, of Nigeria was arrested Dec. 21 at his home in the 200 block of Mathilda Drive in Goleta, the Sheriff’s Department announced Thursday. He was released Tuesday, Dec. 28, after posting $150,000 bail. Detectives began their investigation in April after a Santa Barbara area man reported that someone had used the Internet to transfer more than $5,000 from the his bank account into a fraudulent bank account that had recently been opened under his name. Over the next two months, detectives received similar reports from other Goleta and Santa Barbara residents involving transfers from their home equity accounts. In each case the suspect then bought money orders from various Wal-Mart stores around Southern California. Detectives allege that Ehimi...

Have you received an email seemingly from Microsoft's security team telling you to " Update your Windows "? Have you been sent a file called KB453396-ENU.zip and told to run it on your Windows computer? Well, think twice before following the instructions. Cybercriminals are up to their old tricks, spreading malware under the disguise of a critical security patch from Microsoft. In the current example, they've spammed out an email containing a worm, which even quotes the real name of a senior member of Microsoft's security team - Steve Lipner - to try to fool you into believing it is genuine. The emails have a subject line of " Update your Windows " and contain the following text: Of course, Mr Lipner has nothing to do with the emails and Microsoft never distributes security updates via email attachments. Nevertheless, there have been a series of attacks that have abused his name in the past. With so much effort being taken by the cybercriminals to hoodw...

Chinese website Dlzdjy.com   database hacked by Team Jmc H4x0rs Admin Panel : Database :  News Submitted By : Team Jmc H4x0rs

Manufacturers racing to create HDTVs that can connect to the Web may have rushed over an important step in trying to rush them to market: keeping them safe from hackers. According to the  New York Times , security firm Mocana was able to hack an Internet-connected set “with unsettling ease.” The hack allowed them to obtain the owner’s credit card numbers and to monitor the data being sent from the TV to various Web sites. Mocana refused to divulge the brand of HDTV into which it easily hacked, though it did say that it was one of the five most popular Web-connected sets. Especially concerning was Mocana’s conclusion about how the Internet features were implemented for this particular TV: The things we found were mistakes that an inexperienced device designer would make when connecting something to the Internet for the first time. Security companies are still figuring out the best ways to prevent breaches in new devices that connect to the Internet, including using fingerprint scan...

Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Education has restored its website, weeks after it was taken offline in the latest of a series of hacking attempts on some of the kingdom’s most prominent sites. “The website was hacked a few weeks back, but has now been fully restored, and is safe and functional,” Mohammed Al Dukhainy, a spokesman for the ministry, told Arab News. The official said that it was a matter of concern that cyber crimes were now becoming more common. The Ministry of Education has been targeted a number of times in the past year. The hackers, who have referred to themselves as the True Promise Organisation, posted a picture of Lebanon’s Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah. Other official bodies to have suffered cyber attacks include the website of King Saud University and the Al Watan online news site. Earlier last year, the homepage of Riyad Bank, one of Saudi Arabia’s largest financial institutions, was also hacked. However, the bank later said that none of its customer accounts ha...

A U.S. Department of Homeland Security investigation dubbed "Operation eMule" has led federal agents to a pair of 22-year-old foreign-exchange students in Winona who are suspected to be part of a sophisticated cyber crime ring based in Vietnam that has been misusing the identities of countless Americans to bilk online retailers out of millions of dollars. "It's a big one," said Jason Calhoun, a fraud investigator with the Rosetta Stone language software company who has been working on the case with federal agents. Numerous major companies have been stung in the scam, including eBay, PayPal, Amazon, Apple, Dell and Verizon Wireless, according to federal court documents and Calhoun. Authorities say the operation is built around stolen identities that are used to open accounts with eBay, PayPal and U.S. banks. Through those accounts, the fraudsters sell popular, expensive merchandise at discounted prices. The sellers fill the orders by purchasing the goods from oth...

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