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Google Bangladesh website ( Google.com.bd ) Hacked by TiGER-M@TE We just got an anonymous tip that Google’s been ‘hacked’ – sure enough, visitors of the company’s Bangladesh search site (Google.com.bd) see a defaced landing page rather than the usual search site. As far as I can tell, www.google.com.bd functions properly, so whether this really constitutes a ‘hack’ is up for debate. According to Zone-h , Bangladeshi hacker TiGER-M@TE has been quite active with defacements lately, and has targeted some high-profile sites in the past, including the local website for American Express and Airtel (video). See google cache :   http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:lOhkVDab32MJ:www.google.com.bd/+google+bangladesh&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=in News Source : TiGER-M@TE

We are concerned about demonstrations that have occurred over the past few weeks in Tunisia, which we understand to be the result of social and economic unrest. We encourage all parties to show restraint as citizens exercise their right of public assembly. We have also conveyed our views directly to the Tunisian government. Furthermore, we are concerned about recent reports that Tunisian ISP providers, at the direction of the government, hacked into the accounts of Tunisian users of American companies including Facebook, and providers of email such as Yahoo and Google, and stealing passwords. This kind of interference threatens the ability of civil society to realize the benefits of new technologies. Cyber intrusions of all kinds, including reported attacks on government of Tunisia websites, disrupt the free flow of information and reduce overall confidence in the reliability and security of vital information networks. We urge all parties to respect the freedoms of expression and inf...

Sophisticated scam artists are raiding blackberries, I-phones and personal computers and are using sites like Facebook to steal identities and money by fooling friends, Halifax police warn. Det. Const. Dana Drover said Wednesday the best way to protect yourself at home — or using public Wi-Fi — is to use a complex password and change it often. "There are individuals who make it their business to try and capture, or harvest, electronic data using devices that can capture wireless internet information," he said. That point was driven home over the Christmas holiday when Radio-Canada producer Paul Emile d'Entremont checked his Facebook and one of his Facebook friends started chatting with him. "She started off, 'How are you doing, Paul?' I said, 'Fine.' And she says, 'I'm not doing so well. I'm in London, England, and yesterday I was the victim of a brutal attack, and my face is swollen and they also stole all of my credit cards,'...

A woman has been arrested on more than two dozen counts of fraud and other charges after using a stolen credit card over the course of about two weeks. Susan J. Hancock, 53, was arrested on 25 counts of fraudulent use of a credit card, 25 counts of computer tampering, fraudulent schemes, theft of a credit card, forgery and criminal impersonation. The investigation by the Sierra Vista Police Department began after a report made on Nov. 27 by a resident in the 300 block of North Colombo Avenue. At some point in September or November of last year, Hancock is thought to have taken a credit card belonging to the victim from a shared mailbox at their residence, according to a probable cause statement submitted by police to the Sierra Vista Justice Court. The first purchase made with the card occurred on or about Nov. 4 and continued through Nov. 20 at local restaurants, convenience stores and various Internet web sites, according to the statement.  Investigators ...

The North Korean government's  official Twitter account  has apparently been hacked, with the feed displaying a string of messages derogatory of leader Kim Jong-il and heir apparent Kim Jong-un, the South Korean Yonhap news agency has reported. The four most recent messages posted on Saturday morning accuse the ruling family of exploiting the North Korean people to enjoy luxurious lives and develop nuclear arms and missiles. One message called for an uprising to kill the Kims "with a sword". North Korea opened the Korean-language Twitter account @uriminzok in August 2010, and since then has posted over 1,300 messages using the service. The name of the account can be translated to "our people", according to  The Korea Times . Earlier in the year, the government also launched YouTube and Facebook pages, in a bid to use the services to improve its image. The apparent hacking of the site on Saturday, also Kim Jong-un's birthday, is not the first such atta...