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Supreme Court of Pakistan website defaced by Zombie_Ksa The official website of Pakistan's Supreme Court has been hacked.Visitors to the website found derogatory and abusive remarks about the court and Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry. Earlier the Supreme Court website was hacked by two boys also in the month of September last year to whom the court had granted bail on April 11 as they were less than 18 years of age. The hacker declared that his intent to deface the site was ideological in nature to send a message to the Chief Justice of Pakistan Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry: “ I am here to request you to go out and help the poor, needy and hungry. They don’t have money to eat one-time meal, they don’t have clothes to wear, and they don’t have accommodation … sitting in your royal chair won’t make any changes to our Pakistan. ”. According to the press release and independent website Zone-H, Zombie_Ksa had carried out at least 169 defacements, of which 69 were single I...

Man-in-the-Middle Remote Attack on Diebold Touch-screen Voting Machine The Vulnerability Assessment Team (VAT) at the U.S. Dept. of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory in Illinois has managed to hack a Diebold Accuvote touch-screen voting machine. Voting machines used by as many as a quarter of American voters heading to the polls in 2012 can be hacked with just $10.50 in parts and an 8th grade science education, according to computer science. " This is a national security issue ," VAT team leader Roger Johnston told me, echoing what I've been reporting other computer scientists and security experts telling me for years. " It should really be handled by the Department of Homeland Security. " " The level of sophistication it took to develop the circuit board" used in the attack "was that of basically an 8th grade science shop ," says Argonne's John Warner. " Anybody with an electronics workbench could put this together. ...

Department of Homeland Security Releases Cyber Security Evaluation Tool (CSET) The Cyber Security Evaluation Tool (CSET) is a Department of Homeland Security (DHS) product that assists organizations in protecting their key national cyber assets. It was developed under the direction of the DHS National Cyber Security Division (NCSD) by cybersecurity experts and with assistance from the National Institute of Standards and Technology. This tool provides users with a systematic and repeatable approach for assessing the security posture of their cyber systems and networks. It includes both high-level and detailed questions related to all industrial control and IT systems. The tool is available for download, and the program also offers training and support at no cost to organizations engaged in administering networks that control facilities identified as being crucial to both the nation's economy and national security. CSET is a desktop software tool that guides users through a step...

Anonymous releases 25,000 records of the Austrian police Anonymous Austria post via the official Twitter account about 25,000 records Austrian police officers. Observers suspect that the data from the Austrian section of the " International Police Association " could come. Meanwhile, the far-right Freedom Party tries to take advantage of the data leak. " This violation of the privacy of our policemen have become fair game for possible revenge attacks by criminals. Minister Mikl-Leitner, the political responsibility for this incredible gap in the IT system of their ministry and is increasingly becoming a security risk for our country ," criticizes FPÖ Speak Königsberg.

The Council on Governmental Ethics Laws (COGEL) hacked and complete database dumped Hacker With Name snc0pe claim to hack official website of The Council on Governmental Ethics Laws (COGEL) . He post a message on pastebin , along with the database download link  (1.88MB).

Anonymous Hackers Release alleged pepper spray  NYPD Officer 's Personal Info The Anonymous activist collective today released personal information  about a New York police officer who is believed to have sprayed pepper spray on women protesters on Wall Street. The group released phone number, addresses, names of relative and other personal data for a New York police officer, as well as photos that appear to show him at the protest and a closeup of his badge. The Occupy Wall Street organizers also called for the resignation of Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly and released additional video from the incident on the protest Web site . In a statement, Anonymous said: " As we watched your officers kettle innocent women, we observed you barberically (sic) pepper spray wildly into the group of kettled women. We were shocked and disgusted by your behavior. You know who the innocent women were, now they will have the chance to know who you are. Before you commit atroci...