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Kuwait Government will suspend Twitter accounts of Anonymous Users In Kuwait, the Ministry of Interior is in the process of enforcing a rule of their own on Twitter which prevents Kuwaiti users from using anonymous accounts. The ministry said in a press statement that such measure comes in order to preserve the rights of citizens and residents of people who were used to slander them and their families under fake names, saying that such is a crime punishable by law. The statement went on to say that the move was meant to protect the rights of citizens and residents who have found themselves the subject of slander through statements made by these anonymous accounts, a crime punishable by law in the country, as it is in the UAE. It confirmed that all public have the freedom of expression guaranteed to them by the Constitution as long as those practices are going according to the law, especially with regard to using the Twitter site. [ Source ]

Easy Router PIN Guessing with new WiFi Setup vulnerability There is a newly discovered vulnerability in the WiFi Protected Setup standard that reduces the number of attempts it would take an attacker to brute-force the PIN for a wireless router's setup process. The flaw results in too much information about the PIN being returned to an attacker and makes the PIN quite weak, affecting the security of millions of WiFi routers and access points. Security researcher Stefan Viehbock discovered the vulnerability (PDF) and reported it to US-CERT .  The problem affects a number of vendors' products, including D-Link, Netgear, Linksys and Buffalo. " I noticed a few really bad design decisions which enable an efficient brute force attack, thus effectively breaking the security of pretty much all WPS-enabled Wi-Fi routers. As all of the of the more recent router models come with WPS enabled by default, this affects millions of devices worldwide " Viehbock said. " One ...

New Zealand agencies can be next target after US host was hacked Sensitive information about the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet and other New Zealand agencies can be the next target after US host was hacked. US intelligence firm Stratfor had its website hacked by activist group Anonymous on Monday and data including credit card details of its clients, was stolen. The hackers claim Stratfor's more than 4000 clients include the US Defence Department, Microsoft, New Zealand Police, New Zealand Fire Service and Air New Zealand. A spokesperson for the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet, Rob Mackie, says it's confident no information's at risk,  but was looking into whether anything had been compromised.  Stratfor's website remains under maintenance since the cyber attack.  He says the bigger concern is whether Stratfor is worth subscribing to, considering they were unable to keep their own information secure.

CPLC Chief says ' Pakistan a safe heaven for cyber criminals ' The cyber crimes of multiple kinds in Pakistan have increased by five times over the past four years. Pakistan Daily Times News today reported that, Citizen Police Liaison Committee (CPLC) Chief through a letter on Saturday, apprised the Federal Law, Justice & Parliamentary Affairs Minister that in the absence of Prevention of Electronic Crime Ordinance (PECO) Law 2007, lapsed in 2010, Pakistan had become a safe heaven for cyber criminals and con artists whereas the law enforcement agencies were unable to take legal action against them. According to the Cyber Crime Unit (CCU), a branch of Pakistan's Federal Investigation Agency (FIA), 62 cases were reported to the unit in 2007, 287 cases in 2008 and the ratio dropped in 2009 but in 2010 more than 312 cases were registered in different categories of cyber crimes. “ There are numerous complaints regarding fake calls deceiving citizens into receiving a ...

French MP Valerie Boyer ’s website hacked by Turkish hackers Hackers have attacked the website ( www.valerie boyer.fr ) of French parliamentarian Valerie Boyer, the author of the bill criminalizing genocide denial that was recently adopted by the French National Assembly. The hackers posted a Turkish flag and an address to the French government and the Armenians community of the country. The message says that the bill was meant to reap votes in 2012 election.French National Assembly passed a bill criminalizing public denial of the Armenian Genocide. If passed and signed into law by the Senate, the bill would impose a 45,000 euro fine and a year in prison. Ms. Boyer said she called the police after she and her family members received death threats.On December 22, 2011, French National Assembly passed a bill criminalizing public denial of the Armenian Genocide. If passed and signed into law by the Senate, the bill would impose a 45,000 euro fine and a year in prison for anyone in Fr...

Tianya,  China's biggest online forum 40 million users data leaked Tianya.cn , China's biggest online forum confirmed on Sunday that private information for 40 million users had been leaked, three days after the country's largest programmers' website CSDN reported a similar leak . Tianya is one of the most popular sites in China; it’s the nexus of China’s online communications, a collection of simple forums, blogs, and groups; due to uber-popularity Tianya is the best place in China’s web to find public opinion on social issues, cultural experience, and original fresh content from millions of Chinese users. Based on netizen comments, the Tianya community meets the need for personal interaction, creation and expression. In a family oriented society, Tianya is China’s dinner table, where news of the day is discussed in an open, personal fashion. The user account information of several other popular websites in China such as Dodonew.com, 7K7K, Duowan.com, and 178.com ...