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The tech-oriented Nasdaq stock exchange has confirmed that its network has been hacked and its customers have been notified. In a written statement to the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) Nasdaq said it had discovered some malware files installed on a part of its network called Directors Desk – a system designed to allow company boards to store and share documents. "The files were immediately removed and at this point there is no evidence that any Directors Desk customer information was accessed or acquired by hackers," the statement said. "Our trading platform architecture operates independently from our web-facing services like Directors Desk and at no point was any of Nasdaq OMX's operated or serviced trading platforms compromised." The investigation was initially started by the US Secret Service, but has been taken over by the FBI. People familiar with the matter have confirmed to the WSJ that "so far the perpetrators appear to have just been looking aro...

HBGary chief Aaron Barr's Twitter account hijacked and personal details leaked in revenge for infiltration of hacking collective The loose hacker collective Anonymous says it has taken revenge on aUS security company whose principal claimed to have penetrated the group and identified some of its key people. They hacked the Twitter account of Aaron Barr, the chief executive of HBGary, and sent out a series of angry tweets while many Americans were watching the Super Bowl match on Sunday night, allegedly including Barr's social security number and address, and his mobile phone number. The tweets link to torrents of the company's emails. Members of the group also put up a brutal set of claims: "Anonymous has: "entire control of all emails for the company of hbgary.com. we have full admin control of "hbgaryfederal.com. we have wordpress control of hbgary.com "all emails will be put up in a torrent. "full access to all their finincials ...

Right now you can download a 4.7 gigabyte book abounding of about 50,000 emails baseborn from a computer aegis able called Aaron Barr. That's what happens aback you cantankerous the hacking aggregate Anonymous. Hackers from Anonymous, best-known for attacks on Scientology and Wikileaks detractors, besmirched Barr's online activity Sunday black afterwards acquirements he planned to accommodated with the FBI tomorrow and duke over advice he'd aggregate about them. They defaced the website of HBGary Federal, the D.C.-based computer aegis close Barr works for. Again they took over Barr's Twitter account, tweeting his amusing aegis cardinal and a book absolute 50,000 HBGary aggregation emails. They alike affirmation to accept wiped his iPad. Barr became a ambition of Anonymous afterwards he appeared in a Financial Times commodity this weekend claiming he'd "penetrated" the group, anecdotic associates by watching their chats and allegory amusing networking p...

I had the honor of hosting the first episode of the Xposure Podcast live from Xposure Summit 2025. And I couldn't have asked for a better kickoff panel: three cybersecurity leaders who don't just talk security, they live it. Let me introduce them. Alex Delay , CISO at IDB Bank, knows what it means to defend a highly regulated environment. Ben Mead , Director of Cybersecurity at Avidity Biosciences, brings a forward-thinking security perspective that reflects the innovation behind Avidity's targeted RNA therapeutics. Last but not least, Michael Francess , Director of Cybersecurity Advanced Threat at Wyndham Hotels and Resorts, leads the charge in protecting the franchise. Each brought a unique vantage point to a common challenge: applying Continuous Threat Exposure Management (CTEM) to complex production environments. Gartner made waves in 2023 with a bold prediction: organizations that prioritize CTEM will be three times less likely to be breached by 2026. But here's the kicker -...

Albania Security Group Hack more than 1 000 Facebook Pages In One day ! There are Four Admins In the Group : 1.) Hacker Twilight  2.) Akrepi Hacker  3.) BombRun 4.)  WarBot They Spread a Hex Javascript on Facebook, Once Victim will run that ,it automatically add there email id as admin in all victims Facebook pages. Nice Concept ! Beware .... these are Genius ....

Yesterday, the UK adopted secretary, William Hague, explained to a aegis appointment in Munich how cyber abyss were aggravating to access the UK government and aegis contractors. According to a BBC report, Mr. Hague explained that attackers had adulterated government computers with the Zeus trojan (Zeus "Zbot") in attacks agnate to those on the Department of Homeland Aegis aftermost June. While I acclaim the government for about acclamation these issues, I absolutely achievement this isn't account to those in the MoD (Ministry of Defence) or aegis industries. The types of threats Mr. Hague categorical are not aloof hitting the UK government. These types of malware, amusing engineering and targeted phishing are accepting drive adjoin businesses all over the planet. Most of the examples he cited began as email attacks. While best practices advance that you should block all executable agreeable from entering your mail gateways, booby-trapped abstracts are still a ris...

Hackers owing allegiance to protestors and stonepelters in Kashmir have hacked a website of Sikkim government and posted a message and pictures of the agitators on the page. The hacked website -- www.sikkim-culture.gov.in -- belongs to the Cultural Affairs and Heritage Department of the Sikkim government, which promotes art and culture of the north -eastern state. The group, which claimed to have hacked the website, identified itself as Z-Company and in the past several months has indulged in similar acts in the past. "Everyday hundreds of innocent people are abused, raped and even killed in Palestine and Kashmir by the Indian and Israeli army, a third of the deaths are children, who are the real soldiers? The child holding a stone or the stranger holding a gun?," read the message posted on the webpage. Hackers also left behind two pictures of stone- pelting protestors in Kashmir and Palestine. Earlier, another group of hackers, calling themselves Cyber Sangbaaz (St...

Software hacker group "Anonymous" launched attacks Sunday against the Italian government's website citing political grievances, ANSA news agency reported. "Anonymous" announced its distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) assaults earlier in the day, saying they were launched because "the political and economic situation in Italy has become unstable." The website (www.governo.it) did not immediately appear to be blocked. DDoS attacks are efforts to overload websites with so many simultaneous requests that computer servers can't handle the load and freeze or crash. Police had alerted the site and its manager of the potential attack ahead of time, allowing them to put counter measures in place. A loose-knit group of online global hackers, "Anonymous" previously attacked government websites in Egypt and Tunisia, both roiled by anti-government protests, among other sites. Last Thursday, it apparently zeroed in on Yemen, where the website o...

www.seth.pt Hacked By Pak Cyber Combat Squad ! Links : https://www.seth.pt/pccs.html Mirror : https://mirror-az.com/mirror/?id=11180