A tweet sent by the hacker group <a href="http://www.networkworld.com/news/2011/062711-anonymous-claims-lulzsec-members-steps.html">Anonymous</a> at midnight yesterday claims the group has broken into the network of defense contractor ManTech International and intends to release seized documents within 24 hours.
About 100,000 Web pages for e-commerce sites based on the open source OS Commerce software have been compromised with malware through a mass iFrame injection attack, according to security firm Armorize.
U.K. police said Wednesday they are questioning two more teenage Anonymous suspects, one of whom they identified as "Topiary," who is a spokesman for the group. Topiary's may be the most significant arrest of any Anonymous suspect so far.
A demo at <a href="http://www.networkworld.com/news/2011/072611-blackhat-pwnie-ownage.html">Black Hat</a> next week will remotely hack a car alarm, unlock the doors and start the vehicle, but that's just a parlor trick to call attention to a bigger problem that has the <a href="http://www.networkworld.com/community/blog/dhs-imported-tech-tainted-backdoor-attack-too">Department of Homeland Security</a> on alert.
Law enforcement may be interested to see if anyone actually shows up to this year to accept the annual <a href="http://pwnies.com/nominations/">Pwnie Award</a> for Epic Ownage at Black Hat, since all the nominees face possible criminal charges.
The cofounder of online news site Reddit has been charged with computer intrusion, fraud and data theft for allegedly stealing 4.8 million documents from a Massachusetts Institute of Technology network, the U.S. Department of Justice said.
A banking Trojan that has plagued Symbian, BlackBerry and <a href="http://www.networkworld.com/topics/windows.html">Windows</a> Phone users has now made its way to <a href="http://www.networkworld.com/news/2010/110910-google-android-useful-resources-smartphones.html">Android</a> devices.
<a href="http://www.networkworld.com/news/2011/070811-anonymous-eyes-political-role-but.html">Anonymous</a> has posted names, addresses, phone numbers and email addresses of Monsanto employees, and is promising action against Exxon Mobil, ConocoPhillips, Canadian Oil Sands Ltd., Imperial Oil, the Royal Bank of Scotland and others.
General public apathy and collaboration with the <a href="http://www.networkworld.com/community/blog/fbi-internet-crime-high-types-misdeeds-changi">law enforcement community</a> assure that <a href="http://www.networkworld.com/community/blog/fbi-internet-crime-high-types-misdeeds-changi">cybercrimes</a> of all sorts will <a href="http://www.networkworld.com/community/blog/does-irs-need-more-options-fight-identity-the">continue to rise</a>.
In about a month the first graduates of the new Anonymous hacking school could start having an impact on the frequency of cybercrime.
The LulzSec hacking group <a href="http://lulzsecurity.com/releases/50%20Days%20of%20Lulz.txt">sailed off into the sunset Saturday,</a> leaving behind a treasure trove of stolen data along with what some antivirus programs identified as a nasty surprise for anyone who downloaded the Torrent file: <a href="https://www.infosecisland.com/blogview/14784-Warning-Original-50-Days-of-Lulz-Payload-is-Infected.html">a Trojan horse program.</a>
A hacking group in the Netherlands promises to publish photos, phone numbers and addresses of <a href="http://www.networkworld.com/news/2011/062111-lulzsec-census-denial.html?hpg1=bn&ap1=rcb">LulzSec</a> members in response to similar treatment by LulzSec.
The hacker group <a href="http://www.networkworld.com/news/2011/062111-lulzsec-census-denial.html?hpg1=bn">LulzSec</a> says the British teen arrested in connection with its attack on a police agency's Web site was not an active member of the group.
Cyber attacks are becoming more frequent and severe, and the vast majority of businesses have suffered at least one <a href="http://www.networkworld.com/news/2011/032811-mcafee-underground.html">data breach</a> in the past year, a Ponemon Institute survey says.
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. -- About a dozen separate legions of organized hackers have been diligently attempting for years to break into aerospace and defense company Northrop Grumman to steal sensitive information, the company's chief information <a href="http://www.networkworld.com/topics/security.html">security</a> officer (CISO) said at a Gartner security conference here.