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Publication: Team Cymru Internet Security News

First reported Apr 10 2013 - Updated Apr 10 2013 - 2 reports

Flash: WikiLeaks Launches Searchable Archive Of 1.7 Million US State Department Documents (See Link)

"WikiLeaks on Monday launched a searchable archive containing 1. 7 million US State Department documents from 1973-6 that had long been in the public domain, billing it as a victory for transparency. The archive includes the officially declassified memos ... [Published Team Cymru Internet Security News - Apr 10 2013]

Entities: WikiLeaks, US Department of State, Henry Kissinger

First reported Apr 08 2013 - Updated Apr 08 2013 - 2 reports

Anonymous targets Israel in another cyberattack

"Anonymous claims that a cyberattack launched against Israeli government Web sites this weekend has caused billions of dollars of damage, although Israeli officials say there have been no major disruptions. The group claimed it hacked more than a dozen ... [Published Team Cymru Internet Security News - Apr 08 2013]

Entities: Anonymous group, Cyber Attack, Israel

First reported Apr 07 2013 - Updated Apr 08 2013 - 2 reports

17-year-old Australian suspected member of Anonymous charged with four hacking crimes

"The Australian Federal Police (AFP) executed a search warrant at the 17-year-old youth's home in Glenmore Park, New South Wales in November 2012. The youth appeared in Parramatta Children's Court on Friday (5 April 2013) to face charges relating to unauthorised ... [Published Team Cymru Internet Security News - Apr 08 2013]

Entities: Anonymous group, Computer Hacking, Crime, Australian Federal Police

First reported Apr 07 2013 - Updated Apr 08 2013 - 2 reports

OpIsrael: 730 Israeli Facebook accounts leaked by Mauritania Attacker

"Mauritania Attacker has leaked emails and hashed passwords of 730 Israeli Facebook accounts under and posted the doc on pastebin under the operation called #OpIsrael. It is unknown how the hacker managed to obtain the emails and hashed passwords of Facebook ... [Published Team Cymru Internet Security News - Apr 08 2013]

Entities: Mauritania Attacker, OpIsrael, Mauritania

First reported Apr 07 2013 - Updated Apr 07 2013 - 2 reports

Anonymous making History, CyberWar begins, Israeli hackers hit back

"Anonymouse Hackers from Iran,South Africa, Palestine,Pakistan and many others countries ,start first ever cyber war against a country, #OPISRAEL messages goes round on every social media about thousand of Israeli website defaced and hacked. Anti-Israel ... [Published Team Cymru Internet Security News - Apr 07 2013]

Entities: Computer Hacker, Cyber Warfare, Anonymous group

First reported Apr 05 2013 - Updated Apr 05 2013 - 2 reports

Anonymous To Attack Israeli Websites On Holocaust Memorial Day. Keepin' It Classy, As Always

"Twitter Anonymous's announcement of their intended attack on Israel, scheduled for April 7, 2013. Anonymous, the worlds most vocal hacktivist collective, has trained its cyber lasers on Israel for #Op-Israel, and is duly warning the world, If you support ... [Published Team Cymru Internet Security News - Apr 05 2013]

Entities: Anonymous group, Attacking Israel, Holocaust

First reported Apr 05 2013 - Updated Apr 05 2013 - 2 reports

Facebook Inc

Diversifying Facebook Home could broaden its appeal, analysts say

"Facebook's Home mobile software for Android-equipped smartphones might only appeal to the most active Facebook users at first, but the company's plan to integrate third-party social services into it could broaden its appeal. Home, which was unveiled ... [Published Team Cymru Internet Security News - Apr 05 2013]

Entities: Facebook Inc, Google Android, Smartphone

First reported Mar 21 2013 - Updated Mar 22 2013 - 3 reports

Three BBC Twitter accounts hacked

"The BBC Weather Twitter account began posting some peculiar updates Thursday. You could argue that they were loosely weather themed, yes, but the tweets were a series of digs at countries and heads of state in the Middle East."Sorry about that, we were ... [Published Team Cymru Internet Security News - Mar 22 2013]

Entities: BBC British Broadcasting Corp, Twitter

First reported Mar 21 2013 - Updated Mar 22 2013 - 4 reports

Chinese IP address behind South Korea hacking: Report

"The hacking attack in South Korea on internet service provider LG Uplus, which crippled several TV broadcasters and banks, originated from an IP address in China, according to South Korean officials. The cyberattack occurred on Wednesday and caused disruptions ... [Published Team Cymru Internet Security News - Mar 22 2013]

Entities: IP Address, Computer Hacking, South Korea

First reported Mar 20 2013 - Updated Mar 21 2013 - 7 reports

South Korea: Chinese address source of attack

" A Chinese Internet address was the source of a cyberattack on one company hit in a massive network shutdown that affected 32,000 computers at six banks and media companies in South Korea, initial findings indicated Thursday. It's too early to assign ... [Published Team Cymru Internet Security News - Mar 21 2013]

Entities: South Korea, Cyber Attack, Seoul, North Korea

First reported Mar 15 2013 - Updated Mar 15 2013 - 5 reports

Reuters Editor Indicted for Allegedly Helping Hackers Break Into Tribune Co

"A Reuters social media editor on Thursday was charged with helping hackers break into the Tribune Co.'s network shortly after he was fired from a Sacramento television station in Fall 2010. A U.S. Eastern District grand jury in Sacramento handed down ... [Published Team Cymru Internet Security News - Mar 15 2013]

Entities: Tribune Company, Sacramento (California, United States), Matthew Keys, TV Station

First reported Mar 12 2013 - Updated Mar 13 2013 - 3 reports

Intelligence officials see cyberattacks as a top U.S. threat

"Cyberattacks are near the top of the list of most serious threats facing the U.S., with the rivaling concerns about terrorism and North Korea, intelligence officials with President Barack Obama's administration said. James Clapper, the Obama administration's ... [Published Team Cymru Internet Security News - Mar 13 2013]

Entities: Cyber Attack, Threat, James Clapper, United States

Quotes

"Legislation to encourage the U S federal government and industry to share cyberthreat information cleared the House Intelligence Committee by an 18-2 vote after being amended to strengthen privacy and civil liberties' protections. At a markup session on April 10, the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence adopted three amendments to the Cyber Intelligence and Sharing Protection Act that sponsors assert would strengthen privacy protections and civil liberties by:Requiring the government to establish minimization procedures designed to limit the receipt, retention and use of personally identifiable information not necessary to protect systems or networks from cyberthreats while ensuring the critical cyberthreat information necessary to protect systems can flow quickly. Adding responsibilities for the Privacy and Civil Liberties Board and individual agency privacy officers to provide additional oversight of the government's use of information received from the private sector under the bill...."

CISPA Clears House Intelligence Panel - Compromise on Privacy, Civil Liberties Is in Eye of the B ... [Published Team Cymru Internet Security News - Apr 11 2013]

"Cyber criminals could be raking in millions of dollars using a Bitcoin-mining botnet called ZeroAccess, according to newly released data from network security company Fortinet. The company found that ZeroAccess -- also used for click fraud -- was the No. 1 security threat during the first quarter of this year. Cyber scammers have seemingly been unable to resist the allure of the soaring value of the digital currency, which exceeded $200 a pop this week...."

Bitcoin-mining botnet ZeroAccess jumps to top security threat [Published Team Cymru Internet Security News - Apr 11 2013]

"An Oregon agricultural products company is suing its bank to recover nearly a quarter-million dollars stolen in a 2010 cyberheist. The lawsuit is the latest in a series of legal challenges seeking to hold financial institutions more accountable for costly corporate account takeovers tied to cybercrime. On Sept. 1, 2010, unidentified computer crooks began making unauthorized wire transfers out of the bank accounts belonging to Oregon Hay Products Inc., a hay compressing facility in Boardman, Oregon...."

Hay Maker Seeks Cyberheist Bale Out [Published Team Cymru Internet Security News - Apr 11 2013]

"A New Jersey hospital can now pursue a subpoena that would require an internet service provider (ISP) to hand over information potentially identifying at least one person accused of hacking into its email server. The New Jersey Superior Court's Appellate Division overturned a judge's February 2012 decision, which will allow St. Luke's Warren Hospital to continue its legal quest for information from Verizon. The appeals court published its opinion last Friday, the same day The Warren Reporter, a New Jersey publication, first reported the decision...."

Judge rules hospital can ask ISP for help in ID'ing alleged hackers [Published Team Cymru Internet Security News - Apr 11 2013]

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CISPA Clears House Intelligence Panel - Comprom... [Published Team Cymru Internet Security News - Apr 11 2013] "Legislation to encourage the U.S. federal government and industry to share cyberthreat information cleared the House Intelligence Committee by an 18-2 vote after being amended to strengthen privacy and civil liberties' protections. At a markup session ...
Bitcoin-mining botnet ZeroAccess jumps to top s... [Published Team Cymru Internet Security News - Apr 11 2013] "Cyber criminals could be raking in millions of dollars using a Bitcoin-mining botnet called ZeroAccess, according to newly released data from network security company Fortinet. The company found that ZeroAccess -- also used for click fraud -- was the ...
Hay Maker Seeks Cyberheist Bale Out [Published Team Cymru Internet Security News - Apr 11 2013] "An Oregon agricultural products company is suing its bank to recover nearly a quarter-million dollars stolen in a 2010 cyberheist. The lawsuit is the latest in a series of legal challenges seeking to hold financial institutions more accountable for costly ...
Judge rules hospital can ask ISP for help in ID... [Published Team Cymru Internet Security News - Apr 11 2013] "A New Jersey hospital can now pursue a subpoena that would require an internet service provider (ISP) to hand over information potentially identifying at least one person accused of hacking into its email server. The New Jersey Superior Court's Appellate ...