Story first appeared on USA Today -
More than 4,000 bank executives had their personal information published on the Internet by hackers who accessed the data on an internal Federal Reserve website, according to a Reuters report.
The Federal Reserve says no critical functions were affected by the breach, which the activist group Anonymous is taking credit for. `
"Exposure was fixed shortly after discovery and is no longer an issue. This incident did not affect critical operations of the Federal Reserve system," a spokeswoman for the U.S. central bank told Reuters. All of the bankers affected by the breach had been contacted, Reuters said.
The information posted by Anonymous included mailing addresses, business and personal phone numbers and e-mail addresses.
Anonymous is a ragtag group of activist hackers who've launched scores of attacks on government and business sites.
The Fed did not identify the hacked website. But Reuters said bankers were told that the site was a contact database for use during natural disasters.
Wednesday afternoon, Fed spokeswoman Lisa Oliva said the hackers had exploited a "temporary vulnerability." She says the exposure has been fixed, the executives have been informed of the breach and it is no longer an issue.
Anonymous has been involved in an increasing number of hack attacks on business and government websites in retaliation for the seizure of Megaupload, a popular Internet service that allowed users to transfer large files of movies and music. The FBI has charged several people connected with Megaupload with copyright infringement and running an international criminal enterprise.
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Tuesday, May 1, 2012
Skype Investigating Anonymous IP Hackers
Story first appeared on Slash Gear.
Skype has said today that it is investigating a method that can discover a user’s last known IP address when using the VOIP service. Information on how to unearth IP addresses was posted to Pastebin several days ago, which involved downloading a modified version of Skype 5.5 and enabling debug log file creation in the Windows registry settings.
The method describes how to resolve a user’s IP address without them being on your contact list. With the patched version of Skype, you need only follow the instructions to add a Skype contact, but clicking on their generation information instead of adding them. The debug log file will then contain the public IP address of the user, which could lead to the discovery of their whereabouts thanks to WHOIS services.
Skype put out a statement via email saying that it was looking into the issue, which is apparently faced by all peer-to-peer software companies. Skype is committed to the safety of customers and developing applicable Security Solutions.
It’s not the first time that Skype has acknowledged the issue: a research paper published in October showed how the IP address could be resolved and linked to BitTorrent usage.
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Skype has said today that it is investigating a method that can discover a user’s last known IP address when using the VOIP service. Information on how to unearth IP addresses was posted to Pastebin several days ago, which involved downloading a modified version of Skype 5.5 and enabling debug log file creation in the Windows registry settings.
The method describes how to resolve a user’s IP address without them being on your contact list. With the patched version of Skype, you need only follow the instructions to add a Skype contact, but clicking on their generation information instead of adding them. The debug log file will then contain the public IP address of the user, which could lead to the discovery of their whereabouts thanks to WHOIS services.
Skype put out a statement via email saying that it was looking into the issue, which is apparently faced by all peer-to-peer software companies. Skype is committed to the safety of customers and developing applicable Security Solutions.
It’s not the first time that Skype has acknowledged the issue: a research paper published in October showed how the IP address could be resolved and linked to BitTorrent usage.
For more national and worldwide related business news, visit the Peak News Room blog.
For local and Michigan business related news, visit the Michigan Business News blog.
For healthcare and medical related news, visit the Healthcare and Medical blog.
For law related news, visit the Nation of Law blog.
For real estate and home related news, visit the Commercial and Residential Real Estate blog.
For technology and electronics related news, visit the Electronics America blog.
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Tuesday, April 24, 2012
IT Professionals Fear Anonymous
Story first appeared on DigitalTrends.com.
According to a recent survey, IT professionals in the US and Europe for organized hacking organizations like Anonymous greatly.
What strikes terror in the hearts of IT professionals in Europe and the US? According to a recent survey, the Anonymous hacktivist group topped the list.
In its 2012 Cyber Security Research Report, security firm Bit9 surveyed more than 1,800 IT professionals and found that 61 percent considered the Anonymous hacktivists the most likely source of a cyber attack. More than 60% of the group also believed that their firms would be the subject of an attack within the next 6 months.
Those most concerned about the attacks belonged to companies with at least 500 employees, or were in charge of government security. At least 55 percent of the professionals believed that cyber criminals were in the top three likely attackers, and a number of those surveyed were also wary of nation states like China (28 percent) and Russia (13 percent).
Many of those surveyed — 61 percent — said that their fear is born from the rise in organizations of hackers, while 16 percent believe fears are due to the amount of hype generated by the media and 18 percent said their fears were based on their weak defenses.
Interestingly, the attack most feared, at 45 percent, is malware (Trojans, Rootkits, Worms), while Anonymous’ goto weapon, DDoS attacks, were only feared by 11 percent and SQL Injections were down to 4% of respondents. If breached, only 4 percent of security and IT professionals believe that the public shouldn’t be notified.
Fear can be healthy though. More than half of the respondents (58 percent) believed in their own potential and said better practices and better security policies would ensure cyber-security. Only 7 percent believed that government and law enforcement would be key, and 20 percent relied on individual employees within the organization. A good resolution could be to outsource IT security and management to a professional Managed IT Service that specializes in network security.
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According to a recent survey, IT professionals in the US and Europe for organized hacking organizations like Anonymous greatly.
What strikes terror in the hearts of IT professionals in Europe and the US? According to a recent survey, the Anonymous hacktivist group topped the list.
In its 2012 Cyber Security Research Report, security firm Bit9 surveyed more than 1,800 IT professionals and found that 61 percent considered the Anonymous hacktivists the most likely source of a cyber attack. More than 60% of the group also believed that their firms would be the subject of an attack within the next 6 months.
Those most concerned about the attacks belonged to companies with at least 500 employees, or were in charge of government security. At least 55 percent of the professionals believed that cyber criminals were in the top three likely attackers, and a number of those surveyed were also wary of nation states like China (28 percent) and Russia (13 percent).
Many of those surveyed — 61 percent — said that their fear is born from the rise in organizations of hackers, while 16 percent believe fears are due to the amount of hype generated by the media and 18 percent said their fears were based on their weak defenses.
Interestingly, the attack most feared, at 45 percent, is malware (Trojans, Rootkits, Worms), while Anonymous’ goto weapon, DDoS attacks, were only feared by 11 percent and SQL Injections were down to 4% of respondents. If breached, only 4 percent of security and IT professionals believe that the public shouldn’t be notified.
Fear can be healthy though. More than half of the respondents (58 percent) believed in their own potential and said better practices and better security policies would ensure cyber-security. Only 7 percent believed that government and law enforcement would be key, and 20 percent relied on individual employees within the organization. A good resolution could be to outsource IT security and management to a professional Managed IT Service that specializes in network security.
For more national and worldwide related business news, visit the Peak News Room blog.
For local and Michigan business related news, visit the Michigan Business News blog.
For healthcare and medical related news, visit the Healthcare and Medical blog.
For law related news, visit the Nation of Law blog.
For real estate and home related news, visit the Commercial and Residential Real Estate blog.
For technology and electronics related news, visit the Electronics America blog.
For organic SEO and web optimization related news, visit the SEO Done Right blog.
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