HACKERS – The cyber criminality is rising with the tide of new computers getting connected to the Internet. Many of the stories intercepted in this category fall under the ‘you wouldn’t believe it’ label.

Amazing but true stories on the search terms ‘hackers’, ‘China hackers’ and ‘Cyber Crime’ are here intercepted chronologically. Headlines and excerpts at your convenience.

HACKERS – headlines daily

Research and Markets: what dentists should know about Social Networking Sites ... - Uptrend SEO Company (blog) -

ABC News

Research and Markets: what dentists should know about Social Networking Sites ... Uptrend SEO Company (blog) Hackers have flooded the Internet with virus-tainted spam that targets Facebook's estimated 400 million users in an effort to steal banking passwords and ... Hackers target Facebook accountsWMBF Hackers target Facebook usersWTHR Facebook Users Targeted in Massive Spam RunPC World pc1news -TopNews United States -Examiner.com all 308 news articles »

Unprecedented 25-Year Sentence Sought for TJX Hacker - Wired News -

Unprecedented 25-Year Sentence Sought for TJX Hacker Wired News Computer hacker Albert Gonzalez deserves a quarter-century behind bars for leading a gang of cyberthieves who stole tens of millions of ... and more »

The Hacker: Drinking too much of the black stuff keeps me off the greens - Independent -

The Hacker: Drinking too much of the black stuff keeps me off the greens Independent If only he'd known how handy he was going to become to hackers through the years. Unfortunately, I was unable to take advantage of his influence last ...

Judge freezes assets of accused account hackers - Reuters -

Courthouse News Service

Judge freezes assets of accused account hackers Reuters WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A US judge froze the assets of Russian hackers who allegedly hijacked online brokerage accounts and then placed unauthorized trades ... Feds Crack Hackers' Stock Manipulation CybercrimeeSecurity Planet all 28 news articles »

Town of Poughkeepsie recovers $378470 stolen by hackers - Poughkeepsie Journal -

Town of Poughkeepsie recovers $378470 stolen by hackers Poughkeepsie Journal Officials have said computer hackers raided a town account at TD Bank in January and wired $378470 to banks in Ukraine. A total of $95000 was recovered from ... Upstate NY town recovers $378G stolen from accountWCAX Town of Poughkeepsie recoups bank fundsMid-Hudson News Poughkeepsie Journal: Thieves steal $378470 from US town and wire to Ukrainian ...Kyiv Post all 13 news articles »

Cyber Security Training Provider Partners to Fight Hackers and Digital Threats - TransWorldNews (press release) -

Cyber Security Training Provider Partners to Fight Hackers and Digital Threats TransWorldNews (press release) We plan to offer a range of classes over time including CISSP, CISA, CISM, ethical hacker, computer forensics, and cyber security training. ... and more »

Russians and SEC working together to shut down stock hacker - V3.co.uk -

Russians and SEC working together to shut down stock hacker V3.co.uk The ongoing case against hackers using stolen share trading accounts to manipulate stocks is seeing good cooperation between Russian business and the ... BroCo fires back on hacking, stock manipulation claimsInternetNews.com (blog) all 5 news articles »

Does Car Insurance Cover Hackers? - Cheaper Car Insurance -

AOL News

Does Car Insurance Cover Hackers? Cheaper Car Insurance Over one hundred car owners were shocked to find their vehicles disabled or honking uncontrollably in February. Originally, most people figured their car ... Hit By HackersKTAL Laid Off Worker Remotely Disables Over 100 CarsSwitched (blog) all 291 news articles »

Sonoma Restaurant Patrons' Credit Cards Targeted By Hackers - KTVU San Francisco -

Sonoma Restaurant Patrons' Credit Cards Targeted By Hackers KTVU San Francisco Mary's Pizza Shack on Sonoma Square claimed an international hacker broke in to their computer system and stole the numbers. ... Mary's Pizza Shack hackedSonoma Index-Tribune Popular Restaurant Hacked For Credit InfoKSRO all 3 news articles »

Flawed Security Exposes Vital Software to Hackers - New York Times (blog) -

Flawed Security Exposes Vital Software to Hackers New York Times (blog) McAfee is advocating tighter security around all these systems in light of the rising hacker interest and the value and sensitivity of the content they ... 'Google' Hackers Had Ability to Alter Source CodeWired News McAfee Says Hackers Sought Companies' 'Crown Jewels'BusinessWeek RSA: Aurora Hackers Targeted Google Source CodeChannelWeb China Economic Review -ITProPortal -eWeek all 89 news articles »

CHINA Hackers – headlines daily

Google to Close Search Operations In China on April 10 - Redmond Pie -

Telegraph.co.uk

Google to Close Search Operations In China on April 10 Redmond Pie Despite all this sour relation over the censorship issue which was further aggravated by the aggressive attacks by the Chinese hackers on the human rights ... Google to flee China on April 10, says reportRegister China doesn't need a politicized GoogleChina Daily Google's split from China: Taking a stand or harming journalists?editorsweblog.org (blog) The Hill (blog) -ABC Online -ecPulse all 560 news articles »

China Defense Ministry Web Site Target of Hackers, Xinhua Says - Bloomberg -

China Defense Ministry Web Site Target of Hackers, Xinhua Says Bloomberg By Bloomberg News March 17 (Bloomberg) -- The Web site of China's Ministry of National Defense is the target of “thousands” of attacks by overseas hackers ... Hackers hit China defense WebsiteShanghai Daily MOD website still under intense attackChina Daily all 8 news articles »

China Says Comments Tying Hacker to Govt, Military “Groundless" - BusinessWeek -

Reuters

China Says Comments Tying Hacker to Govt, Military “Groundless" BusinessWeek 25 (Bloomberg) -- Comments tying Internet hackers to China's government and military are “groundless, irresponsible,” and “speculations with ulterior ... Intel says hackers attacked around time Google hitReuters Intel says hackers attacked its networkMarketWatch Linking hackers' cyber attacks with Chinese government, military groundless ...Xinhua TechNewsWorld -USA Today -Wired News all 394 news articles »

Net closing on Google China hackers - Telegraph.co.uk -

The Guardian

Net closing on Google China hackers Telegraph.co.uk Security experts in the United States know the identity of the Chinese hacker who wrote the program code that made the ... Google hackers loosely tied to Chinese government?ZDNet (blog) Report: Chinese programmer wrote code used against GoogleCNET Google Attack Linked To Asian HackersWall Street Journal DailyTech -The Guardian -eWeek all 981 news articles »

China partners want answers from Google - San Jose Business Journal -

BBC News

China partners want answers from Google San Jose Business Journal But in January Google said it would stop that practice, after tracing to China hackers into the Gmail accounts of Chinese human rights activists. ... China Issues Another Warning to Google on Enforced Censorship of the InternetNew York Times Google Will Not Leave China – Unless China Throws Google OutGerson Lehrman Group Google (GOOG) Set To Close China SiteStreetInsider.com (subscription) ITBusiness.ca -ShutterVoice: Breaking News for Personal Technology & IT -Product Reviews (blog) all 1,657 news articles »

China unyielding on yuan as US raises pressure - Associated News Today (blog) -

China unyielding on yuan as US raises pressure Associated News Today (blog) Google has been threatening to pull out of China. Since it was attacked by hackers two months ago, Google said it would no longer cooperate with Beijing's ... and more »

China to prosecute Google hackers if evidence shows - SC Magazine US -

The Age

China to prosecute Google hackers if evidence shows SC Magazine US However, Chinese sources reportedly said they have yet to receive proof of charges that hackers based in China were responsible for the recent hacks ... China Offers To "Severely Punish" Google AttackersZDNet (blog) China promises to punish Google hackersFudzilla China says it's willing to prosecute Google hackersExpert Reviews The Detroit News -The Hill (blog) -CTV.ca all 152 news articles »

Chinese Authorities Pledge To Punish Google Hackers (GOOG) - Benzinga -

Globe and Mail

Chinese Authorities Pledge To Punish Google Hackers (GOOG) Benzinga He also said that Google did not inform the ministry about its withdrawal from China. Google has claimed that the hackers are based in China. ... In tough remarks on Google, China gives no evidence that accord is nearLos Angeles Times (blog) Google to Shutdown Search Engine in ChinaRedmond Pie Google may stop censoring China "within weeks"Electronista (blog) Register -Khabrein.info -PC Pro all 1,537 news articles »

McAfee Says Hackers Sought Companies' 'Crown Jewels' - BusinessWeek -

McAfee Says Hackers Sought Companies' 'Crown Jewels' BusinessWeek Google Inc., the world's most-popular search engine, said in January that it found evidence of “sophisticated” cyber attacks originating from China. Hackers ... Flawed Security Exposes Vital Software to HackersNew York Times (blog) 'Google' Hackers Had Ability to Alter Source CodeWired News Source Code Likely Lifted in Google AttackseWeek China Economic Review -Wall Street Journal (blog) -ChannelWeb all 89 news articles »

Google Attacks Were Amateurish, Security Company Says - BusinessWeek -

Google Attacks Were Amateurish, Security Company Says BusinessWeek Google said in January that it suffered “a highly sophisticated” cyber attack on its corporate infrastructure that originated from China. Hackers went after ... Researchers Call Google Hackers 'Amateurs'Forbes Experts Call Google Hackers 'Amateurs'International Business Times Analyst: Google Hacked by AmateursThe Mac Observer Tech Eye -CNN all 56 news articles »

CYBER Crime – headlines daily

Cyber crime losses in US almost 'double' during 2009 - BBC News -

Reuters

Cyber crime losses in US almost 'double' during 2009 BBC News "Internet crime is evolving in ways we couldn't have imagined just five years ago," said Donald Brackman, director of the National White Collar Crime Center ... Cybercrime Complaints, Reported Losses IncreaseWall Street Journal Cyber Crime Complaints SoarCBS News Uptick in Cybercrime Cost Victims Big in 2009, FBI Report SaysSecurity Management Register -eSecurity Planet -AFP all 472 news articles »

Spencer Pratt uses cyber crime fighting tale to hide truth that he's taking ... - New York Daily News -

RTE.ie

Spencer Pratt uses cyber crime fighting tale to hide truth that he's taking ... New York Daily News Spencer Pratt recently announced he was leaving "The Hills" to pursue his "new passion" of fighting cyber crime, however the reality show villain may have ... Spencer Leaves 'The Hills' for Cyber Crime GigTMZ.com (blog) Reality star Pratt shuns showbiz to be cybercrime superheroRegister Spencer Pratt Leaving The Hills to Fight Cyber CrimeGeekSugar.com (blog) Newser -Fresh News -The Hollywood Gossip (blog) all 231 news articles »

Facebook and college basketball in cyber-crime spotlight - V3.co.uk -

ABC News

Facebook and college basketball in cyber-crime spotlight V3.co.uk Experts have issued warnings over a pair of recent web attacks that put social networkers and basketball fans in the firing line. ... New Spam Targeting Facebook Users Is Invisible to Most Virus Scans, Says UAB ...UAB News Don't Reset Facebook PasswordDiscovery News Facebook hit by password stealing hackFederalNewsRadio.com all 308 news articles »

Cybersecurity needs global rules: British lawmakers - Washington Post -

Reuters

Cybersecurity needs global rules: British lawmakers Washington Post The report said Britain was reasonably well protected against cybercrime, and the Internet itself was resilient as it was a network of networks with a ... Verizon Statement on Rockefeller-Snowe Cybersecurity BillWireless Week Bill Curbs President's Power to Flip Internet Off-SwitchTechNewsWorld Bill Aims to Improve Cyber WorkforceNextgov SC Magazine US -eNews Park Forest -FierceCIO all 87 news articles »

Bucking the trend - cyber crime stats up - Hillsboro Argus - OregonLive.com -

Bucking the trend - cyber crime stats up Hillsboro Argus - OregonLive.com I bet it comes as a shock to you good folks: In spite of the downtrending of overall crime in this country, cyber crimes climbed by 22 ... The New Financial Crime WaveForbes Internet crime tops FBI's complaint listWBRC all 4 news articles »

Secret Service testifies on cybercrime, protective detail, counterfeiting - ZDNet (blog) -

Secret Service testifies on cybercrime, protective detail, counterfeiting ZDNet (blog) The US Secret Service, best known for protecting the President, still focuses on its original mandate, investigating counterfeit currency crime. ... Even As Security Needs Grow, Secret Service Lags Behind in TechnologyABC News all 2 news articles »

Is African cyber crime on the rise? - ITWeb -

Is African cyber crime on the rise? ITWeb In addition, he says the fact that the vast majority of cyber crime is not reported would impact all these statistics, as a clear picture cannot be given ... Cyber Crooks Doubled Their Take in '09: FBIeSecurity Planet Cybercrime Related Losses Doubled in 2009 Men lost more than women according ...Softpedia Washington a capital for cyber criminalsWashington Examiner KRQE -Infopackets (blog) -Gant Daily all 17 news articles »

Honk if you're guilty of cybercrime - Kansas City Star (blog) -

Slippery Brick

Honk if you're guilty of cybercrime Kansas City Star (blog) In Austin, police arrested a former employee of a car dealership after he allegedly "bricked" more than 100 customers' cars, causing them to honk ... Fired car lot employee hacks system and disables over 100 carsSlippery Brick all 2 news articles »

Soca tackles cybercrime at domain level - ZDNet UK -

Soca tackles cybercrime at domain level ZDNet UK With the talks, Soca is trying to tackle the problem of internet crime from a different angle. It aims to cut criminals off from the start from online ... Police propose Fort Knox Internet domainsTHINQ.co.uk all 59 news articles »

Homeland Security chief Napolitano seeks citizen cybercrime fighters - USA Today -

CNET

Homeland Security chief Napolitano seeks citizen cybercrime fighters USA Today Uncle Sam wants to recruit you to help fight cybercrime. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano is calling on anyone with good ideas for ... Tracing attack source key to cybersecurityFederalNewsRadio.com all 106 news articles »