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Executives advocate a military approach to cybersecurity  14 August 2012 
Source: CNN Security - Posted by Dave Wreski   
A new study being released by a private Internet security company highlights cyberworld weaknesses when it comes to gathering intelligence on hackers and suggests that businesses take a more military-minded approach to defense.
 
Hacker Arrested for 2008 DDoS Attacks on Amazon.com  23 July 2012 
Source: Network World - Posted by Anthony Pell   
A 25-year-old Russian hacker has been arrested for allegedly orchestrating two DDoS (Denial-of-Service) attacks on Amazon.com and eBay in 2008.
 
WikiLeaks Wins Icelandic Court Battle Against Visa for Blocking Donations  16 July 2012 
Source: Wired - Posted by Dave Wreski   
The Icelandic partner of Visa and MasterCard violated contract laws when it imposed a block against credit card donations to the secret-spilling site WikiLeaks, a district court there has ruled.
 
"God particle" hackers train Indian officials  11 July 2012 
Source: Gadgets NDTV - Posted by Alex   
Two cyber security experts, who claimed to have cracked the security code of IT systems involved in the discovery of 'God Particle', Monday conducted training sessions for Indian government officials.
 
Prosecutors Seek Six-Year Sentence for Celebrity Hacker  05 July 2012 
Source: eSecurity Planet - Posted by Dave Wreski   
Federal prosecutors are seeking a 71-month prison sentence and more than $150,000 in compensation from a hacker who accessed several celebrities' e-mail accounts, including those of Scarlett Johansson and Renee Olstead.
 
US charges 24 people in massive financial hacking sting  05 July 2012 
Source: MSNBC - Posted by Dave Wreski   
U.S. law enforcement officials on Tuesday said 24 suspected hackers had been arrested on four continents in a sting operation targeting online financial fraud involving stolen credit card and bank information.
 
LulzSec Members Confess To DDoS Attacks  27 June 2012 
Source: Information Week - Posted by Dave Wreski   
Four alleged members of the LulzSec hacktivist group had their day in British court Monday. Two of the people charged--Ryan Cleary, 20, and Jake Leslie Davis, 19--appeared at Southwark Crown Court in England to enter guilty pleas against some of the charges against them, including hacking the public-facing websites of the CIA and Britain's Serious Organized Crime Agency (SOCA).
 
Two Members Of Hacker Group LulzSec Plead Guilty To Cyber Attacks  25 June 2012 
Source: Forbes - Posted by Dave Wreski   
Two British men accused of taking part in high-profile cyber attacks by hacking group LulzSec in 2011, have pleaded guilty to charges that include conspiring to attack Sony Pictures, FBI affiliate Atlanta Infragard and IT security company HBGary Federal.
 
Window closing on cybersecurity bill in Congress  21 June 2012 
Source: CSO Online - Posted by Anthony Pell   
Deadline? What deadline? The deadline for the U.S. Senate to vote on some version of a cybersecurity bill seems to be both amorphous and porous.
 
Report: Flame part of US-Israeli cyberattack campaign against Iran  21 June 2012 
Source: Network World - Posted by Anthony Pell   
The highly sophisticated Flame malware was jointly developed by the U.S. and Israeli governments in preparation for a cybersabotage campaign to disrupt Iran's nuclear fuel enrichment efforts, according to a media report.
 
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