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Cops Shut Down Hacker Drug Ring  19 June 2013 
Source: Tech News Daily - Posted by Alex   
A Dutch drug ring employed a group of Belgian hackers to reroute two tons (1,814 kilograms) of cocaine and heroin into their waiting arms — but the police nabbed them just before they could carry out their devious plan.
 
Google detects phishing attacks in Iran ahead of elections  14 June 2013 
Source: TechWorld - Posted by Dave Wreski   
Google has detected large-scale phishing attacks targeting users in Iran, ahead of presidential elections in the country.
 
Pirate Bay Warg accused of hacking international police database  07 June 2013 
Source: The Register UK - Posted by Alex   
Pirate Bay co-founder Gottfrid Svartholm Warg has been named as a suspect in the hacking of a European database containing data about wanted criminal suspects and missing people.
 
How to Hack an iPhone With a USB Charger  06 June 2013 
Source: Tech News Daily - Posted by Anthony Pell   
When it comes to threats to mobile devices, most people don't think of chargers as a likely point of attack. But plugging in an iPhone — or any smartphone or tablet — could come at a price.
 
Hacker Claims Airplanes Vulnerable at 30,000 Feet  04 June 2013 
Source: CNBC - Posted by Anthony Pell   
Cyber hackers have already shown what damage they can do, but this may be the scariest hacking story yet, if it came true.
 
Hacker accused of massive Stratfor attack pleads guilty  31 May 2013 
Source: CNET - Posted by Anthony Pell   
Jeremy Hammond was arrested in a major federal sweep last year on charges of computer hacking conspiracy, computer hacking, and conspiracy to commit access device fraud.
 
Drupal.org compromised  30 May 2013 
Source: H Security - Posted by Dave Wreski   
The Drupal.org security team says it has discovered unauthorised access to Drupal.org and groups.drupal.org account information which has exposed user names, country, and email addresses along with hashed passwords.
 
Raspberry Pi puts holes in China's Great Firewall  29 May 2013 
Source: The Register UK - Posted by Anthony Pell   
A tech-savvy China-based Redditor has spotted a hassle-free way of ensuring he or she is always able to bypass the Great Firewall, even when out and about, using the Raspberry Pi to connect to a virtual private network (VPN).
 
Samsung Galaxy S4 already hacked  24 May 2013 
Source: H Security - Posted by Dave Wreski   
The Samsung Galaxy S4 has been commercially available for about a month. In this time, 10 million devices have been sold – and at least one hack has been discovered. Security expert Dan Rosenberg identified a trivial design flaw in Samsung's secure bootloader concept that allows arbitrary operating systems to be booted.
 
Watch out for waterhole attacks -- hackers' latest stealth weapon  23 May 2013 
Source: InfoWorld - Posted by Alex   
The bane of the computer security world is how long it takes to recognize and respond to new attack paradigms. Name a major threat -- the boot virus, macro virus, email attachment, or Web JavaScript redirect -- and it seems to take years to respond adequately.
 
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