Washington, Apr. 8: Chinese and Russian cyber spies have penetrated the U. S. electrical grid and left behind software programs that could be used to disrupt the system, according to current and former national-security officials.
According to Fox News, the spies are also from other countries, and they were believed to be on a mission to navigate the U. S. electrical system and its controls. The intruders haven''t sought to damage the power grid or other key infrastructure, but officials warned they could try during a crisis or war.
Just a couple of hours have left for the blast of the Conficker time bomb! The Conficker time bomb is expected to blast tomorrow – on April 1; but, it’s still unknown whether the Conficker time bomb is an April Fool’s Day prank or a real threat. According to reports/rumors, the latest variant of the Conficker worm will hit the online computers around the globe, on the April Fool’s Day; that’s why it has been dubbed as “Conficker time bomb”.
Mike Stute of Dallas-based Global DataGuard, a network security firm, said, "Everybody is a little bit nervous about it. It could be nothing. It could be very dangerous."
London, Jan 8: The safest way to stop fraudsters stealing information from old computer hard drives is to "destroy the PC with a hammer", a consumer magazine has said.
The computing magazine Which? recovered 22,000 "deleted" files from eight computers purchased on eBay.
They then used specialist software to recover files that the original owner had deleted, reports the Daily Express.
Sarah Kidner, editor of Which? Computing, warned that the risk of becoming a victim was increasing.
On Saturday, the website of State Bank of India (SBI), was shut down due to an attempted attack by the hackers.
It was confirmed by a senior bank official, “There has been an attempt to disrupt the system.” However he did not give out any further details. The bank’s sites www.statebankofindia.com and www.sbi.co.in were down on Saturday, but its internet banking site www.onlinesbi.com was operational.
It was confirmed by the officials in the late evening, “The bank was targeting to get its website operational by 9.00pm.”
Even as India and Pakistan renew efforts to resolve contentious issues through dialogue, it seems that a virtual war is going on between the two countries in cyberspace.
The latest news is that the official website of the Andhra Pradesh Crime Investigation Department (CID) has been hacked by pro-Pakistan hackers.
It is believed that the hacker who claimed himself to be Pakistani, also fiddled with website of a news channel and that of Bank Of Baroda. However, when accessed in the last evening, both these websites were found to be in the working condition.
London, Nov 24: Credit card numbers and bank details have apparently come as a boon for tech-savvy thieves, for they have actually made a fraud of a huge 3.35 billion pounds in the last one year, according to a new research.
The study by Symantec calculated the amount so that it could quantify the scale of fraud during a year-long look at the internet''s underground economy.
The researchers found that credit card numbers were the most popular item on sale.
Washington, Apr. 8: Chinese and Russian cyber spies have penetrated the U. S. electrical grid and left behind software programs that could be used to disrupt the system, according to current and former national-security officials.
Just a couple of hours have left for the blast of the Conficker time bomb! The Conficker time bomb is expected to blast tomorrow – on April 1; but, it’s still unknown whether the Conficker time bomb is an April Fool’s Day prank or a real threat. According to reports/rumors, the latest variant of the Conficker worm will hit the online computers around the globe, on the April Fool’s Day; that’s why it has been dubbed as “Conficker time bomb”.
London, Jan 8: The safest way to stop fraudsters stealing information from old computer hard drives is to "destroy the PC with a hammer", a consumer magazine has said.
On Saturday, the website of State Bank of India (SBI), was shut down due to an attempted attack by the hackers. 
Even as India and Pakistan renew efforts to resolve contentious issues through dialogue, it seems that a virtual war is going on between the two countries in cyberspace.
London, Nov 24: Credit card numbers and bank details have apparently come as a boon for tech-savvy thieves, for they have actually made a fraud of a huge 3.35 billion pounds in the last one year, according to a new research.
