NEW YORK — A New York City police detective who lives in Bronxville has admitted to paying hackers thousands of dollars to break into email and cellphone accounts of his ex-girlfriend, fellow colleagues and others, officials said. Edwin Vargas pleaded guilty Friday in U.S. District Court in Manhattan to computer hacking and conspiring to commit computer […]
China says US-based hackers target its websites
BEIJING (AP) — China’s military said Thursday that overseas computer hackers targeted two of its websites an average of 144,000 times per month last year, with almost two-thirds of the attacks originating in the United States. The claim from Defense Ministry spokesman Geng Yansheng follows accusations last week by American cybersecurity company Mandiant that Chinese military-backed cyberspies infiltrated overseas networks and stole massive amounts […]
Anonymous Exposes 75,000 Credit Card Numbers
We posted a story on 12/29/11 about the hacking group “Anonymous” boasting they had stolen 200 gigabytes worth of information from Stratfor – a U.S. based Security Think Tank. The stolen information obtained in the hacking incident included credit card numbers, passwords and home addresses. Anonymous had made good on its threat and dumped 200 […]
GSM Phones Vulnerable to Hijack Scams – Researcher Says
Mobile security is a hot issue as smartphone sales have outpaced PC sales. Smartphone malware is popping up at an unprecedented rate as people put more and more valuable information on their devices, using them to hold corporate secrets, conduct banking and function as digital wallets. Hackers have taken notice and continue to find ways […]
Oxygen Software Responds to Wikileaks Accusations of Spying
On December 1st, WikiLeaks, a non-profit association of anonymous journalists defending the human rights, published an interactive map featuring countries that are spying on mobile users. WikiLeaks listed Oxygen Software as one of the vendors supplying governments with solutions helping them spy on their citizens. Oxygen Software is proud to make it to the list, […]
