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Hackers break into Azerbaijan Eurovision websites 
BAKU (Reuters) - A group of hackers calling themselves Cyberwarriors for Freedom attacked the official websites of the Eurovision song contest on Thursday, demanding that the host nation, Azerbaijan, cancel next week's competition. Azerbaijan, a mainly Muslim ex-Soviet republic, won the right to host the contest by winning last year's event in Germany, and sees the competition as a chance to showcase the country. The grand finale is scheduled for May 26. ... UK agency approves BlackBerry 7 OS for government
Hackers booby-trap foreign policy group websites
Utah tech director resigns in wake of data theft
Utah's chief technology officer has resigned following the theft of hundreds of thousands of online medical records from state computers by unknown hackers. Cyberattacks Target Russian Broadcasters, Ustream CEO Responds
Popular online video broadcasting and streaming service Ustream has gone down only three times in its five-year history, but on Wednesday it was hit with the most complex Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attack it's ever seen. 2 teens arrested in Norway for alleged cyber attacks against government, corporate sites
OSLO - Norwegian police say they have arrested two teenage hackers accused of so-called denial-of-service attacks against websites in Norway, the U.S. and other countries. 2 teens arrested in Norway in cyber attack case
Norwegian police say they have arrested two teenage hackers accused of so-called denial-of-service attacks against websites in Norway, the U.S. and other countries. Activist hackers temporarily block Putin's website
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Hackers temporarily blocked President Vladimir Putin's web site on Wednesday, carrying out a promise to disrupt government information portals two days after his swearing-in for another six-year term that has drawn street protests. The hacker activist group Anonymous used the "Op_Russia" twitter account to publicize the attack, saying "kremlin.ru - TANGO DOWN" and "Anonymous shuts down Kremlin's websites". Internet users in Russia said they were unable to access the www.kremlin.ru website for several minutes on Wednesday. ... Twitter Debunks Reports of 55,000 Hacked Accounts
Hackers claiming to be affiliated with the hacktivist group Anonymous claimed this week to have accessed and published the details of about 55,000 Twitter accounts. But Twitter said Tuesday those claims are largely bogus, and that the group mostly posted duplicate information or username and password information for suspended spam accounts. Interpol says organised gangs behind internet crime boom
Interpol to crack down on cyber crime
Interpol said Tuesday it is making the war against cyber crime a main priority this year as online fraud crosses borders and increases in scope. McAfee founder claims persecution in Belize
The founder of the computer virus software company McAfee, Inc. says he is being persecuted by police in his home in the Central American country of Belize. Lockheed wins contract to run U.S. cyber crime lab
Crime agency SOCA's website hit by hackers
Cyber-attack shuts UK crime body's website
LONDON (Reuters) - Hackers attacked the website of Britain's Serious Organized Crime Agency (SOCA), a spokesman said on Thursday, the latest in a wave of assaults against high profile targets like NASA, the Vatican and multi-national companies. The national police agency, often described as the British FBI, said it closed the website late on Wednesday after it came under attack from an unknown source. Internet activist groups such as Anonymous, LulzSec and Antisec have previously been linked to attacks against bodies including the U.S. Senate, Sony and Visa. ... Cyber-attack shuts crime body's website
LONDON (Reuters) - Hackers attacked the website of Serious Organised Crime Agency (SOCA), a spokesman said on Thursday, the latest in a wave of assaults against high profile targets like NASA, the Vatican and multi-national companies. The national police agency, often described as the British FBI, said it closed the website late on Wednesday after it came under attack from an unknown source. Internet activist groups such as Anonymous, LulzSec and Antisec have previously been linked to attacks against bodies including the U.S. Senate, Sony and Visa. ... British crime agency website knocked out by attack
Britain's Serious and Organized Crime Agency says its website has been taken down following a denial-of-service attack. Hackers pick Google's pocket with Mac virus
A virus infecting Macintosh computers is picking Google's pocket by hijacking advertising "clicks," tallying as much as $10,000 daily, according to Internet security firm Symantec. Religion riskier than porn for online viruses: study
Spam Texts: 4.5 Billion Messages a Year and Counting [VIDEO]
Text message spam promising free iPads or cash rewards may be obnoxious and unwanted, but they also carry a greater danger: clicking on texts can install malware that collects personal data from your phone. Microsoft says raid damaged cybercrime operation
Microsoft and the banking industry on Monday provided a detailed, behind-the-scenes account of an operation they said disrupted a major cybercrime operation that used malicious software to allegedly steal $100 million from consumers over the last five years. Taliban website hacked as Afghan cyber war heats up
KABUL (Reuters) - Hackers have for the third time in less than a year crippled the main website of the Afghan Taliban, with a Taliban spokesman on Friday blaming Western intelligence agencies amid an intensifying cyber war with the insurgents. The unidentified hackers broke into the Taliban's El Emara website twice on Thursday, replacing usual insurgent victory messages with images of executions and support for the Afghan government and security forces in English, Arabic and Pashto. ... Hackers hit Philippines websites amid China dispute
Google raises bounty on software bugs
Symantec shares drop after lowered 4Q outlook
Shares of Symantec Corp. took a hit Tuesday after the computer security and data storage company lowered its fourth-quarter adjusted earnings and revenue outlook citing weaker demand from its business customers. Official: Iran oil industry safe after cyberattack
An Iranian official says the country's oil industry is working well despite an attack from hackers and a computer virus that targeted the sector's computer systems. 1 in 5 Macs Has Malware [STUDY]
In a challenge to the prevailing belief that Apple computers are immune to the sort of cyberattacks that plague WIndows-based machines, research firm Sophos has released a study claiming that one in five Macs have malware. Summary Box: Report of cyberattack in Iran
HACKING IN THE MIDEAST: A report says the Iranian oil ministry's computer network came under attack from hackers and a computer virus, prompting Iran to disconnect its main oil export terminal from the Internet. Report: Iran unplugs oil facilities from Internet
The Iranian oil ministry's computer network came under attack from hackers and a computer virus, prompting the Islamic Republic to disconnect the country's main oil export terminal from the Internet as a preventative measure, a semiofficial news agency reported on Monday. Check Point Software 1Q profit grows 18 percent
Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. said Monday that its first-quarter earnings rose 18 percent, helped by growing demand for its Internet security software. 
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