Hackers target radio station portal in BahrainHackers targeted the website of a radio station in Bahrain yesterday (May 19) leaving a message criticising the station's web security, a report said. Your FM's homepage (yourfm.bh) was hacked at about 11am by a group call More… |
Prepaid debit cards: Achilles heel in bank securityA brazen gang of cyber criminals, who stole $45 million from bank ATMs in 27 countries, exposes an Achilles heel in the global financial industry: prepaid debit cards. Cyber security experts and industry analysts say the burgeonin More… |
The new cyber threat – just a wave or a tsunami?The first PC viruses appeared more than 25 years ago. Little did we realize that this was just the beginning of what would become a series of threat waves. For nearly 10 years viruses endured as the primary method of attack, but o More… |
Oracle updates Java; experts say bugs remainOracle Corp released an emergency update to its Java software for surfing the Web on Sunday, but security experts said the update fails to protect PCs from attack by hackers intent on committing cyber crimes.   More… |
Cyber threats to intensify in 2012 say expertsGovernments and large corporations all over the world should be wary of a growing cyber menace in 2012, according to experts at Kaspersky Lab. Not only will there be a dramatic increase in the number of targeted attacks on state institutio More… |
Siemens fixing bugs in control systemsSiemens said it is working to fix security flaws in industrial controls products that the US warned could make public utilities, hospitals and other critical parts of the country's infrastructure vulnerable to attack by hackers. The Germa More… |
Cyber attacks ‘more sophisticated in 2012'The year 2012 will see cybercriminals act with even more persistency and sophistication, as the world shifts from the PC-centric desktop toward mobile and cloud computing, said a report. The repercussion for IT administrators will be an im More… |
Cyber attacks ‘could wreck world oil supply’Hackers are bombarding the world's computer controlled energy sector, conducting industrial espionage and threatening potential global havoc through oil supply disruption, oil company executives warned. The attacks were becoming more f More… |
Hackers target Al Hilal sites in BahrainHackers calling themselves the Bangladesh Cyber Army have targeted the websites belonging to Bahrain-based top publishing house Al Hilal including Gulf Daily News (GDN) and some of its sister publications. Security measures meant they were More… |
Hackers funded by Saudi group held in ManilaPhilippine police and the FBI have arrested four people over a hacking operation that targeted customers of US telecommunications giant AT&T to funnel money to a Saudi-based militant group. Those arrested in Manila were paid by the sam More… |








