Hack news The Week in review-
May 9 2013 Global network of hackers steals $45M from ATMsSource http://www.boston.com/business/technology/2013/05/10/global-network-hackers-steal-from-atms/SLvQHXCgkJFniyV9MKqdiM/story.html
May 9 2013 Washington officials say court office was hacked
Source: http://www.zdnet.com/hackers-breached-washington-state-court-with-adobe-coldfusion-flaw-7000015199/
May 8 2013 OpUSA seems to have come to an end and it appears the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) was right to say that the campaign would mostly consist of nuisance-level attacks.
Source: http://news.softpedia.com/news/OpUSA-Fake-Leaks-Small-Website-Defacements-and-Pedestrian-DDOS-Attacks-351613.shtml
http://news.softpedia.com/news/Thousands-of-Sites-Hacked-for-OpUSA-but-Not-All-Hacktivists-Support-the-Campaign-351197.shtml
May 8 2013 Name.com hacked by the "Hack The Planet" group ; E Hacking News affected
Source: http://www.ehackingnews.com/2013/05/namecom-hacked-by-hack-planet-group-e.html
http://news.softpedia.com/news/Name-com-Hacked-Company-Resets-Customer-Passwords-351874.shtml
May 8 2013 The Syrian Electronic Army is best known for hijacking the social media accounts and websites of news organizations they accuse of spreading false news about the situation in Syria. However, now they claim to have done much more than just hack Twitter accounts.
Source: http://news.softpedia.com/news/Syrian-Electronic-Army-Claims-to-Have-Hacked-Israeli-Critical-Infrastructure-Systems-351779.shtml
May 8 2013 The website of the Office of the Prime Minister of Thailand was hacked on Wednesday, with an abusive message pasted next to an altered photograph of a laughing Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra.
Source: http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/local/349043/pm-website-hacked
http://www.ehackingnews.com/2013/05/thailand-prime-minister-website-hacked.html
May 7 2013 FOX21 Mail Server Hit by File-Encrypting Ransomware
Source: http://news.softpedia.com/news/FOX21-Hit-by-File-Encrypting-Ransomware-351395.shtml
May 7 2013 Hackers pick holes in Indian cyber system, hit government websites 1030 times in three years
Source: http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-05-07/security/39089484_1_government-websites-cyber-security-nic
May 7 2013 MAPCO Express says the FBI is investigating a breach that exposed customer financial data in its stores
Source: http://www.darkreading.com/attacks-breaches/convenience-store-chain-hacked-customer/240154376
May 7 2013 Security researchers have uncovered an ongoing and widespread attack that causes sites running three of the Internet's most popular Web servers to push potent malware exploits on visitors.
Source: http://arstechnica.com/security/2013/05/attack-hitting-apache-sites-goes-mainstream-hacks-nginx-lighttpd-too/
May 7 2013 Compromised US Media Sites Used to Distribute ZeroAccess, Fake AV Malware
Source: http://news.softpedia.com/news/Compromised-US-Media-Sites-Used-to-Distribute-ZeroAccess-Fake-AV-Malware-351260.shtml
May 7 2013 The building control system for one of Google's offices in Sydney was hacked into by two IT security researchers who say hundreds more in Australia are also accessible via the internet.
Source: http://www.smh.com.au/it-pro/security-it/australian-google-office-building-hacked-20130507-2j416.html
May 7 2013 Apparently, the tweets sympathetic to Syrian President Bashar Assad aren't a laughing matter -- the parody news site's feed is the latest to be vandalized in ongoing attacks against news outlets
Source: http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-57583142-93/onions-twitter-account-hacked-by-syrian-electronic-army/
http://www.ehackingnews.com/2013/05/the-onion-twitter-accounts-and-facebook.html
May 7 2013 300 Indian Websites Hacked & Defaced by [IN]SecInjection
Source: http://hackread.com/300-indian-websites-hacked-defaced-by-insecinjection/
May 7 2013 A Jaipur-based jeweller recently found that his email account was hacked and an email from his official mail address was sent to one of his clients in London.
Source: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/City/Jaipur/Jaipur-jewellers-account-hacked-one-held/articleshow/19922949.cms
May 7 2013 NetSeer Hacked, Corporate Servers Infected With Malware
Source: http://www.besttechie.com/2013/02/05/netseer-hacked/
May 6 2013 A Wisconsin statewide education agency acknowledged one of its websites was hacked, compromising the login information for thousands of users.
Source: http://www.jsonline.com/news/wisconsin/hackers-hit-education-agencys-website-compromising-thousands-of-logins-pl9s82q-206588101.html
May 6 2013 New York Programmer Arrester for Hacking into Power Supply Manufacturer’s Systems
Source: http://news.softpedia.com/news/New-York-Programmer-Arrester-for-Hacking-into-Power-Supply-Manufacturer-s-Systems-351034.shtml
May 6, 2013 A hacked traffic sign in Madison is getting a lot of attention. Someone altered the message to read “ZOMBIES AHEAD” as a warning to drivers.
Source: http://www.fox11online.com/dpp/news/wisconsin/sign-hacked-to-read-zombies-ahead
May 6 2013 Internet Explorer 0-day attacks on US nuke workers hit 9 other sites Months-old attacks apparently targeted workers in Aerospace, defense, labor.
Source: http://arstechnica.com/security/2013/05/internet-explorer-0-day-attacks-on-us-nuke-workers-hit-9-other-sites/
http://arstechnica.com/security/2013/05/internet-explorer-zero-day-exploit-targets-nuclear-weapons-researchers/
May 6, 2013 The famous Turkish hacking group RedHack has defaced the official Government website of the Istanbul(istanbul.gov.tr ).
Source: http://www.ehackingnews.com/2013/05/istanbul-government-website-hacked-by.html
May 6, 2013 The Honolulu Police Department confirmed that its old public alert system was hacked by “an unauthorized person or persons” over the weekend, compromising information not just of the department but the email addresses, cellular phone numbers and passwords of 3,500 people who signed up for HPD email or text message alerts.
Source:http://www.staradvertiser.com/news/breaking/20130506_HPD_alert_system_hacked_user_emails_and_passwords_compromised.html
http://hackread.com/opusa-honolulu-police-department-breached-login-info-of-officials-leaked-by-x-blackerz-inc/
May 6, 2013 National University of Modern Languages Lahore Campus Hacked By Afghan Cyber Army
Source: http://www.numllahore.edu.pk/stu_resources.php
May 6 2013 1062 Websites Hacked by Charaf Anons from Algeria
Source: http://hackread.com/opusa-1062-websites-hacked-by-charaf-anons-from-algeria/
May 6, 2013 The National Republican Congressional Committee's website was hacked Sunday, with the domain "nrcc.org" showing links to erectile dysfunction drugs. The hack was fixed by Monday morning to redirect to "www.nrcc.org."
Source: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/06/nrcc-hacked_n_3222623.html
May 5, 2013 The official website of Rajasthan Public Service Commission (RPSC) was hacked, allegedly by hackers based in Pakistan.
Source: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/City/Jaipur/Rajasthan-Public-Service-Commission-website-hacked-Pak-based-miscreants-suspected/articleshow/19890093.cms
May 4 2013 Official MSI Taiwan Hacked 50,000 Accounts & Other Data leaked, Sites Defaced
Source: http://www.cyberwarnews.info/2013/05/04/official-msi-taiwan-hacked-50000-accounts-other-data-leaked-sites-defaced/
May 4, 2013 The hackers tweeted an 'exclusive' allegedly from Justin saying 'I’m a gay,' prompting 1,200 retweets and 351 favorites. The group behind the hack has also in the past gotten into accounts for '60 Minutes,' the BBC, NPR, Reuters and The Associated Press.
Source: http://www.examiner.com/article/e-news-hacked-by-syrian-electronic-army-posts-justin-bieber-is-gay
May 4, 2013 A hacker going with the handle of ‘Sir Abdou’ has hacked and defaced 63 Israeli websites for Operation Israel #OpIsrael.
Source: http://hackread.com/opisrael-63-israeli-websites-hacked-by-sir-abdou/
May 4 2013 #OpUSA: 700 Websites Hacked by AnonGhost Team
Source: http://hackread.com/opusa-700-websites-hacked-by-anonghost-team/
May 3 2013 Valley National Bank Hacked, Site Offline, Data leaked
Source: http://www.cyberwarnews.info/2013/05/03/valley-national-bank-hacked-site-offline-data-leaked/
May 3 2013 4.2 GB of Emails leaked from Italian Politicians by Anonymous
Source: http://www.cyberwarnews.info/2013/05/03/4-2-gb-of-emails-leaked-from-italian-politicians-by-anonymous/
May 3 2013 Valley National Bank Hacked, Site Offline, Data leaked
http://www.cyberwarnews.info/2013/05/03/valley-national-bank-hacked-site-offline-data-leaked/
May 3 2013 Official French Defense Subdomain hacked and defaced
Source: http://www.cyberwarnews.info/2013/05/03/official-french-defense-subdomain-hacked-and-defaced/
May 3, 2013 KUALA LUMPUR: PKR president Datuk Seri Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail’s blog was allegedly hacked to give an impression that a 'sex video' purportedly involving her daughter, Nurul Izzah Anwar, was genuine
Source: http://english.astroawani.com/news/show/wan-azizah-blog-hacked-admission-to-sex-video-fake-13374?cp
May 2 2013 US Department of Labor website hacked, serves malware, now fixed
Source: http://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2013/05/02/us-department-of-labor-website-hacked-serves-malware-now-fixed/
May 1, 2013 U.S. intelligence agencies traced a recent cyber intrusion into a sensitive infrastructure database to the Chinese government or military cyber warriors, according to U.S. officials.
Source: http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/may/1/sensitive-army-database-us-dams-compromised-chines/
May 1 2013 Brazil Navy and Pakistan Army websites hacked by SQL Injection
Source: http://www.ehackingnews.com/2013/05/pakistan-brazil-navy-websites-hacked.html
May 1 2013 New IE8 Zero-day was used in the DOL Watering Hole attack
Source: http://www.ehackingnews.com/2013/05/new-ie8-zero-day-was-used-in-dol.html
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