Yahoo users are again slammed by fraudsters who steal their credentials and block their accounts. The e-mails look like coming from a biology education platform, and warn users their accounts were deleted. The phishing messages manage to avoid the e-mail provider’s antispam filters and flood many inboxes. Users are tricked to give away their credentials with well-crafted e-mails about a fake “Yahoo! Email D...

A 37-year-old Anonymous member faces up to five years in prison if found guilty of a DDoS attack against a multinational company, according to IT World. If convicted, he may also be forced to pay up to $500,000 fines. Eric J. Rosol from the US state of Wisconsin allegedly participated in the attack on a website of the Koch Industries back in February 2011. The firm is involved in several businesses, includi...

The DDoS attack that hit SpamHaus this week was huge, but not as global as first thought, according to Venture Beat. The Internet Traffic Report shows the response time has been “pretty steady for the past 30 days, with no discernible dip in the past week, and packet loss globally has remained steady at almost zero.” Venture Beat also looked at the InternetPulse, which revealed that the internet in the US w...

PayPal spent millions of pounds in an attempt to strengthen its defense against distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks that have targeted the company on and off for more than two years. When it started in 2010, Anonymous’ Operation Payback was codename for a series of hacktivist attacks against companies known to oppose internet piracy, but the op soon shifted focus and went against e-commerce big pla...

Anonymous released a new call to protest for Oct. 20 - this time against global surveillance systems, according to an annonews post. The main reason behind the protest is Anon’s supposition that surveillance systems all over the world were created even before a real terrorist threat was officially acknowledged and that their true purpose is to infringe upon freedom. “We call you to act now against overall S...

Anonymous is second-guessing an attack on Ecatel, the company they accuse of hosting several child pornography websites, after hacktivist members said an attack would harm free speech online. The hacktivist group started a poll among its members to decide how to continue the pedophile battle, according to a press release. The dilemma began after several Anons raised questions about the right to attack a hos...

Nvidia suspended its Developer Zone forum and started an investigation after 400,000 hacked credentials were posted online. Though it described the attack as targeting only “a small proportion of users,” the company warned members should change identical passwords they use elsewhere. “Nvidia suspended operations today of the Nvidia Developer Zone,” the firm’s representatives said after the password breach. ...

A phishing attacker in Georgia was convicted of multiple banking hacks and faces up to 50 years in prison and a $1 million fine, according to a FBI press release. 32-year old Osarhieme Uyi Obaygbona was accused of conspiracy to commit wire fraud, identity theft, and gaining unauthorized access to protected computers. Because of his attacks, Chase Bank, Bank of America, ADP, and Brank Bank & Trust Co. al...

The IRC platform VoxAnon.org, founded to foster conversation among members of Anonymous, was taken offline today in an attack claimed by Anonymous itself, as the infamous hacking group apparently continues to struggle with internal strife. Since splitting from Anonymous because they disagreed with its current selection of chat networks, VoxAnon was under several heavy attacks, culminating in the latest assa...

Iranian Police say they have traced the attackers of the oil plant computers back in US and now expect American authorities to disclose the identities of the IPs, so Iran can sue them for sabotage. The case was pursued by the Iranian foreign ministry and the Interpol. “2 American IPs were identified in the (cyber) attack against the oil ministry,” said Seyed Kamal Hadianfar , Head of Information Production ...