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September 2011 Cyber Attacks Timeline (Part II)

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Here it is the second part of my traditional monthly Cyber Attacks Timeline (Part I available here). From an information…

September 2011 Cyber Attacks Timeline (Part I)

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So here it is, also for this month, the first part of My Cyber Attacks Timeline covering the first half…

Anatomy Of A Twitter Scam

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Do you remember Mobile Phishing and the related risks? Well This morning I had a bad surprise and could see…

August 2011 Cyber Attacks Timeline

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Here it is the complete list of Main Cyber Attacks for July: definitively it looks like the Dog Days did…

August 2011 Cyber Attacks Timeline (Part I)

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Update Sep 2: August 2011 Cyber Attacks Timeline (Complete List) It looks like the Dog Days did not stop the…

MySpace Hacked? No It wasn’t!

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Update: Next Web pointed out that that what has been reported is a standard error message used by MySpace since…

Riot In Motion

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As an (in)direct consequence of the London Riots, a crew of hackers called TeaMp0isoN has defaced the The Official BlackBerry…

Hacking In The Time of Twitter

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So, after announcing an alleged hack to Italian Prison Guards, the threatening tweets anticipating the latest hack, have suddenly disappeared…

Italian Prison Guards Hacked? Yes They were!

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Update August 7: Italian Prison Guards, or better to say SAPPE (Sindacato Autonomo Polizia Penitenziaria which stands for Independent Union of Prison Guards) were effectively hacked.

The attack was disclosed 24 hours later with a resounding defacement on the Union Web Site www.sappe.it (currently unavailable). Not only the Homepage has been defaced, but also a message was left on pastebin (translation here).

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Five Years of Hacking (Updated)

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Strange Days for Information Security, you may watch my July 2011 Attacks Chart for noticing how troubled July has been.…