Cyber Celebrity Dangerous Threat to Security

Celebrity has always been a target of the paparazzi and the media spotlight. Their popularity can be utilized by cyber criminals to spread malicious software or steal personal information. Cyber ​​security company computers, McAfee speaking at the film Harry Potter star, Emma Watson is the celebrity most "dangerous" to search in cyberspace.

It is revealed because some sites use keywords Watson to trick users into downloads malicious software or steal personal data. When users search for actress 22-year-old Watson's, McAfee found one in eight chance to access a malicious site that likely unnoticed by users.

This is the sixth time security technology company owned by Intel is lifting his studies. Last year a similar incident had occurred and called Heidi Klum as a celebrity who was at the peak of popularity. Several other celebrities are said to be harmful when searched in the online world, call it Jessica Biel, Eva Mendes, Selena Gomez and Halle Berry.

Member LulzSec Hackers have been Caught

British police are working with the FBI arrested a man aged 19, related to the attacks by hackers LulzSec in government and business sectors including the CIA, the U.S. Senate and Sony. The man named Ryan Cleary was arrested at his home in the area of ​​Wickford, Essex, southeast England. The arrest is said to be associated with an attack by a party hack LulzSec. Cleary is now being questioned at a London police station.

"Yes, the arrest is related to a hack attack Lulz Security. We believe that this is an important arrest," said police sources who confirmed the arrest. But responding to the arrest, the LulzSec stay relaxed, and still post in their Twitter account, hack attacks that have been done, nor about the arrest just happened.

"It seems LulzSec leaders have been arrested. Everything has now ended. Wait, we're still there too! So who do they catch?" LulzSec writing in their Twitter account. It is said that a special team of cyber security has arrested a man who is connected with the action of a hack in the business sector and the government some time ago.  "This attack is a further step of an investigation into the attack Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) that attacked several businesses and government institutions some time ago.

Special Forces Attack the Somali Pirates

Special Forces Command (Kopassus), claimed to be ready to assist in the release of the crew Sinar Kudus are held hostage by Somali pirates.

"Kopassus is ready every day and have 36 people who standby not off to watch for 24 hours including the journalists we have a comfortable barracks for soldiers stand me,

Kopassus has a team of army of frogs, which can help the process of liberation of hostages, and that's not our own form, their navy, "said the commander of Kopassus.

Kopassus is always ready to be assigned by the Indonesian government in the release of 20 crew members who had been held hostage by Somali pirates.

Thief Wrote Messages on the Facebook Wall of the Victim

Effect of human life up until now even greater. Included are used by the thief to show loot to the victims. A thief in the United States recently have the heart to upload photos to the wall loot the victim, who was none other than the owner of the goods have been stolen.

"Thanks for all the goods,"wrote a thief to his victim through a facebook wall. Burglar displays pictures of himself by appearing complete with stolen goods such as iPods, laptops and cash. According to the victim, Marc Fisher who was also an editor of the Washington Post, the thief allegedly was the person who has stolen in his home on Friday last week.

The jacket was used by a thief is his favorite jacket, said Marc Fisher.The police who handle cases of theft are also convinced that the thief in the house of Fisher is a man on Facebook Fisher. "I have seen many cases, but this is the stupidest criminal I have ever seen," said the Washington DC police officer Kyle Roe.

Hacker has to Break Two Thousand Computers

A 20-year-old man from Australia managed to break into about two thousand (2,000) computers in Australia and overseas. Anthony Scott Harrison, is also known to successfully dismantle some bank customers' confidential data. In his testimony in court, Anthony admitted, managed to learn the techniques from the internet. He also started its attacks since last year, but unfortunately he was caught by federal police.

Not only breaking into computer networks, he also modifies and sells software that allows other people to infect other computers. Their actions are breaking into computer networks, Anthony subjected to seven charges including four charges of modifying computer data can cause damage.

Legal advisor Anthony, John Edwards told the Court of South Australia revealed that his client had been obsessed and have been immersed in the cyber world of fantasy since the age of 14 years. In fact he never online up to 15 hours a day, in a hacking simulation game, Slave Hack. "Anthony never had any intention to create a large-scale criminal enterprise," said John Edwards.

A Malaysian Hackers Sell the Stolen Credit Card Numbers

A Malaysian citizen, was accused of hacking U.S. computer networks of the Central Bank or the Federal Reserve and a defense contractor, was arrested several Secret Service agents when he sold the stolen credit card numbers with the price of 1,000 U.S. dollars at a restaurant dinner in New York. Court documents released by U.S. prosecutors claimed the man, identified as Lin Mun Poo (32 years) was arrested several hours after he arrived in New York. He was indicted by a board of judges with four charges, including paved the U.S. central bank's branch system in Cleveland, Ohio.

"In a statement after the arrest, the defendant admitted he was hacking into computer servers of companies and major financial institutions," wrote U.S. prosecutors in Brooklyn in a letter to District Judge Dora Irizarry, responsible for handling the case. He acknowledged that exploit the vulnerability he found in the bank's computer system, said Lin. "Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland, Ohio, has confirmed one FRB computer network hacked around June 2010, so that the bank suffered a loss of thousands of U.S. dollars, and the act is affecting 10 computers or more," according to the in the indictment.

The process of examination by the judge will consider the delay request the government to continue holding Lin. No new date scheduled. Lawyer Lin, who appointed the court, was not willing to give comment. Lin is a Malaysian who do not have jobs or relatives in the United States.  He arrived at John F. Airport Kennedy, New York, from Europe to the tickets back and forth, and plans to return on November 22.

"Within a few hours after Lin arrived at JFK, the Secret Service agents watched it when he sells a credit card with the price of 1,000 U.S. dollars at dinner in Brooklyn and he was arrested not long after that," the letter to the judge. U.S. Attorney's office, Loretta Lynch  in Brooklyn said that all accusations against Lin hacking computer systems include the U.S. Defense Department contractors who help take care of military transport operations.

Another accusation against Lin includes ownership of more than 400,000 stolen credit cards and debit cards in a laptop computer seized by Secret Service agents. "The defendant through his career as a hacker, among others, the server computers of financial institutions, defense contractors, and large companies, and sell or trade the information stored there ...," Loretta said in a statement. Loretta said the defendants allegedly planned to get more financial information from other hackers, who would he invite transaction. If found guilty, Lin faced a maximum possible prison sentence between 6.5 to eight years.

Child Killed while Playing Games Farm Ville

Disturbing because the mother is more fun to access Facebook, with dark eyes she kill her baby. In fact, carried her baby just cried, when her focus surfing the social networking site. Mother named Alexandra V. Tobias this. She was found guilty on two levels of murder and she was threatened with jail.

The mother told investigators that she was angry when she heard that androgynous baby boy was crying, when she was playing games Farm Ville. Alexandra silence her baby who was crying with her up and swung it quickly. Then she smoked to calm her and then she had to calm her baby again the same as the previous treatment. Alexandra will undergo the trial and threatened with imprisonment which will be passed through in December. Alexandra under sentence of 25 to 50 years in prison.

Criminology Student was Appointed Police Commissioner

20-year-old criminology student was appointed police commissioner was forced to because there are no other options in the city of Mexico near the border with the United States. She was the only person interested in filling vacancy. This job is so dangerous because the large amount of crime in the area. Valles Marisol García, a student of criminology in Ciudad Juarez, is willing to become commissioner of police in one of the most dangerous city in the world.

Every year hordes of violent criminals to swallow thousands of lives. Drug kingpin vying for drug smuggling routes into the United States. To control the crime wave, the government mobilized the army, but without result. Since the beginning of December 2006 drug war tens of thousands of people dead.

Beautiful Hacker Indicted in New York

During this hacker activity is always identical with men, but not for Kristina Svechinskaya, which is a beautiful woman with a profession as a hacker. Even the achievements in the field of hacker did not lose to men. Kristina Svechinskaya which has dubbed the hacker's hottest woman in the world, recently appeared in New York City courtroom to face charges of stealing USD 35,000 with a famous Eastern European gangs who use cyber ZBot technique.

Kristina Svechinskaya who underwent the trial approached the bench crying wearing tight jeans and Slinky, calf-high boots. Sexy? In fact she looks more like an artist rather than a hacker. Kristina Svechinskaya has been charged with bank fraud and conspiracy to use false passports. Bright security expert Graham Cluley of Sophos.

"Yes, the prosecutor claimed that Kristina Svechinskaya recruited to join the organization, amounting to more than 24 people and has contacts with computer hackers and individuals who can give a false passport," he added. However, nobody really has the evidence, even if he is proven guilty, that she was a hacker.

Unlock Network in France Arrested

French authorities have arrested a cyber crime network and arrested nine men allegedly involved in illegal sales of codes used to unlock the phone code. The authorities opened the investigation in 2009 in order to respond to the second largest operator in France, SFR, owned jointly by Vivendi and Vodafone. The parties suspects, including three people charged with, buy the codes from the factory workers and mobile phone shops around 3 euros and sold for 30 Euro each. This criminal action has been going on for 5 years.

"They will face charges including theft and fencing of organized," said police spokesman Philippe Lajeunesse. A brother and sister were arrested in the city of Rennes, where they run a shop selling mobile phones. They are suspected as the mastermind of this illegal activity. Lajeunesse said that six others will be brought before the trial, and other arrests will be made in the future. At least there are 100 telephone code being stolen every day and 30,000 each month code. These codes are sold on a website which has 100,000 clients.

The mobile operators subsidize handsets to attract customers with long-term contracts, will lose customers if the handset lock is opened by using the codes that have been stolen, to then use the phone with other network operators. Police said that the people who sell the codes are mostly people who want to change the operator for six months of their contract. While the other is the receiver who sell the codes to the market for mobile phones stolen in France and other countries.

Hackers at the Bamboo Curtain Affairs Alter Students Grades.

Internet users in China grew rapidly. China's versatility in utilizing the Internet population grew even more cunning. Tragically, they apply in the case of negative or illegal. Hackers at the Bamboo Curtain Affairs claim to change students' grades. The trick, they get into the university's computer system and the certification body before changing students' grades.

An online search engine in China, showing tens of hits on the services of this hacker. Hackers say they can change the value by asking the students benefit. The price offered to more than 10 thousand yuan. The price range of illegal services is dependent on the intended course and university.

In talks over the phone listed in a single site, a person who claimed to have refused to call his identity to help some students. The slogan on the website is "If you're bad in the exam, go to our hacker team." When asked if the value for the subject who failed at the University of International Business and Economics can be changed, he said it was not an issue. Hackers are also very careful and ask for the number of students before the offer price.

According to one hacker, the operation takes between one to five working days and the price for a single change in a single subject about 1,600 yuan. The man admitted his team take care of every detail of information and will sign confidentiality agreements with customers, after successfully breaking into the system and change the value. "Stay as long as an agreement to keep this secret place. If you disclose to others, your score could be a problem," said the hacker.

South Africa was Not Ready Organizes World Cup 2010

High rates of crime and theft cases to teams participating in 2010 World Cup began to worry. They also seemed to start not believing in the local police in maintaining security of personal items when abandoned when practicing or competing. Some teams began to hire private security to keep all their personal equipment. It continues to oversee security duty room of players, coaches, and officials. Thus, the team can quietly do the exercise or compete for their room will be guarded 24 hours.

Previously, cases of theft are the teams to make the World Cup participants are worried and anxious. Chamber of Greece World Cup team has entered a thief, and money from the three players missing. Soon, the thieves also entered the room Uruguay World Cup team and tackle money of 12,000 dollars. Greece and Uruguay, the team had reported to the police. However, they apparently did not get a satisfactory answer. In fact, the police even accuse their own people in the Uruguay team that conduct theft.

Now the World Cup teams in 2010 have now hired private security. This is imitating a lot of South African citizens hired private security because it is more satisfactory service and trustworthy. Security firm hired by several team claimed the World Cup in 2010. They were asked to keep an eye on 2010 World Cup team room so that no thief crashed. Officers Spy Shop, Dave Miller, said it also hired a team from Europe to oversee the 35 rooms of players and coaches.

This shows that public confidence to the international and domestic South African security forces is down. For, indeed very strange if the team room participants can take in World Cup skeleton because they always get rations superketat security. Security seems to continue to be a problem in South Africa. In fact, now the steward had already started the boycott and strike. It happened in Cape Town during the match Italy vs Paraguay.

This 2010 World Cup left a lot of problems, where South Africa is poor countries that are simply not ready for this big event, and many of the visitors who come to South Africa to suffer losses due to theft and robbery.

20,000 Letters Stolen by the Postman

Approximately 20,000 letters dated more than a decade found in the garage one postal workers in Philadelphia, USA.  The letters were found when postal officials for several days did not come into the office, the manager had decided to come to his house.

The FBI said that they needed three vans to transport these letters, some of these letters are those from the year 1997. Investigators are still investigating the existence of such a postman for questioning.  Delaying and stealing mail in the U.S. is a federal crime.

The missing letters in which there are reportedly checks, bills and securities. Many residents who had been waiting for a letter asking them to Dave as a letter carrier.  "I asked Dave about the letter should contain a check up to me, but Dave said he never saw it. Dave tells when he saw would contact me," said one owner of the missing letters.

Modern Slavery Happened in Costa Rica

Police of Costa Rica, Sunday, 36 Asians have been freed from inhumane conditions in two fishing vessels operated by foreign fishing companies. The 36 men were beaten and forced to work without pay. Those people-15 citizens of Vietnam, 13 citizens of Indonesia, 5 Filipinos, 2 Taiwanese, and 1 citizen of China, forced to work over 20 hours per day, and they were given only little food and the whip as punishment. "They are in a completely unhealthy conditions, inhumane, crowded together push," said Jorge Rojas Vargas, Director of the Institute for Justice (OIJ).

Everyone was told they would be paid 250 dollars per month, but there was no cash given to them, and the Taiwanese vessel operators claimed to have sent a payment to the family of the man's group. Their passports were confiscated in an effort to prevent their escape. "This is modern slavery," Migration Director Mario Zamora said. Owners of fishing vessels are not identified, but authorities said that two Taiwanese men and one man arrested in Costa Rica operation.

Authorities are investigating the case as a suspected act of human smuggling, the most lucrative black-market activities in addition to smuggling of narcotics and weapons. According to UN estimates, human trafficking generate 9.5 million dollars per year on a global level. According to some officials, the police have been investigating the case of Costa Rica for four months since the nine-man Vietnamese fled by jumping from the ship, swim to the shore, and told the officers.

Suicide Bombings by Two Women in Moscow

Day of mourning was held in Moscow, following the bomb blast that occurred at two stations on Monday, March 29. Russian citizens wreath was laid and lit candles at the explosion site as a sign of mourning. Meanwhile, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin vowed to pursue the perpetrators of the bombing is considered the worst in the last five years. Meanwhile, President Dmitry Medvedev promised to find the perpetrators and kill them blasting. President Medvedev also called the principal as a wild animal.

The explosion that caused the deaths of 39 residents, making the Russian government increase their security level. Own authorities accused the North Caucasus militants were behind the suicide bomb attack them. This explosion incidents occurred in two separate incidents, the first explosion destroyed a train that was stopped at the station Lubyanka in the morning at 08.00 local time. Lubyanka station themselves near the headquarters of Russia Domestic Security (FSB).

Then, 40 minutes later, a second explosion destroyed a train car at Park Kultury station. Russian authorities themselves said that if the explosion carried out by two women who used a belt equipped with explosives on her body. Action two principal marks the return of the 'Black Widows' who previously had terrorized Moscow a few decades ago.

Italian Police Arrest Mafia Boss by Using Facebook

Italian police continue to try to fight the Mafia, various methods were carried out to hunt the Mafia bosses who controlled the circulation of drugs, or gambling business. Facebook's presence became the most powerful tool to determine the existence of Mafia networks, and the Italian police have arrested Pasquale Manfredi successfully with the help of Facebook.

Police use a number of technological devices to determine location of Pasquale Manfredi when updating Facebook status. Just two hours ago, Pasquale had arrested at a location in Italy. Pasquale is a fugitive from the police on charges of killing his business rival with bazookas. Police chase has done since 2004, but Pasquale was always away from the pursuit. Eventually the police found a Facebook profile with the name of Georgie, who were originally suspected to be Pasquale Manfredi.

But, the police ensure that the account owner Georgie is one of the Mafia group under the leadership of Pasquale Manfredi. Italian Mafia was known to often use Facebook to recruit new members and as a means of communication between members. Therefore, the police have requested that Italian society had carelessly accept friend requests on Facebook.

The Spread of the Virus Facebook Password Thieves

The spread of the virus in an attempt to steal important information on social networks is that hackers have long done. It is estimated that they could fool the approximately 40 million users Facebook. "Hackers have long made a target Facebook users, by deceiving them through a fake email from the Facebook. The attack is quite easy for them, because only require regular Internet networks to spread malicious software," said Director of Malware Research and Communication McAfee Dave Marcus .

Dave predicted, hackers spread the virus creator has spread to almost all the world Facebook users. Even the number reached tens of millions of targeted accounts, which spread in Europe, the United States (U.S.) and Asia. It is estimated that McAfee, the virus has spread since the beginning of this week. According to Dave, millions of computers already infected ascertained.

Even 400 million users of Facebook, if taken just 10 percent of the hackers have managed to infect approximately 40 million Facebook users, including the U.S. and Asia, where most Facebook users come from these countries. Therefore, Dave recommend that Facebook users who happened to find this email, do not be tempted to click on attachments that are included in the fake email. "If the attachment is opened the virus contained in it will directly download some software that endanger your computer automatically, including programs that can steal passwords of any kind," Dave said.

Computer Security Breaker Control 100 Cars from a Distance

A Texas man was fired from his job at a car dealership. He was convicted for using internet service, to turn off the ignition and lighting functions 100 car horn from a distance. Austin police team arrested the man who knows the name of Omar Ramos-Lopez this week on charges of committing crimes with a computer security break. Ramos-Lopez uses a former colleague's password to disable the starter function and set the sound of car horns from a distance. The car is a car dealer who sold the place to work. Some car owners say, this requires that they call a tow truck and left their car at the office or home.

"He caused consumers to be victims. Some of the car users even have to leave work to take care of their cars, "said Austin police spokeswoman Veneza Aguinaga. "They have to pay a tow truck services, and they do not know what's really happening with their car," he explained. Hand dealers where Ramos-Lopez's work, acknowledging that they are installing GPS devices on every car sold for at any time can not be burned.

"The system was intended to confiscate a car if the buyer delinquent car payments. Car horn can be lit even remotely as buyers refused to pay the mortgage, "said Jeremy Norton dealer oversight. With this incident, Norton promised to impose strict restrictions on extra security computer network security at the dealership so as not vulnerable burglarized. Meanwhile, Ramos-Lopez is currently undergoing legal process, and secured in jail Travis area.

Cyber Criminals Selling Fake Security using Windows Update

Cyber criminals are now using Windows Update false info to sell security products fake. Anti-malware products on offer is certainly a fake security products, such as the Anti-Malware Defender, as expressed Malware researchers from Webroot, Andrew Brandt. Cyber criminals are now commit fraud by using the dialog box about the information Windows Update, pop-ups and fake anti-virus scanner.

Internet users get an information about the Windows Update and then click the 'Install now' then the user will be directly connected to a link that requires the buyer to buy a license fake security products. One step to avoid this cyber crime, the user can empty the Temp folder on each computer so as not to get stuck with the information from the false security products.

Hijacking Tankers in the Indian Ocean

The Norwegian owned tanker taken hostage by pirates in the Indian Ocean region. According to the ship owner, tanker was hijacked after sailing from Madagascar. UBT tanker named Ocean is carrying cargo of oil from Saudi Arabia in order to Tanzania. Svenn Pedersan of Brovigtank officials who have stated tankers, this hijacking certainty obtained after the captain told directly to the owner of the ship.

"Not long after we lost with the ship, the captain reported if tankernya plowed," said Pedersen. Ocean UBT registered in the Marshall Islands, now sailing into unknown waters of Somalia. This is confirmed by the ship owner based on information from the ship's captain to make sure if the tanker was hijacked. Incidents of piracy in the waters of Africa continues to bloom these days, the attack on ships passing through the region usually occur between March and May, when sea wave conditions in a state of calm.

Piracy has occurred two days after a group of pirates holding a tanker-flag Saudi Arabia and its crew in the Gulf of Aden. The ship was brought to the city known Garacad, Somalia. Business international patrols in the Gulf of Aden and the Indian Ocean, until now have not succeeded completely prevent attacks by ships from Somali pirates group.