Whiter‑than‑white hats, malware, penalty and repentance*

I was recently contacted by a journalist researching a story about ‘hackers’ quitting the dark side (and virus writing in particular) for the bright(-er) side. He cited this set of examples – 7 Hackers Who Got Legit Jobs From Their Exploits – and also mentioned Mike Ellison (formerly known as Stormbringer and Black Wolf, among

UK National Commission for UNESCO Website Hacked by Kosova Warriors Group

A group of hacker going with the handle of Kosova Warriors Group has hacked and defaced the official website of United Kingdom (UK) National Commission for The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) http://www.unesco.org.uk. Hackers left a deface page along with a message on the hacked site bashing Serbs for killing over thousands of people. The […]

California’s’ Covina City and Police Department Website Hacked by Bangladeshi 3xp1r3 Cyber Army

A hacker going with the handle of RedX from Bangladeshi based 3xp1r3 Cyber Army has hacked and defaced the official website of California’s Covina City and Police Department website () along with its sub-domain. Hacker left a deface page along with a message on hacked Covina City and Police Department but the reason for targeting site was not mentioned anywhere. The deface […]

75 Chinese Government Websites Hacked by SultanHaikal and M3QD4D

Two hackers from different hacking groups going with the handle of SultanHaikal and M3QD4D have hacked and defaced 71 websites owned by the government of China. SultanHaikal left a deface page along with a deface message on his half of 38 sites, where the message was expressed in following words:  Ahlussunnah Was Here! Anti Shia , Anti […]

Websites’ servers hacked to host child abuse images: BBC

The watch foundation of internet has made a statement that many online business networks have been hacked by different hackers and the servers of these businesses have been utilized to host images that relate to sexual abuse of child or child pornography. The charity made a statement that the legal websites that are running pornographic […]

My Back Pages* – Virus Bulletin papers and articles

I recently completed my 14th Virus Bulletin conference paper, co-written with Intego’s Lysa Myers, on “Mac hacking: the way to better testing?” to be presented at the 23rd VB conference in October, in Berlin. The paper itself won’t be available until after the conference, but the abstract is on the Virus Bulletin conference page here.

Indira Gandhi International Airport, Indian Customs Website Hacked by Pakistani Hacker

A Pakistani hacker going with the handle of Hasnain Haxor has hacked and defaced the official website of Indian Customs at Indira Gandhi Int Airport Mumbai, India and a website of Tamilnadu State Agricultural Marketing Board . Hacker managed to root the whole server with 800+ Indian sites on along with Indian Customs site which is a very high profile […]