Hackers belonging to the Anonymous hacktivist group are reportedly planning a concentrated attack on hundreds of popular Israeli Internet pages beginning on Valentine’s Day. Data security agencies have discovered that “bots” were planted in the computerized systems of a number of commercial companies, and the bots are set to become operational on February 14, effectively shutting down the Internet sites of those companies.
Although some of the “time-bombs” were neutralized, many sites are still unaware of their existence. The attack has been planned and is being executed by a group of hackers five times larger than those Israel has recently seen. Read the rest of this entry »
A six months old email scam has started haunting users yet again, with a new face this time. The scam with the subject “Re: Scan from a Xerox W. Pro #XXXXXXX” now instead of making you attach a .zip file, as it did in the past, it now prompts you to click a download link, security firm Websense has alerted.
As one of the Israeli hackers,