Yesterday afternoon, multiple government websites – most originating in Ohio – were hacked by a group calling themselves “Team System Dz”. Despite Ohio being the main target in this cyber-attack, the group also penetrated websites originating in Brookhaven, New York and Howard County, Maryland. Read more

The Ohio Governor (John Kasich) website was one of the victims of the hacks, and it was reportedly down for maintenance for some time on Sunday before becoming online again. A picture of the message was posted by Ohio Senate candidate Josh Mandel. Read more

Microsoft already verified that the source code of Windows 10 is from the Shared Source Initiative and was probably accessible only to OEMs (Original Equipment Manufacturers) and partners. “Our review confirms that these files are actually a portion of the source code from the Shared Source Initiative and is used by OEMs and partners” Read

A Pennsylvania judge has sentenced Adam Flanagan, 42, of Bala Cynwyd, PA to one year and one day in prison for hacking and damaging the IT networks of several water utility providers across the US East Coast. The sentence was passed down last week for crimes committed in the spring of 2014. Read more

A research paper published by four Israeli scientists details a new attack called PRMitM, or the “Password Reset Man-in-the-Middle,” in which attackers hide password reset interactions for a user’s legitimate profile inside account registration interactions on another site. Read more

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Just this morning, after publishing my first article in fact, I noticed that Op Anonymous Greece started their widespread attack against Turkish websites. In their introduction post on Facebook, the group declared the official launch. Read more

The Hackers tried to access the Emails of MP, Lords and the Staff, Security services are to stopped access for anyone not in Westminster as a role of efforts to ensure the network later the allegedly state-sponsored attack. “The Houses of Parliament have identified unauthorized attempts to access parliamentary user accounts,” a parliamentary spokesperson told

Microsoft Confirms that it has Disabled Third-party Anti-Virus Software “Temporarily” In Windows 10 to keep users secure. The statement made by Microsoft appears after the founder of Kaspersky Lab, recorded an antitrust complaint with the EC (European Commission), which blames Microsoft for disabling third party anti-virus software in Windows 10 without the permission of users

The SamSam ransomware that has been active for more than a year is now asking for $33,000 to decrypt and restore all the encrypted files. If a single device in a network was attacked, the malware can spread to other devices on the network. The malware operators are using remote desktop protocol (RDP), web shells