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Interpol, ITU & IMPACT Jointly Singed a Hostorical Agreement in Cybersecurity

Posted by Avik Sarkar On 11/12/2012 06:41:00 am

Interpol, ITU & IMPACT Jointly Singed an Agreement to Exchange Information, Expertise & Enhance Cybersecurity

During the 81st INTERPOL General Assembly taking place in Rome, Italy a historical and very vital cooperation agreement has been singed. In an effort to further enhance cybersecurity around the world, International Multilateral Partnership Against Cyber Threats (IMPACT), the cybersecurity executing arm of United Nations’ specialised agency – the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) and the General Secretariat of the International Criminal Police Organisation – (INTERPOL), reached a historic milestone with the signing of a landmark ‘Cooperation Agreement’ between both international organisations. Through this Agreement, it allows both IMPACT and INTERPOL to exchange information, expertise as well as to enhance both organisations’ knowledge base in the field of cybersecurity. The Agreement will also see the cross promotion of capacity building activities aimed at the public and private sector and the civil society, with an objective to curb cyber crimes by protecting the cyber space and orchestrating a safer global community. 
The Cooperation Agreement paves the way for INTERPOL and ITU-IMPACT to effectively cooperate within the scope of their respective mandates and resources in the field of cybersecurity. This Agreement is also designed to provide a broad framework for such cooperation to take place and to establish a collaborative association, with a view to promoting cybersecurity capacity-building and addressing cyber threats on a global scale. Datuk Mohd Noor Amin, Chairman of IMPACT and Mr Ronald K. Noble, Secretary General of INTERPOL signed the Cooperation Agreement today, witnessed by ITU Secretary-General, Dr. Hamadoun I. Touré. With 144 countries now, part of the ITU-IMPACT coalition, IMPACT is entrusted with the task of providing cybersecurity support and services to ITU’s Member States and other organisations within the UN system. ITU-IMPACT’s global partnership now embraces over 200 industry, academia and international organizations. 

“This kind of cross-agency collaboration is essential to combating the increasingly serious problem of international cybercrime,” said ITU Secretary-General Dr. Hamadoun I. Touré. “For too long, cyber criminals have hidden behind national borders, hoping to escape detection or eluding the jurisdiction of national law enforcement authorities. This new partnership with INTERPOL represents a major step forward in our efforts to bring such criminals to book.”
Datuk Mohd Noor Amin, Chairman of IMPACT added; “The signing of this agreement is truly a landmark event for all of us. For the first time, we are effectively pooling together and merging the resources from INTERPOL’s community of police forces worldwide with ITU-IMPACT’s existing stakeholders from governments, telecommunications regulators, CERTs, ISPs, ICT industry and academia. ITU’s recent MOU with the United Nations Office of Drug and Crime (UNODC) further strengthens the partnership by potentially adding in judicial officers and prosecutors under the ITU-IMPACT umbrella. This coming together of various different, but important, stakeholders is vital if we are going to succeed against the cyber criminals and enhance international cybersecurity.”



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6 Anonymous Hacker Arrested By Interpol in Dominican Republic (Operation Unmask)

Posted by Avik Sarkar On 3/30/2012 08:49:00 pm

6 Anonymous Hacker Arrested By Interpol in Dominican Republic (Operation Unmask)
 
Operation Unmask by International police agency (Interpol) continues. Police in the Dominican Republic have arrested six suspected members of Anonymous. Interpol confirmed the six arrests on 27 March were made as a part of the ongoing Operation Unmask. "Authorities in the Dominican Republic have arrested six suspects as part of an international operation supported by Interpol against suspected hackers believed to be linked to the so-called ‘Anonymous' group," said Interpol.
"The arrests are the latest phase of Operation Unmask, an international initiative supported by Interpol against suspected hackers."
Launched in mid-February, Operation Unmask is a co-ordinated campaign between national law enforcement officers in Argentina, Chile, Colombia and Spain against cybercrime. The operation has already resulted in 25 arrests and the seizure of over 250 items of IT equipment in 40 premises across 15 cities.
Earlier in March, Western law enforcement struck another significant blow against Anonymous, arresting several suspected members of the infamous LulzSec hacker group.


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Operation Unmask- Interpol Arrested 25 Suspected Anonymous Hackers

Posted by Avik Sarkar On 2/29/2012 05:18:00 pm

Operation Unmask- Interpol Arrested 25 Suspected Anonymous Hackers 
The international police agency (Interpol) says 25 suspected members of the Anonymous hackers have been arrested in a sweep across Europe and South America. Interpol says the arrests in Argentina, Chile, Colombia and Spain were carried out by national law enforcement officers working under the aegis of Interpol's Latin American Working Group of Experts on Information Technology Crime. "Operation Unmask was launched in mid-February following a series of coordinated cyber-attacks originating from Argentina, Chile, Colombia and Spain," said Interpol, based in the French city of Lyon. The statement cited attacks on the websites of the Colombian Ministry of Defence and the presidency, as well as on Chile's Endesa electricity company and its National Library, among others.
The operation was carried out by police from Argentina, Chile, Colombia and Spain, the statement said, with 250 items of computer equipment and mobile phones seized in raids on 40 premises in 15 cities. Police also seized credit cards and cash from the suspects, aged 17 to 40. The operation, carried out after trawling through computer logs in order to trace IP addresses, also netted 10 suspects in Argentina, six in Chile and five in Colombia, Spanish police said.
They said one of the suspects went by the nicknames Thunder and Pacotron and was suspected of running the computer network used by Anonymous in Spain and Latin America, via servers in the Czech Republic and Bulgaria. He was arrested in the southern Spanish city of Malaga. Two of the suspects were in detention while one was bailed and the fourth was a minor who was left in the care of his parents. In Santiago, deputy prefect Jaime Jara said police confiscated computer equipment belonging to five Chileans and a Colombian, aged between 17 and 23. Jara said the suspects appeared to have hacked web pages in Chile, Colombia and Spain.
The six suspects did not know each other and were released after voluntarily giving statements, police said, though they will likely be ordered to appear in court to face possible charges relating to online crimes.
Earlier in this month three Greek teenagers have been arrested for hacking into the Ministry of Justice website, also in January a 22 year aged student arrested in south-western Poland for allegedly hacking the prime minister's website and local authority said that he was a part of Hactivist Anonymous.




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48 Countries Worldwide Joined Biggest Global Alliance Against Child Sexual Abuse Online

Posted by Avik Sarkar On 12/11/2012 05:53:00 pm

48 Countries Worldwide Joined Biggest Global Alliance Against Child Sexual Abuse Online

Cyber bullying, online child sexual abuse has became one of the biggest threat and challenge for the society. Several security report are pointing out that the number of cyber bully is increasing every day. There are daily reminders about those risks, whether it's the tragic fate of Amanda Todd, bullied into suicide. To get rid of these burning issues European Union (EU) Commissioner for Home Affairs Cecilia Malmström together with US Attorney General Eric Holder launched a Global Alliance against Child Sexual Abuse Online. In this campaign Forty-eight countries have joined forces to launch the most expansive fight ever against the spread of online child sex abuse. According to current estimates, there are more than one million images of sexually abused and exploited children now online. Every year, that number grows by 50,000 new images, according to the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC). Participants at the launch include Ministers and high-level officials from 27 EU Member States, who are also joined by 21 countries outside the EU (Albania, Australia, Cambodia, Croatia, Georgia, Ghana, Japan, Moldova, Montenegro, New Zealand, Nigeria, Norway, the Philippines, Serbia, Republic of Korea, Switzerland, Thailand, Turkey, Ukraine, United States of America, and Vietnam). The countries of the alliance are committing themselves to a number of policy targets and goals. Thanks to increased international cooperation, the fight against child sexual abuse online will therefore be more effective.
"Behind every child abuse image is an abused child, an exploited and helpless victim. When these images are circulated online, they can live on forever. Our responsibility is to protect children wherever they live and to bring criminals to justice wherever they operate. The only way to achieve this is to team up for more intensive and better coordinated action worldwide", said Commissioner for Home Affairs Cecilia Malmström.
“This international initiative will strengthen our mutual resources to bring more perpetrators to justice, identify more victims of child sexual abuse, and ensure that they receive our help and support,” said Attorney General Holder. “Through this global alliance we can build on the success of previous cross-border police operations that have dismantled international pedophile networks and safeguard more of the world’s children.” 

The participants of this campaign put out this list of goals for the new initiative, which has been dubbed the Global Alliance Against Child Sexual Abuse Online, in a press release:-

  • Enhance efforts to identify victims and ensure that they receive the necessary assistance, support and protection;
  • Enhance efforts to investigate cases of child sexual abuse online and to identify and prosecute offenders;
  • Increase children's awareness of online risks, including the self-production of images and "grooming" methods used by paedophiles;
  • Reduce the availability of child abuse material online and the re-victimization of children;
  • Establish dedicated law enforcement units for these crimes in all countries;
  • Make it easier to initiate joint cross-border police investigations;
  • Intensify co-operation with hotline services, where the public can report findings of online child pornography; and
  • Ensure that the Interpol international database of child abuse material grows by 10 percent annually.







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#LulzSec Planned To Back Again On April Fool's Day (#Project Mayhem!)

Posted by Avik Sarkar On 3/23/2012 04:01:00 pm

#LulzSec Planned To Back Again On April Fool's Day (#Project Mayhem!)
We have good news for Hacktivist supporters and parallely bad news for corrupt Govt & Industries. Infamous hacker collective group named Lulzsec or Lulz Security promised to back live again on the day of 1st April. According to a You-Tube video - "Several days ago we decided to swiftly bring back our humble hacking group and set sail towards the Interwebz once again, much to the dismay of corrupt governments and corporations across the planet. It's ridiculous to believe that by arresting the six prime members of LulzSec that you've stopped us. You haven't stopped us, you have merely disrupted the active faction". The group announced that it would officially resume attacks on April 1, 2012. The video continued, "Lulzsec will start targeting governments, corporations, agencies, and quite possibly the people watching this video. We are here for the lulz, the fame, the anarchy, and the people." 
Since last 30 days we have seen many key members of Lulz & Anonymous are randomly getting busted by Federal authorities, so it can be suspected that coming April attack will be a tit for tat.  The announcement was previewed one day prior via the FawkesSecurity Twitter channel in a tweet that read, "Expect something BIG and rather Lulzworthy very soon. CIA, FBI, Interpol, you're all on teh (sic) list." Wednesday, meanwhile, tweets from the same Twitter channel promised that "Anonymous will target national infrastructure" and create a "global financial meltdown" as part of what's been dubbed "Project Mayhem." 
One thing is very unclear and that is the Twitter account AnonOps, which has 302,000 followers, has not mentioned Project Mayhem, Project Facebook, Operation Imperva, Operation Restore, or anything else on FawkesSecurity’s YouTube account. Furthermore, the Twitter account LulzSec is still silent and lulzsecurity.com is still down. So now it depends on you that how you will react this one, may be April Fool joke or may be some thing else. 


 

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US wants global cyber security strategy

Posted by Avik Sarkar On 5/17/2011 10:19:00 pm



The US has demanded a global response to the threat from cyber crime and cyber terrorism.
The Obama administration wants to impose an international set of security standards, including penalties for nations and organisations that fail to comply, according to a report in the New York Times.

The report added that White House officials hope that the strategy would prompt China and Russia to better control cyber crime in their own countries.
Charlie McMurdie, the head of the Police Central e-Crime Unit (PCeU), recently told Computing that her division already works closely with international bodies, including those in the US.
The PCeU works with numerous international partners such as the FBI, US Secret Service, ENISA (European Network and Information Security Agency), Europol and Interpol.
"Every investigation has an international context," explained McMurdie. "Attacks and data get disseminated around the globe at the click of a switch, so it's crucial we have a co-ordinated not just national but international response."
Last week, the US announced plans to intervene and take control of the security of firms in key sectors, such as financial institutions and energy companies, where it deems necessary.

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Anonymous Defaced New York Ironworks Website & Leaked Source Code of Norton

Posted by Avik Sarkar On 3/12/2012 09:42:00 pm

Anonymous Defaced New York Ironworks Website & Leaked Source Code of Norton

The Federal Authorities still unable to dominate the spirit of Anonymous. After a series of arrest by FBI, Interpol, Scotland Yard still the hacktivist are on the high node. As a result New York Ironworks, a supplier of police equipment and tactical gear based in New York City became the victim of cyber attack. Where a hacker collective group named #Antisec (Part of Anonymous) has hacked and defaced the index page of Ironworks with a rambling message from AntiSec. The message expressed support for those who were arrested and anger at fellow hacker "Sabu" whose cooperation with the FBI contributed to this week's arrests. It included a brief diatribe against the FBI, a promise of more hacks Friday.
Meanwhile, Anonymous members also released source code to Symantec's Norton Antivirus 2006 software in apparent tribute to those who were arrested this week. A 1.07GB file that is apparently the source code was published on Pastebin as well as Pirate Bay on Thursday. The release of the code was not unexpected. Last month, hackers named Lords of Dharmaraja affiliated with Anonymous had released source code to Symantec's pcAnywhere after a botched sting operation. That time too, the hackers published the code on The Pirate Bay website. Symantec also confirmed the security breach




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Sabu Former #LulzSec #Anonymous Leader Working As An Informant For FBI (Key-Members of LulzSec Arrested)

Posted by Avik Sarkar On 3/07/2012 04:58:00 pm

Sabu Former #LulzSec #Anonymous Leader Was Working As An Informant For FBI (Key Members of LulzSec Arrested)
Several members of the LulzSec and Anonymous hacking groups were arrested this morning by the Federal Bureau of Investigations. It is reported that the arrests were made possible after turning the group’s "senior leader", Hector Xavier Monsegur aka "Sabu", 28, who is believed to be a cooperative witness after the FBI turned him last June. Monsegur pled guilty to several charges of computer hacking conspiracy, for which he could receive a maximum of 124 years behind bars. Those arrested today included a member of the AntiSec hacking group who is believed responsible for the massive intrusion at security think tank Stratfor last December.
A law enforcement official in New York confirmed the arrests and said that six hackers belonging to the Anonymous, LulzSec and Antisec groups were nabbed in U.S. and overseas locations. The official described those arrested as "principal members" of Anonymous and LulzSec. The five hackers are identified in the report as Ryan Ackroyd, aka "Kayla" and Jake Davis, aka "Topiary" from London, two residents of Ireland, Darren Martyn, aka "pwnsauce" and Donncha O'Cearrbhail, aka "palladium", and Jeremy Hammond aka "Anarchaos," from Chicago, USA. According to the FBI press release, all but Davis face charges of computer hacking conspiracy and various other charges. Each carries a maximum 10 year prison sentence.
According to Anonymous Twitter feed: "We are Legion. We do not have a leader nor will we ever. LulzSec was a group, but Anonymous is a movement. Groups come and go, ideas remain"
It is unclear what to expect from Anonymous in reaction to the arrests. The hacking group is known for revenge cyber attacks. After 25 Anonymous members were arrested on February 29, the group downed Interpol’s main website. The same thing happened when the CIA website became a victim of Anonymous. The group also downed several large music industry, Department of Justice, FBI and many other federal authorities websites in response to the shutting down of Megaupload and the arrest of its founder Kim Dotcom. 
News of Sabu's arrest prompted several tweets from Anonymous this morning, including one that threatened retaliation. "The way Sabu & gang took control of Anonops.. anonops gonna retaliate," the tweet said.
 

-Source (FOXNews, Computer World)



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Illicit Networks Summit Decided -Google Will Tackle Internet Crime

Posted by Avik Sarkar On 7/19/2012 12:14:00 am

Illicit Networks Summit Decided -Google Will Tackle Internet Crime
Bad news for those who relies on GHDB also widely known as Google Hacking Database while finding vulnerability. This Tuesday the internet giant Google has launched a new policy  to turn the tables on criminals and terrorists who exploit the internet by using its search capabilities to expose and disrupt illicit activity.  A two-day summit in Los Angeles called Illicit Networks: Forces in Opposition has assembled victims, law enforcers, politicians, academics and technology experts to devise strategies. In their report Guardian says- Google Ideas, the company's thinktank, has teamed up with the Council on Foreign Relations, Interpol and other organizations to look for ways to use technology against organized crime, jihadists and others."Google is in a great position to take these on," Rani Hong, a survivor of child trafficking in India who is now a special adviser to the United Nations, told reporters on the eve of the event. "They're a powerful medium and they have great tools to solve this problem."
Stewart Patrick, a senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations who helped organise the event, told "It might sound like a different path for Google, but technology companies today have a lot of powerful tools for bringing transparency to these illicit networks, to fight back against corruption and empower those who are trying to combat transnational crime."
Participants will discuss how illicit surgeons and organ brokers smuggle kidneys and other organs; how whistleblowers can expose narcotics networks; how insurance fraudsters and counterfeiters use evade borders. Another topic will be how recovered human skin and bone is transformed into dental and cosmetic products for plumping up lips or smoothing wrinkles.

 




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Philippine Becomes Haven for Organized Cybercrime (Pornography, Cyber Sex Dens, Online Gambling, CC Fraud and Id theft)

Posted by Avik Sarkar On 10/23/2011 05:16:00 pm

A top Philippine National Police official said the country has become a “haven” for transnational organized crime syndicates involved in cyber pornography, cyber sex dens, illegal online gambling, credit card fraud and identity theft due to weak laws against cyber crimes and the poor technical know-how of law enforcers.
Chief Superintendent Samuel Pagdilao Jr., director of the PNP Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG), said cyber-crime mafias, mostly foreigners, have established their base of operations in the Philippines. Pagdilao said cyber-crime operators have taken advantage of the PNP’s “organizational and technical incapability” to fight cyber crimes.
While cyber-crime syndicates use sophisticated technology, he rued that “law enforcers in the country are lagging behind in terms of training and equipment.”
Pagdilao asked Congress to prioritize passing the proposed cyber-crime prevention law to address the country’s legal inadequacies. He also asked the PNP to support the organizational and technical capability build-up of the CIDG’s cyber-crime unit. Pagdilao said foreign mafias have been running cyber-sex dens and cyber-pornography operations in the country. He said Korean mafias have been behind illegal online gambling and credit card fraud operations in the country.
Pagdilao said their recent arrest here of a Korean hacker wanted by Interpol revealed that “Korean cyber-crime syndicates are operating almost unhampered” in the country.

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Gang of Cyber Criminals Arrested For Stealing $7 Million From Exchange Companies in Dubai

Posted by Avik Sarkar On 3/11/2013 02:54:00 am

Gang of Cyber Criminals Arrested For Stealing $7 Million From Exchange Companies in Dubai 

Yet again another infamous gang of cyber criminals who were behind the hack of more than $7 Million from exchange companies in Dubai get busted by the Dubai Police. The special Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of Dubai Police were behind these criminals for a long time, and after a certain period they successfully managed to track down and crack the cyber crime ring. Major General Khamis Matter Al Mazeina, acting chief of Dubai Police, said on last Sunday that a gang of Asians and Africans work with hackers in order to enter different websites and systems of different companies here in Dubai in order to transfer money inside and outside the country. “Cheques worth more than Dh6 billion have been found with the gang after their arrest,” he said. He also said that the gang was able to transfer more than Dh7 million from exchange companies in Dubai to their own accounts. From an exclusive report of Gulf News we came to know that the deputy director of the General Department of Criminal and Investigation for research, Colonel Salem Khalifa Al Rumaithi said the incident happened early this month when police received complaints about a scam and transfer of $2 million from a company’s account. “This was done through hacking the e-mails of this company by someone outside the UAE,” he said.
He said the hackers used to change the data of the transactions, billing, and then transfer the money into their accounts.
He said the first accused, an Asian identified as Kh. Q., used to receive the transferred funds. “He owns three luxury cars which he bought from the proceeds of such crimes,” he said. 
He said the role of the second suspect, another Asian identified as U.K., was to provide the gang with bank account numbers by creating fake companies on the internet and dealing with the victims’ accounts. “After the process of converting the money credited to the first accused U.K. used to take 3 per cent of the money and give the remaining to an African man who was the mastermind. According to Lt Colonel Saeed Al Hajeri, director of the electronic investigation department, the third suspect was identified as D.Q. from Africa.
“The role of this suspect was as a mediator between the gang members and manipulating the business processes and changing the bank accounts to any other account,” he said. The suspect admitted that he was part of the Dh4 billion scam and another Dh6 million scam.
Lt Col Al Hajeri said Dubai Police had taken the necessary measures to obtain sufficient information from the rest of the gang members who operate outside the country in African countries through Interpol. Brigadier Khalil Ebrahim Al Mansouri, director of CID, said the police team worked on arresting the gang quickly.






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Anonymous Hacker Arrested After British Pregnancy Advisory Service (BPAS) Hack

Posted by Avik Sarkar On 3/10/2012 10:13:00 pm

Anonymous Hacker Arrested After British Pregnancy Advisory Service (BPAS) Hack
According to a news release by Scotland Yard, officers from the Police Central e-Crime Unit (PeCU) arrested the man, who has been linked to the Anonymous hacktivist group, at an address in Wednesbury in the West Midlands. The suspect was a 27 Years old man who has been charged for defacing and hacking into the website of Britain's largest single abortion provider. Official website of The British Pregnancy Advisory Service (BPAS) was compromised yesterday, with a message from a hacker calling themselves "Pablo Escobar". The hacker claimed himself as a part of Anonymous. BPAS claimed that there were "about 26,000 attempts" to break into its website over a six-hour period. 
For a certain period of time yesterday, visitors to the BPAS website saw an anti-abortion message. In a series of tweets, someone using the name "Pablo Escobar" claimed that the names of women who had undergone abortions had been accessed from the BPAS site, and would be released today (Friday). It appears that the authorities moved quickly to reduce the possibility of personal details of people who had contacted the BPAS site being made public.
This month is going worse and worse for Anonymous and their supporters, 1st Operation Unmask by Interpol, then FBI arrested all the key members of Lulzsec with the help of former Anon leader Sabu and so on.





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