Hackers Launch Cyberattack on Federal Labs

A "sophisticated cyberattack" has been detected at Oak Ridge National Laboratory over the last several weeks, and authorities suspect the hackers are based in China.

The breach might have compromised the personal information of thousands of visitors to the lab.

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Hackers install maleware on Alicia Keys MySpace Page

MySpace pages of several musicians, including the personal page of R&B songstress Alicia Keys, were targeted this week by hackers. Experts warn that they're now very dangerous places to visit online.

Among the attacks being served by Keys' page (and those of French funk band Greements of Fortune and Scottish rock band the Dykeenies) are Trojan horses disguised as new video codecs.

When someone tries to access one of the hacked sites, an exploit first attempts to install malware on the visitor's computer. If that doesn't work, the user is next asked to install a fake codec to view a video posted on the page, according to the Times.

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Hackers Steal from Monster.com

Researchers at Symantec Corp., uncovered that con artists had filched legitimate user names and passwords from recruiters who search for job candidates on Monster.com

Then with access into the Monster system, the hackers stole resumes and used information on those documents to craft personalized "phishing" e-mails to job seekers.

Lesson to learn - don't leave to much of your personal information online!

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