Many thousand facebook accounts were hacked and were flooded with spams. The spams were pornographic in nature, during which certain messages used to appear and by clicking on those messages pornographic materials were sent to all your friends.
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US reserves right to meet cyber-attack with force
The Pentagon made a 12 page report to the Congress in a report which was made public on Tuesday stating that The United States reserves the right to use military force against cyber-attacks. This report was mandated by the 2011 Defence Authorization Act, establishing that the US government is serious about tackling the threat of cyber-attacks on its assets using any means possible.
Major chemical companies targeted by cyber attacks
EMERGENCE OF CYBER THREATS TO NEXT GENERATION MOBILE SERVICES
The growing trend in the mobile services like 3G, the users are reaping benefits which they never had before. The mobile payment system, mobile internet, gps, video calling, live TV are services have captured the attention of mobile users. The experts are of the view that such services can be dangerous too. The services are vulnerable to many attacks like espionage, virus attacks to name a few. The remote tools are installed on your mobile through various malicious applications which enable the attacker to gain control over your mobile.