Mobile hacking – the new weapon for spies and fraudsters

By Dilip Mistry Germany’s interior minister Hans-Peter Friedrich’s claims that the hacking of Chancellor Angela Merkel’s phone was giving rise to “conspiracy theories” underestimated the reality. US National Security Agency’s silent response to the allegations that American spies had eavesdropped on the German Chancellor’s mobile phone took another surprising twist this week. German weekly Focus […]

Phone hackers make FBI’s most wanted list

By Andy Gent The US Federal Bureau of Investigation has added business telephone system hackers Farhan Arshad and Noor Aziz Uddin to its ‘Cyber’s Most Wanted’ list. Pakistani nationals Arshad and Uddin are wanted for their alleged involvement in an international telecommunications scheme and hacking venture to defraud individuals, telecom companies, and government entities in the United […]