cybercriminals
Credit card numbers stolen in Kiplinger breach
Kiplinger Washington Editors – the publisher of well-known business and economic publications such as the The Kiplinger Letter and the Kiplinger’s Personal Finance …
A look at Booz Allen leaked passwords
The recent attack against Booz Allen led to 90,000 leaked passwords. Unlike previous breaches where the passwords weren’t encrypted, it looks like in this case some care …
Three jailed for online banking attack
Three men have been jailed for a total of 13.5 years for their part in a sophisticated and concerted attack on the UK and international banking system following an …
Scammers lure users with fake Google+ invites
Google recently opened for business a social network named Google+, and to avoid making mistakes that plagued the rollout of its predecessor Google Buzz, the company has …
Spammers switch to compromised accounts, shift away from botnets
Spammers today favor compromised accounts for sending spam, gradually shifting distribution away from botnets, according to Commtouch. The changed tactic has emerged as spam …
U.S. government-funded labs targeted by cyber attacks
It’s safe to say that successful U.S. companies, government facilities and military contractors are by now to aware that they should always be on the lookout for cyber …
Law enforcement winning the battle against cybercrime
June was a difficult time for cybercriminals as it saw some notable successes for various law enforcement agencies in the war on cybercrime, according to Kaspersky Lab’s …
Security threats: Unwrapping 2011
2011 has been a busy year so far for cyber criminals. No one can say IT security incidents went under reported, they have certainly been prominent in the headlines. HBGary …
Phishing operation organizer sentenced
27-year old Kenneth Joseph Lucas II has been sentenced to 13 years in prison for having organized the phishing operation shut down by the FBI in October 2009. Dubbed Operation …
FBI search for LulzSec hackers leads to Iowa woman
Government and law enforcement agencies’ efforts to discover who is behind the recently disbanded LulzSec have increased as Operation AntiSec still goes strong. And …
Bitcoin-mining Trojan spotted
Bitcoin has received lately a lot of attention from users and from the media, so it’s no wonder that cyber criminals have also figured out ways to take advantage of its …
Gannett Government Media user information stolen
The Gannett Government Media family of websites suffered a cyber attack on resulting in unauthorized access to files containing user information. The information in those …