data theft
New hacking group hits government websites, leaks stolen data
A hacker group that named itself “The Unknowns” has recently boasted on Pastebin of having compromised a number of government, business and educational websites, …
Columbia University notifies employees of breach
Personal and financial information of 3,000 current and former employees of Columbia University and 500 other individuals have been available online from January 2010 to March …
36 credit card fraud websites taken down
36 website domains, used to sell compromised card data, have been taken down following a day of action on Wednesday to target online criminals by SOCA working with the FBI and …
VMvare confirms server hypervisor source code leak
VMware has confirmed that a file from the VMware ESX server hypervisor source code has indeed been leaked by a hacker that goes by the handle “Hardcore Charlie” . …
SpyEye botnet for sale at bottom price
A drop in the price asked for the latest version of the SpyEye botnet has security researchers worrying that users might soon be targeted with an increasing amount of …
Businesses fail to learn from 2011 data breaches
While data breaches perpetuated during 2011 clearly demonstrated the need for more comprehensive encryption of business and customer data, a survey of over 170 IT managers …
Fake “Steam Cracker” steals user credentials
Users of Valve’s Steam game platform are once again targeted by malware peddlers, and this time the lure is a “Steam Cracker”. The cracker is being offered …
How cybercriminals are infecting networks
Research by Websense reveals the trifecta that is driving epidemic levels of data theft: 1) extremely effective social media lures 2) evasive and hard-to-detect infiltration …
Fake jobs site owner filed tax returns with stolen identities
A 31-year-old that has set up a website offering the possibility for unemployed people to apply for non-existing jobs and has been using the collected applicants’ …
Bank accounts of 3 million Iranians compromised
A former manager of an electronic banking clearance and automated payments system in Iran got tired of waiting for banks to fix a security vulnerability that put their …
What is the top target of cyber attacks?
Customer, student, employee and patient information is most at risk for cyber attacks today, and defending that data is a top concern for IT professionals this year, according …
“Movie” apps on Google Play steal contact info
29 malicious Android apps whose goal is to steal personal and contact information have been discovered over the weekend on the official Google Play market. According to …
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