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Two teenage GhostMarket members sentenced
Two UK teenagers who stole credit card details from a number of online casinos, betting companies and web hosting companies and sold them on the now defunct GhostMarket have …
Google authentication protocol flaw endangers Android users
If you’re an Android user that has still not upgraded to the 2.3.4 and 3.0 version, you’re in danger of having the information contained in various Google …
New Alureon variant improves on old evasion techniques
The Alureon Trojan (also known as TDL, TDSS and Tidserv) has been around since 2007, and it’s function consist mainly in allowing the attacker to intercept incoming and …
Breaches drive enterprises to prioritize access governance
Aveksa announced the findings of a recent survey conducted to examine how companies are re-evaluating their IT security measures following the recent security breaches at …
Hackers steal, publish Fox employee passwords
A group of attackers who clearly have it in for Fox Broadcasting have managed to access a company server with hundreds of their employees’ email usernames and passwords. …
24.6 million Sony Online Entertainment accounts stolen
Sony’s ongoing investigation of illegal intrusions into Sony Online Entertainment systems revealed that attackers may have stolen personal information from approximately …
Total cost of Epsilon breach could reach $4 billion
E-mail services firm Epsilon will face years of repercussions and up to $225 million in total costs as a result of its recent data breach, a massive event that indicates the …
PSN hackers claim to have 2+ million credit card numbers
The PlayStation Network hack is now considered to be one among the biggest data thefts of all time, and according to the claims made by the alleged hackers on underground …
DSL Reports intrusion compromises over 9000 accounts
DSL Reports – the information and review site on high speed Internet services which operates over 200 forums – has been hit with a blind SQL injection attack, …
Sony PlayStation Network compromised
A week after shutting down its PlayStation Network (PSN), Sony has finally come clean and admitted that its 70 million users’ personal information has been compromised …
Carder pleads guilty to hacking and selling stolen card numbers
A carder and hacker that has been arrested in 2009 by the Secret Service for trying to sell 40 stolen card numbers to one of their undercover agents, has pleaded guilty to …
Software company Ashampoo breached, customer data stolen
The German computer software company Ashampoo has been targeted by attackers that managed to gain access to its customers database and possibly exfiltrated data such as names …
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