“Researchers tracking a gang of online bank thieves found that the criminals have deployed a devious means to thwart law enforcement and anyone else trying to monitor their activities. The gang behind the URLZone trojan, which siphons money from online bank accounts and then alters a victim’s online bank statement to hide the fraud, have [...]
“According to tech news site Neowin, an anonymous user posted usernames and passwords for over 10,000 Windows Live Hotmail accounts to web site PasteBin, including accounts on email domains like @hotmail.com, @msn.com, and @live.com. Neowin verified that the accounts are genuine, and that most appear to be based in Europe. Ars Technica reports, more specifically, [...]
“Suffolk Community College has agreed to pay a company for the next year to monitor the credit of 300 students whose last names and Social Security numbers were mistakenly listed in an attachment to an e-mail sent to those students last month. Mary Lou Araneo, college vice president, said Sunday there is ‘no indication’ that [...]
“The ‘Data Snatchers’ have found a way to automate the creation of Facebook accounts, according to Roger Thompson at security software company AVG. This means they’ve found a way to bypass the Facebook Captcha (the image of letters which are required for a new account, which are supposed to ensure that a human is involved). [...]
“Investigators said Friday that a hacker managed to get into a City of Atlanta computer and steal financial account information. According to authorities the man then set up bogus out-of-state accounts and withdrew tens of thousands of dollars. A man was indicted for stealing taxpayer cash from city accounts.” (Hacker Steals Thousands in City Cash [...]
“Cyber criminals are again wasting no time on capitalising on public interest in major news events with a new phishing attack being reported based on the recent Tsunami hitting Pacific Island nations. F-secure has reported that search engine optimisation (SEO) poisoning is again being used to to lure people into downloading a rogue antivirus agent. [...]
“The Obama administration has given a green light to the Department of Homeland Security to hire up to 1,000 new cyber experts over the next three years, the first major personnel move to fulfill its vow to bolster security of the nation’s computer networks. The announcement follows a wave of cyber attacks on federal agencies, [...]
“A next-generation Trojan recently discovered pilfering online bank accounts around the world kicks it up a notch by avoiding any behavior that would trigger a fraud alert and forging the victim’s bank statement to cover its tracks. The so-called URLZone Trojan doesn’t just dupe users into giving up their online banking credentials like most banking [...]
