“Hacktivist collective Anonymous has announced a new campaign for the holiday season: to steal from the rich. Dubbed “DestructiveSec,” the collective said it will steal virtual credit cards from banks and give “back to the people who had everything taken,” according to a statement posted on text-sharing site Pastebin on Dec. 12. The statement did [...]
“For thousands of customers of Subway restaurants around the US over the past few years, paying for their $5 footlong sub was a ticket to having their credit card data stolen. In a scheme dating back at least to 2008, a band of Romanian hackers is alleged to have stolen payment card data from the [...]
““These insiders used their positions to gain access to client data, and then sold that data to make money for themselves and their accomplices,” District Attorney Vance said in a written statement. “We will continue to work with our partners to build significant cases to disrupt identity theft and dismantle these criminal organizations.”” Source: NY [...]
“Cybercrime drains one trillion US dollars from global economy annually, NATO Deputy Assistant Secretary General for Emerging Security Challenges Jamie Shea declared on Tuesday. We have almost every week an incident that reminds us that cyber security is related to almost every aspect of our life, Shea said in a joint press statement delivered together [...]
“Dutch ISP A2B Internet has filed a complaint with the police after it claimed to have been “blackmailed” by London-based anti-spam outfit Spamhaus. A2B managing director Erik Bais told Webwereld (report in Dutch) that Spamhaus “has gone too far”.” Source: Dutch ISP calls the cops after Spamhaus blacklists it • The Register
“Sony chief security officer Philip Reitinger warned Sony Entertainment Online customers and PlayStation Network users on Tuesday night that their accounts may have been compromised after a hack led to 93,000 accounts being compromised.” Source: Sony Online Entertainment and PlayStation Networks Hacked, 93,000 Accounts Compromised
“Computer users were urged yesterday to report cyber crimes and learn more about phishing, viruses and online scams, as a report claimed 76 per cent of residents were victims last year. Police are taking steps to educate adults and children about threats through workshops and lectures.” (Cyber crime hits 76% of residents – The National)
“Russian hacker Viktor Pleshchuk, who broke into the security system of the Royal Bank of Scotland’s RBS WorldPay service, has paid 10 million rubles ($330,000) in compensation to the lender, local news portal Fontanka.ru quoted an official of a local auction house, which sold Pleshchuk’s property, as saying on Monday.” Source: Russian hacker pays 10 [...]
“William Hague, the Foreign Secretary, said the agency had joined forces with the Serious and Organised Crime Agency to obtain the information as part of the ongoing cyber war against foreign states and criminals. A team of experts at GCHQ is understood to be working with the military to develop internet tools to strike back [...]
“Scotland Yard has arrested two men who together used the online pseudonym “Kalya” and were central figures in the notorious hacker groups Anonymous and LulzSec.” Source: Scotland Yard Arrests LulzSec Hacker ‘Kayla’ | FoxNews.com
