“A FOREX trading website has been contaminated with a malicious Java applet that is designed to install malware on the systems of visiting surfers. The targeted website is a popular FOREX (foreign exchange market) website called ‘Trading Forex’ (tradingforex.com). The website remains contaminated as of Thursday lunchtime according to Websense, the web security firm that [...]
“Hackers managed to get login credentials for Experian’s credit scoring reports after they broke into the systems of Abilene Telco Federal Credit Union last year, it has emerged. Crooks gained access to the west Texan bank’s systems after hacking into an employee’s computer. The September 2011 breach allowed the hackers to get their hands on [...]
“Almost 30 Australian businesses, including 12 in Queensland, have been held to ransom in the past week by cybercriminals who lock up their computer files with unbreakable encryption.” Source:Cyber raiders hold Queensland firms to $3000 ransom by locking computer files | Information, Gadgets, Mobile Phones News & Reviews | News.com.au
“A self-professed leader of the computer hacker group Anonymous was arrested by authorities in Dallas, officials said on Thursday. ‘He was arrested and brought in for booking about 11 p.m. last night,’ said Dallas County Sheriff’s spokeswoman Carmen Castro.” Source: “A leader of hacker group Anonymous arrested in Texas | Reuters”
“A federal judge has rejected BancorpSouth’s plan to use contractual agreements with customers as a shield against liability claims stemming from an online heist of some $440,000 that was illegally wire-transferred from the account of one of the bank’s commercial customers in March 2010. The customer, Choice Escrow and Title LLC in Springfield, Mo., filed [...]
“Call it a slow leak. Four months after the gaming site Gamigo warned users about a hacker intrusion that accessed some portions of its users’ credentials, more than 8 million usernames, emails and and encrypted passwords from the site have been published on the Web, according to the data breach alert service PwnedList. The half-gigabyte [...]
“A local business received a strange, threatening message every time someone tried to open a file Wednesday, police said. Hackers claimed to have hijacked the firm’s files through the use of encryption, though it is not clear if they were actually able to do this. If the company did not pay a ransom, the hackers [...]
“An agency of the European Union created to improve network and data security is offering some blunt, timely and refreshing advice for financial institutions as they try to secure the online banking channel: ‘Assume all PCs are infected.’ “ Source: EU to Banks: Assume All PCs Are Infected — Krebs on Security
“A new wave of automated hacking of online bank accounts might have stolen $78 million in the past year from customers in Europe, Latin America and the United States, according to researchers who peered into the computers of the hacking gangs.” Source: New bank theft software hits three continents: researchers | Reuters
“McAfee and fellow security firm Guardian Analytics released a report today that detailed a sophisticated type of bank fraud that originated in Italy and spread globally, initiating the transfer of at least $78 million from around 60 financial institutions. Banks in the Netherlands were hit the hardest, with fraudsters attempting to transfer over $44 million [...]
