“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 [...]
“A federal grand jury in Los Angeles has indicted a 20-year-old British citizen on charges related to attacks by the LulzSec hacking group on the Fox and PBS television networks and Sonys film and TV studio, authorities said on Wednesday. Ryan Cleary, who is already jailed in the United Kingdom where he faces prosecution over [...]
“A man who was in command of a botnet of some 30 million computers worldwide has been sentenced to four years jail in Armenia.” (Source: Bredolab: Jail for man who masterminded botnet of 30 million computers | Naked Security.)
“A type of ‘ransomware’ hitting users across Europe demands payment for alleged copyright violations, according to a Swiss security blog. “ Source: New malware strain locks up computers unless ransom is paid | Security & Privacy – CNET News
“Dozens of websites offering credit card details and other private information for sale have been taken down in a global police operation.” Source: BBC News – Credit card ‘info for sale’ websites closed in global raids
“MasterCard Inc is investigating a potential security breach related to a third-party vendor and has alerted banks and law enforcement officials, the company said on Friday.” (Source: MasterCard tells banks of possible security breach | Reuters.)
“Barclays customers using contactless bank cards could have their data stolen without even knowing through readers in new mobile phones, Channel 4 News can exclusively reveal. “ (Source: Millions of Barclays card users exposed to fraud – Channel 4 News.)
“Web based underground market service currently selling Millions of harvested U.S government and U.S military harvested emails addresses to potential spammers, and find out just how easy it is to purchase that kind of data within the cyber crime ecosystem.” Source: Cyber Criminals Selling Millions of U.S military email addresses | The Hacker News (THN)
“WikiLeaks – and Julian Assange – could get caught up in the investigation into the LulzSec takedown saga because it published the internal emails of Stratfor, the private global intelligence firm that was attacked by Anonymous hackers, it has emerged.” (Source: Stratfor email hackers were tricked into using Feds’ server • The Register.)
“Internet hackers on Tuesday attacked the website of the second Brazilian bank in two days and vowed to continue the disruptions all week.” (Source: Hackers Attack Second Brazilian Bank’s Website – WSJ.com.)
