A shadowy group of hackers called "The Unknowns" claims it accessed 10 computer networks, including NASA, the Air Force and Harvard.
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'Unknowns' hack NASA, Air Force, Harvard, 7 other sites
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NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- A data breach at a payments processing firm has potentially compromised credit and debit card information from all of the major card brands, representatives from MasterCard and Visa said on Friday.
News of the breach was first reported by the respected security blog Krebs on Security. That article said the breach was "massive," and could involve more than 10 million card
News of the breach was first reported by the respected security blog Krebs on Security. That article said the breach was "massive," and could involve more than 10 million card
Last June, three men squeezed inside a wind turbine in China’s Gobi Desert. They were employees of American Superconductor Corp., a maker of computer systems that serve as the electronic brains of the device. From time to time, AMSC workers are required to head out to a wind farm in some desolate location -- that’s where the wind usually is -- to check on the equipment, do maintenance, make repai
In February 2012 we learned that activists in Iran and Syria were targeted with two different types of malicious computer software. We received a copy of each malware, and Jonathan Tomek from ThreatGRID helped with the analysis.
The malicious software is spread as email attachments, and as files sent via Instant Messaging and Skype. The software looks like two completely harmless files; a Micr
The malicious software is spread as email attachments, and as files sent via Instant Messaging and Skype. The software looks like two completely harmless files; a Micr
With the recent discovery of a new Android malware that has the man-in-the-middle functionality but, unlike Zeus and SpyEye, also can be controlled remotely and can grab the initial password from a mobile device without infecting the user’s PC.
During the court case for Jeremy Hammond--the Antisec hacker busted for stealing data in the Stratfor breach--the FBI says charges made with stolen credit card information equals $700,000. Read this blog post by Dara Kerr on Security.
A 27-year-old man pleaded guilty on Saturday in a British court to hacking the website of a reproductive health services agency, obtaining the details of people...
Computerworld UK — A hacking group called The Consortium has claimed responsibility for the theft of personal data of more than 72,000 users of porn website Digital Playground.
The stolen information includes subscribers' user names, email addresses and passwords. The hackers also stole credit card details - which were in plaintext - of 40,000 cards, including the numbers, expiry dates and sec
The stolen information includes subscribers' user names, email addresses and passwords. The hackers also stole credit card details - which were in plaintext - of 40,000 cards, including the numbers, expiry dates and sec
Flashback Malware for Mac Changes Infection Tactic | HITBSecNews
Posted by Motoma (#1) 71 days ago (http://news.hitb.org)
A new variant of the password-stealing Flashback malware aimed at Apple computers has emerged, which tries to install itself after a user visits an infected website, according to new research.
Flashback, discovered by security vendor Intego last September, is engineered to steal passwords for websites, including financial sites. Since its emergence, several variants have appeared showing its a
Flashback, discovered by security vendor Intego last September, is engineered to steal passwords for websites, including financial sites. Since its emergence, several variants have appeared showing its a
Hackers claiming to be from Anonymous take out Vatican site
Posted by Motoma (#1) 71 days ago (http://www.networkworld.com)
The main website of the Vatican was inaccessible Wednesday after what appears to have been an attack by malicious hackers claiming to be affiliated with the Anonymous hacking collective.
Anonymous supporters tricked into installing Zeus trojan
An Associated Press story in USA Today quoted Vatican spokesman the Rev. Federico Lombardi as confirming the site's unavailability but declining to c
Anonymous supporters tricked into installing Zeus trojan
An Associated Press story in USA Today quoted Vatican spokesman the Rev. Federico Lombardi as confirming the site's unavailability but declining to c
A fairly new Apache denial-of-service exploit has been integrated into a popular DDoS botnet client called Armageddon.
The programming language used to write parts of the Duqu malware remains a mystery despite countless hours of analysis.
RSA 2012 Security experts have warned that electronic voting systems are decades away from being secure, and to prove it a team from the University of Michigan successfully got the foul-mouthed, drunken Futurama robot Bender elected to head of a school board.
In 2010 the Washington DC election board announced it had set up an e-voting system for absentee ballots and was planning to use it in a
In 2010 the Washington DC election board announced it had set up an e-voting system for absentee ballots and was planning to use it in a
Targeted emails contain malicious Iran-themed Word documents that exploit a known Flash Player vulnerability to install malware.
ATM Skimming Ring Busted
Posted by Motoma (#1) 72 days ago (http://www.bankinfosecurity.com)
Detectives with the Toronto Police Department have arrested seven individuals for the roles they allegedly played in an ATM skimming scheme that compromised at least 1,500 credit and debit cards and cost Canadian banking institutions more than CAN $360,000 [U.S. $361,161].
"A design flaw in the VTE library was published this week. The VTE library provides the terminal widget and manages the scrollback buffer in many popular terminal emulators including gnome-terminal, xfce4-terminal, terminator and guake. Due to this flaw, your scrollback buffer ends up on your /tmp filesystem over time and can be viewed by anyone who gets ahold of your hard drive. Including data p
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