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Confidential details fall off the back of lorries | The Register

Confidential details fall off the back of lorries Brace of breaches By John Leyden → More by this author Published Monday 14th January 2008 11:51 GMT A box containing the banking details of 200 rich investors was found by the side of the road after apparently falling off the back of a courier's van...

Posted to Chris Mosby at myITforum.com (Weblog) by cmosby on 01-14-2008
Filed under: Internet News, Security
Arrested mules - F-Secure Weblog : News from the Lab

Arrested mules Posted by Patrik @ 04:20 GMT | Over the last few days we've done a few posts on money mules and today it was announced that the Dutch police have arrested 14 suspected money mules for money laundry. The mules had received money from phishing scams targeting ABN AMRO using servers in...

Posted to Chris Mosby at myITforum.com (Weblog) by cmosby on 12-20-2007
Filed under: Internet News, Spam\Phishing, Security
Symantec Security Response Weblog: Bot Roast II completed

Bot Roast II completed On November 29 the FBI announced the results of its second Bot Roast ( see the FBI release ). This is the FBI operation responsible for hunting out and attempting to bring to justice cyber criminals involved in cultivating botnets. These botnets, which can call home to millions...

Posted to Chris Mosby at myITforum.com (Weblog) by cmosby on 12-03-2007
Filed under: In the News, Internet News, Internet Hacks, Security
Her Majesty’s CDs Stolen - TrendLabs | Malware Blog - by Trend Micro

Her Majesty’s CDs Stolen November 22nd, 2007 by JM Hipolito United Kingdom–More than a month after Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs (HMRC) admitted to losing a laptop containing data on 400 of its customers, HMRC admits to the loss yet again of two CDs containing a database of 25 million names, bank...

Posted to Chris Mosby at myITforum.com (Weblog) by cmosby on 11-26-2007
Filed under: Internet News, Security
SANS Internet Storm Center - TOR - sniffing exit nodes

TOR - sniffing exit nodes Published: 2007-09-11, Last Updated: 2007-09-11 12:51:18 UTC by Swa Frantzen (Version: 1) The (IT) press is buzzing somewhat with attacks against the onion router (TOR). The problem is lies in an atack performed and used to gain access to mailboxes by creating and sniffing the...

Posted to Chris Mosby at myITforum.com (Weblog) by cmosby on 09-11-2007
Filed under: Internet News, Internet Hacks, Security
F-Secure : News from the Lab - Sony is awake

Sony is awake Posted by Mikko @ 11:04 GMT Sony Electronics phoned us today. They wanted to thank us for bringing the Microvault incident to their attention, and they also wanted to apologize for not responding to our earlier queries regarding the incident. We have now opened direct discussion channels...

Posted to Chris Mosby at myITforum.com (Weblog) by cmosby on 08-31-2007
Filed under: Internet News, Security
Symantec Security Response Weblog: Bioshock rootkit rumor shot down

Bioshock rootkit rumor shot down The recent release of the eagerly anticipated Bioshock game lead to gamers getting another kind of shock. Bioshock is a hybrid first-person shooter/RPG from Irrational Games. A rumor had circulated that the Bioshock game comes loaded with a rootkit. After investigation...

Posted to Chris Mosby at myITforum.com (Weblog) by cmosby on 08-31-2007
Filed under: Internet News, Security
Viagra shop busted in Sweden - F-Secure Weblog : News from the Lab

Viagra shop busted in Sweden Posted by Mikko @ 15:33 GMT | Seven men are prosecuted in Sweden for running an illegal online pharmacy. These men are accused for running several web shops selling prescription drugs without a prescription. They started operations in 2003 and generated several million Euros...

Posted to Chris Mosby at myITforum.com (Weblog) by cmosby on 02-04-2008
Filed under: Internet News, Spam\Phishing, Security
ICANN Web Site Compromise - Date:06.27.2008 - Websense

ICANN Web Site Compromise Date:06.27.2008 Threat Type: Malicious Web Site / Malicious Code Websense® Security Labs™ has received reports that the official website of ICANN and IANA Domains have been hijacked by a Turkish group called “NetDevilz”. ICANN and IANA are responsible for the Internet Protocol...

Posted to Chris Mosby at myITforum.com (Weblog) by cmosby on 07-09-2008
Filed under: Internet News, Internet Hacks, Security, Cybercrime
EA Spore backlash could help end DRM - Zero Day - ZDNet.com

September 25th, 2008 EA Spore backlash could help end DRM Posted by Ryan Naraine @ 5:52 am Guest editorial by Oliver Day The backlash over DRM has finally started to gather serious momentum. Everyday consumers started a campaign to give the highly anticipated game Spore one-star ratings on Amazon . Thousands...

Posted to Chris Mosby at myITforum.com (Weblog) by cmosby on 09-25-2008
Filed under: Internet News, Security, Games

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