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Friday, September 3rd, 2010A Russian man recently arrested for allegedly spearheading a global online identity theft trafficking operation has now also been charged in the RBS WorldPay ATM case, where cloned cards were used to steal nearly $10 million in less than 12 hours. The suspect who also goes by the name “BadB” — was added to a [...]
HP holds Navy network Hostage for $3.3 billion: Cyber Security Highlights
Thursday, September 2nd, 2010The U.S. Navy would like to run its networks again, but it is stuck in a tangled relationship with Hewlett-Packard. Admirals and the firm recently signed another $3.3 billion no-bid contract that begins October 1. It’s a final, 5-year deal, both sides promise, to let the Navy gently wean itself from reliance on HP. To [...]
Nuclear plants prepare for cyber attacks: Cyber Security Highlights August 31, 2010
Wednesday, September 1st, 2010The threat to digital systems at the country’s nuclear power plants is considerable, but the sector is better prepared to defend against potentially devastating cyber attacks than most other utilities, according to government and industry officials and experts. Cyber attacks have been an increasing source of concern in recent years, but the threat was highlighted [...]
iPad spam: Cyber Security Highlights August 27th
Monday, August 30th, 2010Facebook and Twitter users are complaining about their accounts being compromised and then being used to spam friends with suspicious “free iPad offers.” Twitter warned users of the scam August 25, saying it was resetting passwords of affected users. The scam is also hitting Facebook users too, according to a company spokesman. “It’s affecting an [...]
Defense official discloses cyber attack: Cyber Security Highlights August 26th
Friday, August 27th, 2010The most significant breach of U.S. military computers was caused by a flash drive inserted into a U.S. military laptop on a post in the Middle East in 2008. In an article to published August 25 in Foreign Affairs discussing the Pentagon’s cyber strategy, the Deputy Defense Secretary said malicious code placed on the drive [...]
DEFCON survey reveals vast scale of cloud hacking: Cyber Security Highlights August 25
Thursday, August 26th, 2010A survey carried out among 100 people at the 2010 DEFCON conference in Las Vegas has revealed that an overwhelming 96 percent of respondents said they believed the cloud would open up more hacking opportunities for them. “While ‘only’ 12 percent said they hacked cloud systems for financial gain, that still means a sizeable headache [...]
Who is the typical Russian hacker? Cyber Security Highlights August 24 2010
Wednesday, August 25th, 2010A security analyst and a senior researcher from security firm Coseinc that calls himself “Le Grugq” have spent 6 months on various Russian Web forums in order to discover just what kind of threat Russian hackers present to the world at large. And according to them, businesses have little to worry about, since Russian hackers [...]
40 Windows apps contain critical bug: Cyber Security Highlights August 20, 2010
Monday, August 23rd, 2010Hello Everyone, we appreciate your patience waiting for the DHS updates. We are back on track this week!
Zeus Trojan spreading through zip files
The Zeus Trojan is back again, looking to spread through zip files. Zeus, which is one of the most commonly found pieces of malware, is believed to be one of the most prevalent [...]
‘Unhackable’ Android phone can be hacked: Cyber Security Highlights August 2, 2010
Tuesday, August 3rd, 2010Suspect software cloaked in a wallpaper application has gathered personal information from infected Android phones and sent it to a Web site in China, and researchers from Lookout Mobile Security have found a way to take the Android over completely – including top-of-the-line models hawked by major wireless carriers. In one presentation at Black Hat [...]
G Data releases tool to block Windows shortcut attack: Cyber Highlights July 28, 2010
Thursday, July 29th, 2010The German security company G Data released a tool July 27 that blocks attacks using Microsoft’s shortcut vulnerability but also preserves shortcut icons unlike the hotfix released recently by Microsoft. The tool, called the G Data LNK Checker, is a small piece of software that is independent of other security software. It monitors the creation [...]
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