March 21, 2010

'hackers' Tag Index

Feds Crack Hackers' Stock Manipulation Cybercrime

The SEC convinced a U.S. federal judge to freeze the assets of a Russian company accused of using investors' stolen passwords and usernames to game equity trades on some 38 stocks.
Tags: SEC, hackers, identity theft, cyber crime, ProCo Investments

UK Casino Hackers Convicted

Two men hacked into casino systems, printed out winning slips, and redeemed them.
Tags: hackers, news, fraud, hacking, theft

Kurdish Hackers Arrested

At least 23 hackers associated with the PKK have been arrested in Turkey.
Tags: government, hackers, terrorism, cybercrime, attack

Evaluating Password Protection Reset Questions

Researchers find that hackers have a one in 80 chance of guessing common security questions within three attempts.
Tags: hackers, hacked, researchers, password, attack

Hackers Got $120 Million in 3Q 09

Online bank fraud involving the transfer of funds rose to more than $120 million.
Tags: malware, hackers, online banking, Web site, transfer

PC Security: Energizer DUO Software Carries Trojan

Government security experts are warning consumers that using Energizer's DUO USB battery charger could leave their Windows PCs open to attack from hackers.
Tags: security, hackers, USB, trojan, Energizer

Westin LA Breached

The hotel's restaurants and valet parking operation may have been hacked in 2009.
Tags: IT, hackers, Web site, hacked, service

FBI to Private Sector: Cybersecurity Joint Effort

Successful busts, such as the Mariposa botnet, require international and private sector cooperation, said FBI director Robert Mueller at RSA.
Tags: hackers, RSA, FBI, cybercrime, Mariposa

The Simplicity of Social Penetration

Social penetration techniques are the easiest way to hack into an organization.
Tags: security, hackers, vulnerability, penetration testing, website

Crackdown on Mariposa: Botnet Infected 13 Million PCs

Internet security experts say massive botnet attack impacted computers in more than 190 countries and more than half of the world's 1,000 largest companies.
Tags: security, hackers, botnet, Panda Security, Mariposa

Comcast Hacker Pleads Guilty

Christopher Allen Lewis was part of a group that took Comcast's Web site offline in May 2008.
Tags: Comcast, hackers, Web, Web page, Web site

Aussie Government Calls Journalists Hackers

The journalists simply accessed a publicly viewed Web site.
Tags: government, hackers, documents, hacking, website

Cynxsure Loses $100,000

The money was stolen through an unauthorized batch of ACH transfers from Swift Financial.
Tags: hackers, bank, banking, hacked, transfer

Data Security Breach at Valdosta State University

The IT department at Valdosta State University discovered that a hacker managed to breach a school server storing the personal information of more than 170,000 students and faculty.
Tags: security, hackers, data breach, identity theft, Valdosta State

Argentina Hacks the Falklands

The Penguin News' site was replaced with a list of claims regarding the Falkland Islands.
Tags: hackers, news, penguin, Web site, hacked

Hacking Your Xbox

Chris Boyd says the threats to Xbox users aren't being taken seriously enough.
Tags: malware, security, hackers, Xbox, phishing

Twitter Phished

Recent messages led users to a fake login page hosted in China.
Tags: hackers, phishing, China, passwords, Twitter

Warrant Issued for Cyclist over Lab Hack

French anti-doping authorities have accused Floyd Landis of hacking into a lab computer in order to discredit test results.
Tags: data, hackers, database, news, hacking

BofA Customer On the Hook for $50,000

The bank refuses to ackowledge any responsibility for the loss.
Tags: hackers, security, bank, banking, hacked

Security Article Used as Bait

An article about a Trojan is being used to trick recipients into downloading the same Trojan.
Tags: hackers, trojan, Zeus, Sophos, blogs

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