Hackers rob thousands of bank accounts using malware in UK – Deccan Herald
In one of the most sophisticated cyber attacks, hackers have robbed nearly 675,000 pounds from about 3,000 online bank accounts in Britain. The scam was carried out by using a computer virus — described by experts as the most dangerous malware programme …
Information is valuable loot in digital age – Calgary Herald
A variant of the “qakbot” virus infected the city’s computer network on Wednesday … To think that staff in Nanaimo have the expertise to rebuff hacker attacks on the city’s computer network is unreasonable. What they have proved capable of doing is …
SecurID Company Suffers a Breach of Data Security – Herald Tribune
SAN FRANCISCO — The RSA Security division of the EMC Corporation said Thursday that it had suffered a sophisticated data breach, potentially compromising computer security products widely used by corporations and governments. The company, which pioneered …
EMC division RSA warns of security breach – Boston Herald
R SA, the security division of Hopkinton-based EMC Corp … which businesses and governments use to protect sensitive data on their computer networks. “While at this time we are confident that the information extracted does not enable a successful …
WikiLeaks defenders hack computer security firm trying to track them down – Sydney Morning Herald
A hacker group behind online attacks on companies that withdrew services to WikiLeaks busted through the defences of a computer security firm working with federal agents to expose their identities. Hackers operating under the banner “Anonymous” took credit …
Security firm says that business is booming for cyber criminals – Calgary Herald
WASHINGTON (AFP) – Cyber criminals are selling stolen credit card details for as little as two dollars each and renting computer networks for spam for 15 dollars as part of a vast online black market, according to a report released Thursday. PandaLabs, the …
Trusteer: Blocking Phishing sites older than an hour is almost irrelevant – Thetech Herald
Trusteer’s CTO, Amit Klein, recently published some data based on research into the potency and time-to-infection of email-based Phishing attacks. The data is an interesting look into the lifecycle of a typical attack. Golden Hour only pays the criminals …
Free basic computer skills classes offered – Northwest Herald
This class will include topics such as how to save files to a flash drive, how to avoid computer virus and worm attacks, how to create strong passwords, shutting down the computer properly, and understanding the difference between using http and https.
BBB reports several automated phishing attempts – Killeen Daily Herald
We normally think of phishing attempts as those that come through our e-mail or from malicious websites , but they can also come from phone solicitations. Case in point, your BBB has recently received alerts from several area consumers who report having …
Computer-virus mastermind held in Armenia, Dutch police say – Calgary Herald
Dutch authorities announced Tuesday the arrest in Armenia of the alleged mastermind behind a computer-virus crime group whose server network was dismantled in the Netherlands a day earlier. “At the request of the national [Dutch] prosecution service, a 27 …
