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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 265 days ago
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http://www.thelocal.se/10170/20080229/The Local29 Feb 08Hackers accessed email accounts of about 40 members Swedens police force who had the accounts hosted by the Swedish Association of Computer Professionals (Datafreningen).Police dont believe the hackers acquired any information that would allow them to access any internal police records.The Association of Computer Professionals had its server hacked and information regarding members and email accounts was spread on an internet forum.The association has read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 231 days ago
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http://www.normantranscript.com/localnews/local_story_093235818.htmlBy Tom BlakeyThe Norman TranscriptApril 02, 2008A University of Oklahoma student has been charged with violation of the Oklahoma Computer Crimes Act for allegedly hacking into and causing havoc with other students. computer accounts.Jose Antonio Roman, 19, was charged Tuesday in Cleveland County District Court.Roman is accused of using his laptop computer to scan the local OU subnet at Walker Tower from his dorm room. Roman allegedly used read more »
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Category: blogs | Posted by Avatar Staff 227 days ago
Via: http://blog.washingtonpost.com | Tags: social networking accounts prized cybercrooks comments Discuss  
Cyber criminals increasingly are moving away from trying to break into computers directly, choosing instead to target Internet users where they spend much of their time online -- at social networking Web sites, new data suggests. In an analysis of cyber crime activity in the 2nd half of 2007, security vendor Symantec Corp. found that two social networking sites together were the target of 91 percent of U.S.-based phishing Web sites. Social networking sites also...Please click on the title to continue readi read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 188 days ago
Via: http://feeds.ziffdavisenterprise.com | Tags: old user accounts pose current security risks enterprises comments Discuss  
A recent study and last month's LendingTree data breach underscore the importance of managing orphaned accounts....Attend WINDOWS EMBEDDED ACCELERATION WORKSHOPS Are you ready to learn how you can bring your next-generation embedded device to market faster? read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 99 days ago
Via: http://go.theregister.com | Tags: security researchers accounts ransacked embarrasing hacklash comments Discuss  
'War' aims to shameOn Sunday morning, security consultant Alan Schimel woke to discover that his personal blog, which is frequented by countless peers and reporters, was pointing to a website featuring explicit gay porn. Equally disturbing, he found someone had cracked open his Yahoo! Mail account and aired sensitive documents he filed with the Internal Revenue Service.… read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 42 days ago
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From: InfoSec News <alerts_at_private>Date: Thu, 9 Oct 2008 03:02:15 -0500 (CDT)http://www.smh.com.au/news/technology/hackers-list-of-online-accounts-spooks-users/2008/10/08/1223145446457.htmlBy Conrad Walterssmh.co.auOctober 9, 2008WHEN Australian web users learned from the Herald that details of their online accounts [1] had been posted on a hacker's website for all to see, they were suspicious, then alarmed, then furious at the hacker who compromised their identities.Email addresses, matched with read more »
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Category: blogs | Posted by Avatar Staff 20 days ago
Via: http://voices.washingtonpost.com | Tags: virtual heist nets bank credit accounts comments Discuss  
A single cyber crime group has stolen more than a half million bank, credit and debit card accounts over the past two-and-a-half years using one of the most advanced strains of computer spyware in existence, according to research to be published today. The discovery is among the largest stolen data caches ever recovered. Researchers at RSA's FraudAction Research Lab unearthed the massive trove of purloined data while tracking the activities of a family of spyware...Please click on the title to continue rea read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 20 days ago
Via: http://go.theregister.com | Tags: undetectable datastealing trojan steals k accounts comments Discuss  
Sinowal's evil geniusA well-organized crime gang has stolen credentials for more than a half-million financial accounts in less than three years using a sophisticated trojan that remains undetectable to the vast majority of its victims, a report published Friday warns.… read more »
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