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Hackers looking to steal passwords used in popular online games have infected more than 10,000 Web pages in recent days. read more »
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Hundreds of thousands of Web sites - including several at the United Nations and in the U.K. government -- have been hacked recently and seeded with code that tries to exploit security flaws in Microsoft Windows to install malicious software on visitors' machines. The attackers appear to be breaking into the sites with the help of a security vulnerability in Microsoft's Internet Information Services (ISS) Web servers. In an alert issued last week, Microsoft said...Please click on the title to continue read read more »
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From: InfoSec News <alerts_at_private>Date: Tue, 26 Aug 2008 04:31:55 -0500 (CDT)http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/crime/article4592677.eceBy Jonathan Richards The TimesAugust 23, 2008Computer networks controlling electricity supplies, telecommunications and banking are being attacked thousands of times a day in a new cyberwar against Britain waged by criminals and terrorists — some of them backed by foreign states — the Government has said.Lord West of Spithead, the Security Minister, told Th read more »
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Vodafone, rail union and othersDeloitte has admitted losing a laptop containing thousands of people's pension details, but said the data was encrypted and the machine password-protected, and it had no evidence the data had been misused.… read more »
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RSA FraudAction Research Lab reported finding a treasure trove of financial data stolen by the Sinowal Trojan. The Trojan uses rootkit functionality to infect a PC's master boot record, allowing it to slip by malware defenses. The Trojan has stolen roughly 300,000 bank log-ins, as well as a similar number of credit and debit card numbers and related personal information. - Security researchers have uncovered a treasure trove of financial data stolen by a stealthy Trojan since 2006.All totaled, the minds read more »
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Chinese crackers pwn Warcraft gamersMiscreants are exploiting website vulnerabilities to booby-trap thousands of legitimate sites.… read more »
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Hackers have launched a massive Web hacking campaign, putting malicious links on as many as 10,000 servers, security vendor Kaspersky Lab warned Friday. read more »
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