data theft
Ramnit worm goes social, steals Facebook passwords
Ramnit – the file-infecting, financial-data-stealing worm that has been around since April 2010 – has been modified again and is now bent on stealing Facebook …
100m users exposed in hacks of popular Chinese sites
Chinese Internet users are getting a taste of what users in the Western world have already become accustomed to: changing their online passwords and fearing that their credit …
Israeli credit card hack creates more opportunities
In a recent data breach incident, a Saudi hacker defaced a prominent sports news web site in Israel and linked its front page to a file exposing the details of many credit …
AntiSec hackers hit California State Law Enforcement Association
When Operation AntiSec was started by Anonymous and LulzSec back in June and the two groups called on “any vessel, large or small, to open fire on any government or …
Anonymous targets security think tank, pilfers sensitive data
The hacking collective Anonymous has downed the website and stolen client information belonging to Stratfor (Strategic Forecasting Inc.), a US-based research group that …
Data-stealing malware growth spikes
The propagation of some forms of crimeware surged in the half-year period ending in June, 2011 with data-stealing malware reaching and maintaining a new plateau of contagion, …
Chinese hackers infiltrated US Chamber of Commerce
The computer systems of the US Chamber of Commerce, a lobbying group that represents the interest of US businesses and trade organizations, have been infiltrated by hackers. …
Visa probes into potential card processor security breach
Credit card company Visa has announced that it has been informed of a potential data security breach at a European payment processor and that it has mounted an investigation …
12 hacking groups are behind most Chinese cyber attacks
Eastern European and Russian hackers mostly steal financial information, while Chinese ones are mainly after intellectual propriety or other sensitive data, say security …
Nitro attackers still at it, mock Symantec
Back at the beginning of November, Symantec researchers made public a report they compiled on a spear phishing campaign carrying a backdoor Trojan that was systematically …
Card info of 1m Restaurant Depot customers stolen in breach
Customers of US foodservice wholesaler Restaurant Depot and “cash and carry” chain Jetro have begun receiving letters warning them about the possibility of their …
IT departments have easiest access to sensitive data
CEOs of modern companies often lack access to their own sensitive data, according to Venafi. When asked who had the easiest access to their company’s most sensitive …