Reuters – Hackers who infiltrated the Nasdaq’s computer systems last year installed malicious software that allowed them to spy on the directors of publicly held companies, according to two people familiar with an investigation into the matter. View full post on Yahoo! News: Security News View full post on National…
Reporting a security breach can help your company in the long run
Not only might companies have ethical, civic and legal obligations to alert authorities to cyberthreats, businesses may find that the authorities can be helpful, law enforcement agents and prosecutors said on Friday. Aravind Swaminathan, assistant US attorney in the Western District of Washington, took pains to describe the lengths to…
Vt. electric company has bank accounts hacked
The manger of Vermont’s Lyndonville Electric Department says a hacker broke into the utility’s bank account and tried to transfer $180,000 to 11 different locations. View full post on bank security hacker – Yahoo! News Search Results View full post on National Cyber Security
Mulcaire hacker sues Murdoch company
The private investigator at the centre of the phone hacking scandal at the Rupert Murdoch-owned News of the World has launched legal action against the tabloid, its owners said on Thursday. Glenn Mulcaire, who was imprisoned for six months in 2007 for intercepting messages on royal aides’ phones, has lodged…
British phone hacker sues Murdoch company
LONDON – The private investigator at the centre of the phone hacking scandal at the Rupert Murdoch-owned News of the World has launched legal action against the tabloid, its owners said on Thursday. Glenn Mulcaire, who was imprisoned for six months in 2007 for intercepting messages on royal aides’ phones,…
Admin hacks drug company virtual machines from McDonald’s
Logging in from a McDonald’s restaurant, a former employee of a US pharmaceutical company was able to wipe out most of the company’s computer infrastructure earlier this year. Jason Cornish, 37, formerly an IT staffer at a subsidiary of Japanese drug maker Shionogi, pleaded guilty Tuesday to computer intrusion charges…
