A US hospital had to turn away patients last week after being hit by a “virus” infection that downed the institution’s network and sent staff back to using paper records. The unidentified malware started to cause problems for the Gwinnett Medical Center in Lawrenceville Georgia last Wednesday and got progressively…
Scammers Allegedly Conned This Composer Out Of $20 Million After Telling Him Of A Plot By The Opus Dei
Roger Davidson See Also: WAKE UP: Debt Relief Companies Aren’t Prince Charming Why Enrique Iglesias Is Still Hot Santa Ana Winds Pummel Calif. Homes, Giving Scammers New Hunting Grounds WHITE PLAINS, NY – A wealthy musician lost $20 million over six years to scammers who persuaded him – after finding…
Philly calm but 4 arrested in LA after Occupy deadlines
Author: Lt. Dan Marcou By Andrew Dalton and Geoff Mulvihill Associated Press LOS ANGELES — Deadlines for Wall Street protesters to leave their encampments came and went in two cities with no arrests in Philadelphia but four people taken into custody in Los Angeles several hours after the midnight deadline…
13 million MapleStory players at risk after hack
If you’re about to float your video game company on the stock exchange, probably the last thing you want is for a hacker to break into the personal details of some 13 million of your players. But that’s exactly what has happened to South Korean firm Nexon, which runs the…
American Turned Homeless Ukrainian to Return to US After Alleged Dating Scam
A former write-in candidate for Arizona governor who ended up homeless in Ukraine says he is flying back to Phoenix next week after being entangled in an online dating scam. View full post on online dating scam – Yahoo! News Search Results View full post on National Cyber Security Gregory…
Three accused of credit card fraud after Mount Laurel theft
Two local residents and a Philadelphia man are accused of committing credit card fraud following the theft of a wallet here. View full post on credit card fraud – Yahoo! News Search Results View full post on National Cyber Security
Valve warning after Steam user database hacked
The apparently low-key attack on Valve’s Steam gaming distribution network reported last week has turned out to be much more serious with attackers breaking into its user database, the company has now admitted. First indications were that attackers had simply defaced the forum website on 6 November, causing it to…
Publishing News: The standards of aggregation – Jim Romenesko quits after his attribution standards are questioned, Rakuten buys Kobo, and readers will wait for ebooks.
Jim Romenesko’s departure raises questions about aggregation standards. Also, Japanese e-retailer Rakuten buys Kobo, and a new BISG study shows readers are embracing digital formats. View full post on O’Reilly News and Commentary View full post on National Cyber Security
FBI disrupts search hijack gang after $14 million click fraud
The FBI has closed the net on an Estonian gang accused of being behind an extraordinary four-year multinational malware campaign said to have netted $14 million (£8.8 million) in proceeds after infecting hundreds of thousands of PCs and Macs. That both Macs and PCs users were targeted by the gang…
FBI disrupts search hijack gang after $14 million fraud
The FBI has closed the net on an Estonian gang accused of being behind an extraordinary four-year multinational malware campaign said to have netted $14 million (£8.8 million) in proceeds after infecting hundreds of thousands of PCs and Macs. That both Macs and PCs users were targeted by the gang…