A new version of the malware is designed to steal smart card credentials from users at the U.S. Department of Defense and other organizations. View full post on eSecurityPlanet RSS Feed View full post on National Cyber Security
Chinese Cybercriminals Said to Attack US DoD Smart Cards With Sykipot Malware
A new strain of the Sykipot malware is being used by Chinese cyber criminals to compromise US Department of Defense (DoD) smart cards, a new report has revealed. The malware has been designed to take advantage of smart card readers running ActivClient — the client application of ActivIdentity — according…
Chinese Cyber Criminals Said to Attack US DoD Smart Cards With Sykipot Malware
A new strain of the Sykipot malware is being used by Chinese cyber criminals to compromise US Department of Defense (DoD) smart cards, a new report has revealed. The malware has been designed to take advantage of smart card readers running ActivClient – the client application of ActivIdentity – according…
Chinese ‘attack US DoD smart cards’ with Sykipot malware
A new strain of the Sykipot malware is being used by Chinese cyber criminals to compromise US Department of Defense (DoD) smart cards, a new report has revealed. The malware has been designed to take advantage of smart card readers running ActivClient – the client application of ActivIdentity – according…
Chinese hackers targeting smart cards to grab U.S. defense data
Hackers in China have found a way to infiltrate supposedly secure smart cards used by U.S. government employees, according to security company AlienVault. The security firm said it has seen dozens of such attacks, which tap into a unique variant of a nasty bit of malware known as Sykipot. The…
Chinese ‘attack US DoD smart cards’ with Sykipot malware
A new strain of the Sykipot malware is being used by Chinese cyber criminals to compromise US Department of Defense (DoD) smart cards, a new report has revealed. The malware has been designed to take advantage of smart card readers running ActivClient – the client application of ActivIdentity – according…
Under malware attack: Smart cards used by U.S. government agencies
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Hacker attacks Israeli credit cards again
2012-01-05 22:38 Jerusalem – A Saudi-based computer hacker published details of thousands of active Israeli credit cards for the second time this week, the chief executive of Israel’s largest card company said on Thursday. Dov Kotler, CEO of Isracard, a unit of Bank Hapoalim , said in a statement that…
Saudi hacker claims info on 1m Israeli credit cards
Thed Saudi Arabian hacker who styles himself OxOmar claims that he has details of some one million credit cards belonging to Israelis, mocking the claims of Israeli credit companies that details of only 14 thousand credit cards were stolen in the break0in to Israeli websites. “We decided to give the…
Hacker mounts second attack on Israeli credit cards (Reuters)
Reuters – A Saudi-based computer hacker published details of thousands of active Israeli credit cards for the second time this week, the chief executive of Israel’s largest card company said Thursday. View full post on Yahoo! News: Security News View full post on National Cyber Security