The cybercriminals behind the notorious Ramnit malware may have been successful in stealing more than 45,000 Facebook credentials, but a spokesperson with the social network said many of those account credentials were invalid. Thus far, we have not seen the virus propagating on Facebook itself, but have begun working with…
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‘Anonymous’ hacks US, NATO data
The hacker group “Anonymous” exposes thousands of email addresses and passwords belonging to US and NATO officials that it obtained due to a security breach. View full post on anonymous hacker – Yahoo! News Search Results View full post on National Cyber Security
45K Facebook users’ data stolen by ‘Ramnit’ worm
Shortly after it started targeting users of social networking giant Facebook, a computer worm has stolen more than 45,000 Facebook login credentials worldwide. View full post on computer worm – Yahoo! News Search Results View full post on National Cyber Security » Virus/Malware/Worms
Stolen Facebook Names, Passwords Mostly Old Data
The cyber bandits who nicked 45,000 Facebook user names and passwords with a computer worm Thursday got less than they bargained for. A “majority” of the credentials stolen by the thieves were “out of date,” according to a statement Facebook released to the media Friday. When pressed on the point…
Saudi Hacker Breaks Into Israeli Credit Card Data
(RTTNews) – An anti-Israeli activist, believed to be a Saudi, broke into the credit cards data of some 15,000 Israelis, the Bank of Israel confirmed on Tuesday. The hacker broke into the sites of Israeli online companies, took the details of transactions made, and published them in a file on…
2011 security wins and fails: Android app security, data breach management
In part one of this two-part podcast, special guest Andrew Jaquith of Perimeter E-Security joins the SearchSecurity editorial team in exploring the highs and lows of 2011 for the security industry. Mobile device platforms were built with security in mind, but in 2011 cybercriminals have had some success in bypassing…
Anonymous strikes again? Hackers release elite research firm’s subscriber data
Hackers released another batch of data on Thursday pilfered from Stratfor Global Intelligence, a widely used research and analysis company whose website was attacked last weekend. The data purports to be the names and credit-card numbers of people who have purchased research from Stratfor plus hundreds of thousands of user…
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Data leaks at Stratfor and Care2 mark the end of a year riddled with data theft
Was 2011 the year of the data leak? Could be, but it is hard to tell. From my vantage point writing daily about the most important stories in information security, data theft may not have been the most important story of 2011, but it certainly impacted more regular people and…