Three UK government websites, including one for the country’s Prime Minister, were attacked by the hacker collective Anonymous late Saturday night in protest of extradition of British citizens to the United States and of a proposed law to broaden the snooping powers of the government there. The hacktivists disrupted traffic…
Microsoft disrupts massive Zeus malware ring
Working with partners in the financial services industry, Microsoft has spearheaded the seizure of several servers used to spread the infamous Zeus banking malware. The coordinated action is part of the software giant’s push to disrupt the cybercrime infrastructure supporting worldwide fraud and identity theft. In a press release issued…
Microsoft disrupts servers used by feared Zeus bank Trojan
In the most significant cybercrime bust of the year so far, Microsoft and US banking organisations say they have disrupted a number of the most active botnets that have been attacking online banking customers across the world with impunity using the Zeus crimeware. On 19 March, the company filed a…
Hospital turns away patients after “virus” disrupts network
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…
Mystery ‘virus’ disrupts New Zealand ambulance service
Staff at New Zealand’s St John’s Ambulance service were forced to coordinate emergency call-outs using manual radio systems last week after computers systems were hit by a mystery ‘virus’. The disruption reportedly began on Wednesday when an unidentified piece of malware started affecting the systems used across the country for…
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…
Video: Bathroom break disrupts DWI pursuit in NM
By PoliceOne Staff ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — A man suspected of driving under the influence stopped, unzipped his pants, and relieved himself in the middle of the police pursuit. Dash cam shows Estevan Tapia, 26, stop twice as New Mexico State Police and Santa Fe County sheriff’s deputies chased his white…
