Iran has disconnected its oil ministry and its main crude export terminal from the Internet to avoid being attacked by computer malware, a semiofficial news agency reported on Monday. View full post on Security News Headlines – Yahoo! News View full post on National Cyber Security
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ProtectMyID: Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act gives parents control over what info sites can collect from their kids. http://t.co/TIV8Qeku #COPPA View full post on Twitter / ProtectMyID View full post on National Cyber Security
Specialized Trojan can stealing credit card details from hotel
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New Bill in the UK wants internet to be censored from porn by default
Baroness Howe of Idlicote most definitely seems to be thinking of the children, but is this a sensible approach? At the start of this month, she was granted the first reading of her private member Bill on ‘online safety’ in the House of Lords. The Online Safety Bill states that…
Taxpayers Warned to Beware of E-Mails From I.R.S.
The I.R.S. warns taxpayers to beware of fraudulent e-mails purporting to be from the agency, which doesn't begin communication via e-mail. View full post on social media scam – Yahoo! News Search Results View full post on National Cyber Security
Hotel Poachers: Criminals Branch Out From Online Banking
According to a new report from The Inquirer, criminals are capitalizing on hotel point of sale (PoS) applications to “siphon off travellers’ credit card details.” This form of theft is achieved by “using a remote access Trojan program to infect hotel front desk computers. The malware includes spyware components that…
Ransomware prevents Windows from starting
A new ransomware variant prevents infected computers from loading Windows by replacing their master boot record (MBR) and displays a message asking users for money, according to security researchers from Trend Micro. “Based on our analysis, this malware copies the original MBR and overwrites it with its own malicious code,”…
Millionaire Scam Artist: Con Man On ‘Millionaire Matchmaker’ Pleads Guilty After Swindling Millions From Bank
Michael Anthony Prozer III turned out to be a millionaire scam artist after federal prosecutors charged with mail, wire, and bank fraud. He pleaded guilty to the charges. View full post on online dating scam – Yahoo! News Search Results View full post on National Cyber Security
Google Chrome Browser Tabs Can Travel From Device to Device
Tabs opened in the Google Chrome browser will soon travel with the user to other devices so long as the user is signed in, according to a company blog post. View full post on computer worm – Yahoo! News Search Results View full post on National Cyber Security » Virus/Malware/Worms
Fallout grows from hacking of Utah health database
SALT LAKE CITY (Reuters) – A data security breach of Utah’s state health records was far larger than first reported, with hackers from Eastern Europe now believed to have gained access to private information of some 780,000 patients, state officials said on Monday. The intrusion exposed the Social Security numbers…