Reuters – Symantec Corp said a 2006 breach led to the theft of the source code to its flagship Norton security software, reversing its previous position that it had not been hacked. View full post on Yahoo! News: Security News View full post on National Cyber Security
Symantec says hackers stole source code in 2006 (Reuters)
Reuters – Symantec Corp said a 2006 breach led to the theft of the source code to its flagship Norton security software, reversing its previous position that it had not been hacked. View full post on Yahoo! News: Security News View full post on National Cyber Security
US shoe seller says hacker compromised accounts
US online shoe seller Zappos.com was notifying some 24 million customers Monday that a hacker had gained entry to its computer network, but said credit card data was not affected. “We were recently the victim of a cyber attack by a criminal who gained access to parts of our internal…
Zappos Says Hackers Got Data on 24 Million Customers
Popular online shoe retailer Zappos.com said that hackers had accessed its network, stealing customer account information from as many as 24 million customers. Credit card information was not stolen, company CEO Tony Hsieh said in a statement sent to users, but email addresses, billing and shipping addresses, phone numbers, the…
Hacker says will release Symantec source code
A computer hacker said on Friday it would release the source code for Symantec Corp's Norton antivirus software, citing a lawsuit that had been filed against the company. The message appeared on hacker … View full post on anonymous hacker – Yahoo! News Search Results View full post on National…
Hacker says to release full Norton Antivirus code on Tuesday (Reuters)
Reuters – A hacker who goes by the name of ‘Yama Tough’ threatened Saturday to release next week the full source code for Symantec Corp’s flagship Norton Antivirus software. View full post on Yahoo! News: Security News View full post on National Cyber Security
Hacker says will release Symantec source code (Reuters)
Reuters – A computer hacker said on Friday it would release the source code for Symantec Corp’s Norton antivirus software, citing a lawsuit that had been filed against the company. View full post on Yahoo! News: Security News View full post on National Cyber Security
Ramnit malware data out-of-date, social network says
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…
Federal Judge Says No Warrant Needed for GPS Tracking (January 3, 2012)
A US federal judge in Missouri has ruled that a warrant was not needed for the FBI to surreptitiously affix a GPS device to a suspect’s automobile to track his location for two months……. View full post on SANS NewsBites View full post on National Cyber Security
Stratfor breach shows that passwords are weak, says Utah Valley
At Utah Valley University, 120 computers are now working to decode encrypted passwords revealed by the hack of Stratfor Global Intelligence, one of the most significant data breaches of last year. After the breach occurred over Christmas, the Utah researchers launched a project to study what kind of passwords people…