Symantec confirmed late Thursday that hackers did in fact compromise a portion of its source code, but the stolen code is related to two enterprise security products that have been discontinued. The code belonged to Endpoint Protection 11.0 and Antivirus 10.2, which are four and five years old, respectively. Symantec’s consumer…
Hackers Steal 45,000 Facebook Passwords & Logins
A rampant worm by the name of Ramnit has stolen login and password information for 45,000 Facebook users, mostly in the UK and France. Prowling the 800-million-strong social network, the worm eats user names, passwords and browser cookies. It also acts as a backdoor, meaning a hacker can attack any…
Hackers steal Israeli credit card numbers (Reuters)
Reuters – Computer hackers published details of thousands of active Israeli credit cards after breaking into Israeli websites, the chief executive of Israel’s largest card company said Tuesday. View full post on Yahoo! News: Security News View full post on National Cyber Security
‘Robocall’ scam aims to steal bank information of L.A. County residents
An elaborate phone scam aimed at stealing credit card and ATM information is targeting Los Angeles County residents, District Attorney Steve Cooley warned Tuesday. View full post on credit card scam – Yahoo! News Search Results View full post on National Cyber Security
‘Robocall’ scam aims to steal bank information of L.A. County residents
An elaborate phone scam aimed at stealing credit card and ATM information is targeting Los Angeles County residents, District Attorney Steve Cooley warned Tuesday. View full post on credit card scam – Yahoo! News Search Results View full post on National Cyber Security
Hackers ‘steal US data in Christmas-inspired assault’
Hackers with the loose-knit movement “Anonymous” have claimed to have stolen a raft of emails and credit card data from US-based security think tank Stratfor, promising it was just the start of a weeklong, Christmas-inspired assault on a long list of targets. View full post on lulzsec hacker – Yahoo!…
Don’t plug in USB drives that you find lying around. Criminals can use them to steal your data
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ProtectMyID: If you shop online often, use a different password for each retailer to defend against hackers trying to steal your credit card numbers.
ProtectMyID: If you shop online often, use a different password for each retailer to defend against hackers trying to steal your credit card numbers. View full post on Twitter / ProtectMyID View full post on National Cyber Security
Hackers used “Poison Ivy” malware to steal chemical, defense secrets
Attackers used an off-the-shelf Trojan horse to sniff out secrets from nearly 50 companies, many of them in the chemical and defense industries, Symantec researchers said today. The attack campaign – which Symantec tagged as “Nitro” – started no later than last July and continued until mid-September, targeting an unknown…
ProtectMyID: True. Criminals target outgoing mail in order to steal personal checks.
ProtectMyID: True. Criminals target outgoing mail in order to steal personal checks. View full post on Twitter / ProtectMyID View full post on National Cyber Security