Hackers sought US$50,000 (NZ$59,882) from US anti-virus firm Symantec Corp in return for the stolen blueprints to its flagship products under what the company says was a sting operation run by an undisclosed law enforcement agency via emails. The company said the emails were in fact between the hacker and…
Symantec expects Anonymous to publish more stolen source code
Computerworld – Symantec today confirmed that the pcAnywhere source code published on the Web Monday by hackers who tried to extort $50,000 from the company was legitimate. View full post on cyber extortion – Yahoo! News Search Results View full post on National Cyber Security
Israeli hacker posts ‘100,000’ more stolen Facebook logins
Israeli hacker Hannibal claims to have stolen another 100,000 Facebook logins from Arab users of the social network. A quick analysis shows that the number is actually closer to 20,000 accounts. View full post on facebook hacker – Yahoo! News Search Results View full post on National Cyber Security
Stolen gasoline tied to credit card fraud
FORT WORTH – The rising price of gas has some people finding new ways to fill up cheap. Fort Worth police said they're looking into a case that ties in fraud, credit cards and stolen fuel. Surveillance cameras and private detectives were watching pumps in the southwest part of the city…
Symantec admits security source code stolen after network hack
Symantec has admitted its own network was compromised having previously denied the source code of some of its flagship security products was stolen. In a statement provided to Reuters, the security software giant acknowledged that hackers had broken into its network when they stole source code of some of the…
NASA and ISS data stolen from Japanese space agency
Sensitive data on a Japanese-designed space vehicle used to supply the International Space Station (ISS) appears to have been compromised after the country’s space agency admitted it had discovered a Trojan infection on one of its employee’s computers. Japan’s Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) discovered the latest infection on 6 January…
Police arrest ATM skimmer after $1.5 million stolen
US authorities have arrested a man accused of being a lynchpin in a major ATM skimming fraud that stole at least $1.5 million (£970,000) from 40 HSBC cash machines in and around New York. The US Attorney’s Office published charges against Romanian national Laurentiu Bulat who it alleges acted during…
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…
Facebook login details stolen by Ramnit worm
A pervasive worm has expanded its reach to now steal login and password details for Facebook users, warned security vendor Seculert, which found a server holding 45,000 login credentials. View full post on facebook hacker – Yahoo! News Search Results View full post on National Cyber Security