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Bot master owns up to 250,000 zombie PCs
A computer security consultant pleads guilt to using massive botnets to illegally install software on at least 250,000 machines and to steal online banking identities. 2007-11-11 http://www.securityfocus.com/news/11495 Task force aims to improve U.S. cybersecurity A blue-ribbon panel of three dozen security experts hopes to craft a strategy to improve cybersecurity by the time the next president takes office. 2007-11-01 http://www.securityfocus.com/news/11494 Court filings double estimate of TJX breach Online attackers stole information on more than 94 million credit- and debit-card accounts, more than double the original estimates, according to court documents. 2007-10-26 http://www.securityfocus.com/news/11493 Identity thieves likely to be first-timers, strangers Six years of U.S. Secret Service cases reveal that the majority of identity thieves do not know their victims and do not have a prior criminal record. 2007-10-22 http://www.securityfocus.com/news/11492 Retailers look to exorcise credit-card data The National Retail Federation sends a letter asking that its members be allowed to decide what credit-card data to keep. 2007-10-09 http://www.securityfocus.com/news/11491 eBay users' details posted to anti-fraud forum An apparent data thief posted the personal and financial details of some 1,200 users of the online auction site to an eBay forum dedicated to fighting fraud. 2007-09-26 http://www.securityfocus.com/news/11490 DHS, Unisys scrutinized after data breach A Congressional committee claims that Unisys allowed malicious code to infect federal systems. 2007-09-25 http://www.securityfocus.com/news/11489 Customers: TD Ameritrade failed to warn of breach Numerous account holders complained over the past year that the consumer brokerage had sold or leaked e-mail addresses to pump-and-dump spammers. 2007-09-18 http://www.securityfocus.com/news/11488 Max Vision charged with hacking -- again Federal prosecutors charge former security consultant Max Butler, better known amongst security researchers as "Max Vision," alleging that he supplied and managed a ring of identity thieves. 2007-09-12 http://www.securityfocus.com/news/11487 Embassy leaks highlight pitfalls of Tor The security researcher that posted the e-mail addresses and passwords for 100 accounts at embassies and political groups reveals that he exploited the victims' incorrect usage of the Tor Project's anonymous Web surfing software. 2007-09-10 http://www.securityfocus.com/news/11486 |
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