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Seven arrested in New York for alleged 'criminal flash mob' ATM cybercrime

Seven arrested in New York for alleged
  • Posted May 10, 2013, 5:00 PM by Jesse Schoff | Filed in Industry News
  • Authorities in New York have arrested seven people in connection with a hacking scheme in which perpetrators stole $45 million from ATMs around the world. The attackers hacked into computer systems of banking and financial institutions in two separate but…

Bitcoin-mining trojan spreading through Skype spam, Kaspersky warns

Bitcoin-mining trojan spreading through Skype spam, Kaspersky warns
  • Posted April 8, 2013, 6:30 PM by Matthew DeCarlo | Filed in IT Security, The Web
  • Skype users beware: Kaspersky has discovered a new trojan that's spreading through Microsoft's chat service. Revealed late last week, the malware campaign is believed to have only began on March 1 but has grown rapidly and the infection is essentially…

Major ransomware operation dismantled by authorities

Major ransomware operation dismantled by authorities
  • Posted February 15, 2013, 12:00 PM by Rick Burgess | Filed in IT Security, The Web
  • Authorities have detained 11 individuals thought to be responsible for the proliferation of a nasty "police ransomware" virus which demanded users pay €100 ($135 USD) to re-gain access to their infected PCs. Amongst the 11 caught -- a crew of…

Cybercriminals targeting online gamers, by the thousands

Cybercriminals targeting online gamers, by the thousands
  • Posted February 11, 2013, 10:43 AM by Julio Franco | Filed in IT Security, Gaming
  • Phishing sites and emails designed to look like official bank notifications are nothing new, but perhaps you should look closer next time you get a suspecting email for your favorite online game. Kaspersky Labs is reporting that during 2012 they…

NASA hacker won't be extradited to U.S. due to Asperger's

NASA hacker won
  • Posted October 16, 2012, 5:30 PM by Rick Burgess | Filed in The Web, IT Security
  • U.K. citizen Gary McKinnon will not be extradited to the U.S. for his suspected role in the intrusion of sensitive government computers, namely those of NASA, the U.S. Army and U.S. Navy. British officials have refused to send McKinnon abroad…

Symantec says cybercrime cost consumers $110 billion last year

Symantec says cybercrime cost consumers $110 billion last year
  • Posted September 6, 2012, 6:30 PM by Shawn Knight | Filed in IT Security
  • New research shows more than 71 million Americans became victims of cybercrime over the past 12 months. Symantec’s 2012 Cybercrime Report further highlights the fact that US consumers lost nearly $21 billion as a result of malware, viruses, hacking, scams,…

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