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New Conviction in TJX Breach Case
13 March 2010, 12:28 pm

A former Barclays network security manager named Humza Zaman was sentenced to 46 months in prison for money-laundering charges in connection with the data breaches at TJX, Heartland Payment Systems and other companies. His role was to receive stolen money on behalf of Albert Gonzales, the notorious hacker who masterminded the hits.

Humza Zaman, 33,... (read more)

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Widespread File Sharing App Integrates Popular Antivirus Engine
12 March 2010, 4:20 pm

The developer of one of the most widespread peer-to-peer file sharing applications, LimeWire, has partnered with AVG Technologies to protect its customers. The software company has licensed the AVG Anti-Virus SDK engine and integrated it into the commercial version of its product.

LimeWire is a Java-based cross-platform ... (read more)

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Zeus-Friendly ISP Booted Off the Internet
11 March 2010, 4:07 pm

An ISP harboring a considerable number of Zeus botnet command and control (C&C) servers was de-peered by its upstream providers yesterday. The unusual action resulted in a significant drop of Zeus-related activity.

TROYAK-AS (AS50215), an ISP registered in Kazakhstan, but using servers in Eastern Europe, was cut off from the Internet by i... (read more)

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Indian Banker Arrested for Stealing Online Funds
11 March 2010, 4:06 pm

Indian police forces in the state of Tamil Nadu have their hands full with a recent online banking fraud cyber-crime they are currently investigating. After previously arresting three hackers for illegally rerouting funds from a local businessman's bank account, police have arrested another person believed to be involved in the same case as the o... (read more)

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Vodafone Distributes Malware-Packed Mobile Phone
9 March 2010, 4:50 pm

Panda Security reports that a brand new HTC Magic phone supplied by Vodafone came infected with malware out-of-the-box. Amongst the malicious applications on the Android-based phone were a Mariposa botnet client and the infamous Conficker worm.

Researchers at the security vendor got their hands on the infected phone after one of their ... (read more)

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Scareware Distributors Go After the Oscars
8 March 2010, 5:33 pm

Security researchers warn that search results for this year's Oscars winners are riddled with malicious links leading to scareware. This comes after search results for the award ceremony's date and time were heavily poisoned yesterday.

An online battle for who gets to profit from Oscars-related news the most by infecting unsuspecting users... (read more)

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Trojan Discovered in Energizer USB Charger Software
8 March 2010, 3:46 pm

U.S. battery manufacturer Energizer has suspended sales of its "Energizer DUO" product after a computer trojan was located in the software accompanying the product. Security experts suspect the malware has been distributed from the company's website since as far back as 2007.

The Energizer DUO is a USB/AC battery charger supporting ... (read more)

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CAPTCHA-Breaking Botnet Used to Snatch Up Premium Tickets
6 March 2010, 11:53 am

The perpetrators of a ticket fraud operation that made use of a botnet to subvert protection mechanisms enforced by ticket vendors were indicted earlier this week. The dedicated network of computers spread across the U.S. ran software that impersonated legit buyers and solved CAPTCHA tests.

It's a well known fact that in order... (read more)

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PayPal the Most Heavily Phished Brand of the Last Three Months
5 March 2010, 5:35 pm

According to German security vendor Avira, PayPal was the target of over 50% of phishing attacks throughout February. Despite a significant decline over January being observed, PayPal remains the most heavily phished brand.

Avira's phishing statistics for February reveal that 52.92% of the total number of unique phishin... (read more)

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Large UK Retailer Leaks Payment Information via Email
5 March 2010, 3:46 pm

Argos, one of the leading general-goods retailers in the UK, has been sending out order confirmation emails with sensitive credit card data in the source code for months. Sensitive details were also included in a URL sent to costumers.

The security breach was reported to PC Pro earlier this month by a former Argos customer from Wi... (read more)

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ClamAV Brought into Immunet's Cloud
4 March 2010, 4:29 pm

Security vendors Sourcefire and Immunet have partnered up to swap technologies behind their antivirus products. The new Windows version of ClamAV, the well-known open source antivirus solution from Sourcefire, integrates with Immunet's cloud for better malware intelligence.

Cloud-based malware detection is seen by many as the natural next step in t... (read more)

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One of the Largest Botnets in History Dismantled
3 March 2010, 5:10 pm

International cooperation between law enforcement agencies in Spain and the U.S., as well as several security companies, led to the arrest of three Spanish citizens who controlled one of the largest botnets in history. Dubbed Mariposa, the army of zombie computers connected from more than 12 million unique IP addresses.

The Mariposa ... (read more)

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Man-in-the-Middle Attacks Hit WoW Gamers
3 March 2010, 4:05 pm

World of Warcraft users won't be happy to hear that hackers have managed to pull a man-in-the-middle attack on several servers hosted in Europe. This happened even with the extra security barriers added by the use of an external authenticator. The attack is suspected to have came from China or/and Malaysia.

The attack basically happened like t... (read more)

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Secunia Readies Free Automatic Patching Solution
3 March 2010, 3:34 pm

World-renowned vulnerability intelligence company Secunia announced that version 2.0 of its Personal Software Inspector (PSI) product would provide a unified patching solution. The new technology will allow home users to automatically install security updates for a broad array of applications.

The Secunia Personal Software Inspector (P... (read more)

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Qualys Launches Free Website Scanning Service
2 March 2010, 4:22 pm

Qualys, a global provider of on-demand vulnerability scanning and standards compliance certification, has launched a new malware detection service aimed at webmasters. Named QualysGuard Malware Detection, the free service can identify infections in Web pages and alert website owners.

Web infections have risen up to become one of the major... (read more)

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