Thousands of Tufts University alumni have received letters over the past few days warning about a computer security breach that may have left their social security numbers and other personal information exposed. According to school officials, several computers were exposed to an unknown virus or malicious software program. The computers contained old student files and…
Category: Malware
Another Small Company Takes a Financial Hit on the Cyber Chin
Matthew Gardiner writes: Similar to the case of Hillary Machinery that I previously blogged about, another small company, DKG Enterprises, has recently taken a nearly $100K hit from cyber thieves. Very simply the thieves stole the corporate controller’s banking credentials, fraudulently transferred money to multiple mules, and voila, goodbye $100K. The headline of the KrebsonSecurity…
Penn State warns of more cyber-breaches
An ongoing cyber-security sweep at Penn State found the Social Security numbers of another 25,000 individuals may have been exposed due to infected computers. The university said there is no evidence the data had been accessed after the computers were hit by malicious software, though individuals affected by the breach have been notified as required…
Privacy Breaches May Expose More Social Security Data At Penn State
Adam Smeltz reports: As many as 25,572 Social Security numbers once stored on Penn State computer systems may have been exposed during security breaches in recent weeks, the university reported Wednesday. But Penn State has no evidence that any unauthorized people have accessed the Social Security numbers, which appear to belong to alumni, spokesman Geoff…
Jp: 2 held over fraud using computer virus
Two men were arrested on suspicion of using a computer virus to steal personal information and leak it onto the Internet and then defrauding people of money by offering to resecure the data. This is the first arrest in the nation in a case of fraud using a computer virus, and it is only the…
Oops! IBM Hands Out Malware On USB Sticks
Stephanie Hoffman reports: BM booth attendees at the AusCERT conference on Australia’s Gold Coast received more than just a complimentary USB stick after it was found Friday that the token gifts were infected malware. IBM broke the news to AusCERT delegates in an e-mail, alerting them that the USB sticks the company handed out at…