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Hack Against ISP Hijacks Bank, Google Adsense

Posted on April 24, 2009 by Dissent

Brian Krebs reports that hackers hijacked the domain name system records for NET Virtua, a major Brazilian ISP, on April 11. “Customers who visited any site that ran Google Adsense content were redirected to a site that tried to install and run a Java applet that in turn installed a Trojan horse program.” The attack…

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FL: SunTrust Banks first replacing cards due to Heartland breach

Posted on April 22, 2009 by Dissent

WESH reports that SunTrust Banks sent out letters this week to customers informing them that their cards were being replaced due to the Heartland breach. WESH’s reporter asked what I would have asked: why are notifications first being sent now? The news station reports, “When asked why it took SunTrust so long to find out…

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Bits ‘n Pieces

Posted on April 22, 2009 by Dissent

In the justice system: The teenage hacker known as “Dshocker” was sentenced to 11 months in a juvenile detention center. More. In FL, Patrice Thomas is charged with opening a credit card in someone else’s name to obtain cosmetic surgery. More. In NC, Brenda Denise Small was indicted for filing false tax returns and identity…

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LA: Lawsuit filed over data theft

Posted on April 17, 2009 by Dissent

Joe Gyan Jr. of The Advocate reports: A Baton Rouge seafood restaurant from which more than 1,800 patron credit card numbers were stolen in April 2008 is suing the providers of its computers and software. On the Half Shell, which has one eatery on Bluebonnet Boulevard and another in Prairieville, claims Acadiana-based Computer World Inc….

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(Follow-up) AU: Bottle Domains dumped by auDA over security breach

Posted on April 15, 2009 by Dissent

Card Systems is frequently cited as an example of how costly a breach can be to a business, but in Australia, Bottle Domains may become a similar example. Following a breach that resulted in the theft of personal information on approximately 60,000 people that was put up for sale on the internet, the company has…

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Five Romanians arrested for hacking into U.S. pharmaceutical companies

Posted on April 14, 2009 by Dissent

Dan Kaplan of SC Magazine reports that five people have been arrested for illegally accessing computer systems belonging to unnamed U.S. pharmaceutical companies. The hackers allegedly installed keylogger software to steal card data on point-of-sales systems. Lucian Constantin reports that according to a DIICOT press release (in Romanian), the remote administration system used by the…

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