Chris McMahon reports: Queensland’s oldest sex shop has been held to ransom by hackers who infected the store’s computers, locking down all its files with a highly sophisticated malware. Hackers hit Charters Towers Rd adult shop Sweethearts early on Friday morning through an email that infected the store’s servers, holding their data to ransom until…
Category: Malware
Apple cleaning up iOS App Store after first major attack
Jim Finkle reports: Apple Inc APPL.O said on Sunday it is cleaning up its iOS App Store to remove malicious iPhone and iPad programs identified in the first large-scale attack on the popular mobile software outlet. The company disclosed the effort after several cyber security firms reported finding a malicious program dubbed XcodeGhost that was…
CVS confirms customer data stolen in PNI Digital Media attack (updated)
There’s an update to the PNI Digital Media breach that affected the online photo centers for major retailers such as CVS, Costco, Walmart, RiteAid, Sam’s Club. The breach was first disclosed over the summer, but now AP reports that investigators for CVS have not only confirmed the hack, but some customers’ information may have been…
Hacker Who Helped Infect Million Computers Pleads Guilty
Erik Larson reports: A Latvian hacker pleaded guilty in New York to helping develop a virus that infected more than a million computers worldwide, tricking online banking customers into revealing passwords and other security information. Deniss Calovskis, 30, faces as long as two years in prison under a plea deal reached with U.S. prosecutors after being extradited…
Hacker Allegedly Behind One of Most Destructive Viruses in History Due in Court
Aaron Katersky and Alyssa Newcomb report: One of the alleged masterminds behind what has been called “one of the most financially destructive computer viruses in history” is expected to appear this afternoon in a New York federal courtroom. Deniss Calovskis, a Latvian national, was arrested in November 2012 for his alleged role in writing some of…
ME: Data breach at Brunswick hotel possibly exposes cards of 2,600
Darren Fishell reports: Malware on a computer at the Brunswick Hotel and Tavern exposed names and credit card information for as many as 2,600 guests who stayed at the hotel between November 2014 and July 2015. The company managing the hotel notified customers of the breach in a letter dated Aug. 21 and posted to…