Dan Goodin reports: Maintainers of the open-source PHP programming language have locked down the php.net website after discovering two of its servers were hacked to host malicious code designed to surreptitiously install malware on visitors’ computers. The compromise was discovered Thursday morning by Google’s safe browsing service, which helps the Chrome, Firefox, and Safari browsers automatically…
Category: Malware
Pittsburgh Couple Sentenced To Probation And Community Service In Computer Hacking Case
A Pittsburgh couple have been sentenced in federal court today on their conviction of recklessly damaging a computer and password trafficking, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced last week. The defendants had pleaded guilty in June. United States District Judge David S. Cercone imposed the sentence on Jonathan Cunningham, 29, and Alyson Cunningham, 26….
Colonial Properties Trust reports malware breach
Sometimes, despite your best efforts to deal with a malware problem, the system can be re-infected, as Birmingham-based Colonial Properties Trust learned back in April and May. CPT reports that they promptly contacted a forensics firm after detecting malware on their system, and within three days of detection, the malware had been eradicated. One week later,…
Mass security breach of fast food payment systems in South Africa via variant of Dexter malware (update 1)
Duncan McLeod reports: South Africa’s banks have suffered tens of millions of rand in losses due to a major breach of customer card data by criminal syndicates that infected electronic point-of-sale (POS) devices using a variant of malicious software called Dexter. It’s not known exactly how many POS devices were infected by the malware, but…
Datapak notifies customers that malware may have been capturing their credit card information since March (Update4)
Datapak Services Corporation, an order fulfillment and payment processor based in Swanee, Georgia, recently learned that malware placed on their system on March 5 may have compromised the credit card information of customers of “several” e-commerce web sites. In a letter dated October 3, they note that customers’ names, addresses, and card numbers with expiration…
Latvia: Deniss Calovskis, Wanted by U.S. for Role in Gozi Virus, Freed After Human Rights Court Blocks U.S. Extradition
Juris Kaza reports: Deniss Calovskis, the alleged Latvian hacker whose extradition to the U.S. was blocked by the European Court of Human Rights earlier this year, has been released from a jail in the Latvian capital of Riga. Mr. Calovskis, 28, was named in a U.S. indictment as an accomplice to a Russian citizen already in custody…