Twitter’s been having a rough couple of weeks. A researcher looking into the attacks that knocked Twitter offline last week discovered another, unrelated security problem. At least one criminal was using a Twitter account to control a network of a couple hundred infected personal computers, mostly in Brazil. Networks of infected PCs are referred to…
Category: Malware
Aussie accused of using malware to steal bank details
An Australian has been charged with infecting 3000 computers worldwide with viruses designed to capture banking details. The 20-year-old from Adelaide is also suspected of having developed software capable of launching virus attacks on 74,000 computers worldwide. […] The man has been charged with offences including unauthorised modification of computer data, supply and possession of…
Eight million gamers suffered from computer virus
A destructive computer virus invented by a group of 11 people stole and sold the personal details of more than eight million gamers, a Xuzhou court was told. The virus called Wenrou had attacked more than 1,200 websites, seriously damaged the operation of more than 40 online games and contributed to half of all thefts…
Clampi Trojan stealing online bank data
Hundreds of thousands of Windows computers are believed to be infected with a Trojan called “Clampi” that has been stealing banking and other login credentials from compromised PCs since 2007, a security researcher said on the eve of the Black Hat security conference. Clampi, also known as Ligats, Ilomo, or Rscan, infects computers in drive-by…
Carrell Clinic guard indicted
A federal grand jury in Dallas has returned an indictment charging an Arlington, Texas, man, who worked as a contract security guard at the Carrell Clinic on North Central Expressway in Dallas, with felony offenses related to his compromising and damaging the hospital’s computer system, announced Acting U.S. Attorney James T. Jacks of the Northern…
First National Bank closes debit accounts
Another delayed effect of the Heartland breach…. More than two thousand debit card customers of First National Bank of Howell have had their accounts closed down after learning of a security breach. Bank officials tell WHMI that after learning of an information breach at Heartland Payment Systems, a national credit and debit card processing company,…