A restaurant in Richmond, Indiana seems to have fallen for a ruse that has resulted in fraudulent charges on their customers’ credit and debit cards. Robert Sullivan reports: A local restaurant and several of its customers have been victimized by a credit card fraud scam, Richmond Police Department officials said. Fifteen individuals who ate at…
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IRS Hit With Massive Theft Of Nonprofits’ Identities
William P. Barrett writes: Someone has hijacked the tax identity of more than 2,300 tiny or defunct nonprofits, apparently taking advantage of a hole in a new electronic Internal Revenue Service filing system to list the same person as a charitable official at the same mail box drop in Las Vegas. The charities, most of…
SpamIt, Glavmed Pharmacy Networks Exposed
Brian Krebs writes: An organized crime group thought to include individuals responsible for the notorious Storm and Waledac worms generated more than $150 million promoting rogue online pharmacies via spam and hacking, according to data obtained by KrebsOnSecurity.com. In June 2010, an anonymous source using the assumed name “Despduck” began an e-mail correspondence with a key anti-spam…
(update) Belarus man pleads guilty to running identity theft site
Robert McMillan reports the latest development in a case previously mentioned on this blog: A 26-year-old Belarusian man has admitted to running an identity theft website designed to thwart the antifraud measures used by many banks. Until he was arrested in April 2010, Dmitry Naskovetz had been the mastermind behind CallService.biz, a website that helped…
(update) Ark. man accused of stealing 100,000 iPad e-mail addresses remains jailed after move to NJ
David Porter of the Associated Press reports: One of two men charged with stealing more than 100,000 e-mail addresses of Apple iPad users remained jailed Wednesday after making his first court appearance in New Jersey. Andrew Auernheimer, wearing handcuffs and a prison jumpsuit, chatted and joked with court personnel before the brief hearing in front…
Starbucks’ iPhone barcode app easily scammed by screengrab
Bill Ray reports: Someone has noticed that the Starbucks’ iPhone application can be copied with a screen grab from a neglected handset, enabling the thief to gorge themselves on free coffee. The payment system relies on reading a bar code from the iPhone’s screen, identifying the customer and debiting their account. But the barcode doesn’t…