Joseph Menn reports: A previously unknown flaw in a recent version of Microsoft Corp’s Internet Explorer web browser is being used to attack Internet users, including some visitors to a major site for U.S. military veterans, researchers said Thursday. Security firm FireEye Inc discovered the attacks against IE 10 this week, saying that hundreds or…
NY: Another arrest in Golden Town Buffet skimming case
Albany Times Union reports the latest development in a card skimming case that affected customers at the Golden Town Buffet last summer; A Manhattan man was arrested in an investigation into credit-card skimming at a Glenmont restaurant, town police said Thursday. In August, authorities used a search warrant at Golden Town Buffet on Route 9W as…
Ex-Miami cop gets 12 years for ID theft, tax fraud
There’s another update to a case involving corrupt Miami law enforcement officers previously covered on this blog. Jay Weaver of the Miami Herald recently reported that Malinsky Bazile was sentenced to 12 years in prison for stealing hundreds of people’s names from a Florida driver’s license database to score $140,000 in fraudulent income-tax refunds (h/t, eSecurityPlanet).
LA: Former Covington chiropractor charged with health care fraud and identity theft by federal grand jury
Heather Nolan reports: A former Covington chiropractor has been indicted by a federal grand jury on 30 counts of health care fraud and four counts of aggravated identity theft, according to U.S. Attorney Kenneth Polite Jr. David Lee Killen, 42, is accused of submitting fraudulent claims to Medicare, Medicaid and private insurers, Polite’s office said in a news release…
#OpIndependence. Confidential e-mails of Klitschko leaked
Hello We are Anonymous Ukraine We’ve hacked e-mail account of Laurynas Jonavicius – the adviser to the President of Lithuania. We’ve downloaded all the e-mails that were sent to him and discovered letters from Vitali Klitschko. The content of these letters shows how Western countries finance and control Vitali Klitschko through intermediary of Lithuanian government….
Hackers circulate thousands of FTP credentials, New York Times among those hit
Jeremy Kirk reports: Hackers are circulating credentials for thousands of FTP sites and appear to have compromised file transfer servers at The New York Times and other organizations, according to a security expert. The hackers obtained credentials for more than 7000 FTP sites and have been circulating the list in underground forums, said Alex Holden,…