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iPad, iPhone “prizes” as lures for Twitter users
from net-security.org | Tuesday, April 6, 2010
Not surprisingly, spam using the Apple iPad as a lure to get users to give up personal or credit card information has began to make rounds of Twitter users.
Sunbelt reveals that Twitter bots have been hard at work spamming users discussing (or just mentioning) the iPad with messages such as these:
Things You Need to Remember About DOWNAD/Conficker
from blog.trendmicro.com | Tuesday, April 6, 2010
A year after the much-hyped April 1st D-day for DOWNAD/Conficker, the world can only hope that it has heard the last of the notorious network worm. As we have seen, DOWNAD variants have effectively infected millions of systems and paralyzed networks in just a matter of months. And while there seems to be very little news on DOWNAD recently, users are still advised to adhere to best computing practices and to implement necessary preventive measures.
Hacks and Website Attacks
Computer Crooks Steal $100,000 from Ill. Town
from krebsonsecurity.com | Tuesday, April 6, 2010
A rash of home foreclosures and abandoned dwellings had already taken its toll on the tax revenue for the Village of Summit, a town of 10,000 just outside Chicago. Then, in March, computer crooks broke into the town’s online bank account, making off with nearly $100,000.
“As little as we are, $100,000 represents a good chunk of money, and it hurts,” said Judy Rivera, the town’s administrator. “We were already on a very lean budget, because the tax money just isn’t coming in.”
Twitter among tools used by hackers; Cda vulnerable with no policy: report
from winnipegfreepress.com | Tuesday, April 6, 2010
Ottawa must take urgent action on cyberspace security, or risk falling victim to targeted attacks by hackers using social media such as Twitter to glean secret government or corporate information, Canadian researchers said Tuesday.
The team of researchers from the University of Toronto and Ottawa-based SecDev Group released a report Tuesday documenting a complex cyber espionage system of Chinese hackers.
Twitter and email were among the tools used to access highly sensitive documents from the Dalai Lama’s offices and national security data from India, they said.
Researchers says China-based hackers stole India security information, Dalai Lama e-mails
from blog.taragana.com | Tuesday, April 6, 2010
China-based hackers stole Indian national security information, 1,500 e-mails from the Dalai Lama’s office and other sensitive documents, a new report said Tuesday.
Researchers at the University of Toronto said they were able to observe the hacking and trace it to core servers located in China and to people based in the southwestern city of Chengdu. The researchers said they monitored the hacking for the past eight months.
The report said it has no evidence of involvement by the Chinese government, but it again put Beijing on the defensive. Separate reports earlier this year said security investigators had traced attacks on Google and other companies to China-based computers.
“We have from time to time heard this kind of news. I don’t know the purpose of stirring up these issues,” Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Jiang Yu told a regular press conference in response to questions about the report.
“We are firmly opposed to various kinds of hacking activities through the Internet,” Jiang said. She said China will fight cybercrime according to law.
She added the researchers have not formally contacted China.
The report describes a hacking operation called the “Shadow network” that researchers were able to observe as it broke into computers and took information, including computers at Indian diplomatic offices in Kabul, Moscow and elsewhere.
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