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Security Archive
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Spanish police arrests for one of world’s biggest botnets
Posted on April 19, 2010 | No CommentsSpanish police have arrested three men responsible for one of the world's biggest networks of virus-infected computers. All three men are Spanish citizens with no criminal records and limited hacking skills. The 'Mariposa' botnet was made up of nearly 13 million computers in 190 countries, including PCs inside more than half of Fortune 1000 companies and more than 40 major banks. -
Barclays Bank programmer jailed over TJX hack
Posted on April 18, 2010 | 1 CommentHumza Zaman, a former Barclays Bank programmer was sentenced to four years in jail for helping the ‘TJX’ hacker Albert Gonzalez launder funds he gained through cyber crimes. -
Criminals install fraudulent terminals at retailer
Posted on April 18, 2010 | No CommentsThe USA retailer Hancock Fabrics warned customers that PIN pad units at several of its stores were stolen and replaced with "visually identical, but fraudulent" units during 2009, which puts card data at risk. -
32 Million passwords published
Posted on April 18, 2010 | No CommentsThe social site ‘RockYou’ suffered a data breached that resulted in the exposure of more than 32 Million user accounts. To further compound the security breach severity, it was found that RockYou were storing all the user account data in their database in plain text. This made it easier for hackers to obtain and expose the information.
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