Target stores’ customers hit by major credit card attack
(Reuters) – Payment card data was stolen from an unknown number of Target Corp customers starting on the busy Black Friday weekend in a major...
Tag : Cyber crime
Blackhole malware exploit kit suspect arrested
Russian police have reportedly arrested a man on suspicion of masterminding two infamous hacking tools. He is suspected of being the man behind the alias...
Exclusive: Security firm says iPhone bug can thwart device wiper
(Reuters) – A German security company has uncovered a bug in the new iPhone’s software that it said enables hackers to overcome a safeguard allowing...
Virus targets the social network in new fraud twist
(Reuters) – In the world of cyber fraud, a fake fan on Instagram can be worth five times more than a stolen credit card number....
Hackers switch to new digital currency after Liberty Reserve
(Reuters) – Three months after a team of international law enforcement officials raided the digital currency firm Liberty Reserve, cyber experts say criminals are increasingly...
Global $200 million credit card hacking ring busted
(Reuters) – Eleven people in the United States, the UK and Vietnam have been arrested and accused of running a $200 million worldwide credit card...
Exclusive: Microsoft, FBI take aim at global cyber crime ring
(Reuters) – Microsoft Corp and the FBI, aided by authorities in more than 80 countries, have launched a major assault on one of the world’s...
PayPal acquisition brings ”growth hackers” into the fold
(Reuters) – PayPal said on Thursday it acquired start-up Iron Pearl, bringing noted “growth hackers” Stan Chudnovsky and James Currier on board to help the...
UK hackers admit plotting attacks on CIA, firms
(Reuters) – Two British hackers pleaded guilty in a London court on Monday to plotting attacks against computers of international firms, law enforcement bodies and...