Posts Tagged: malware

How Target detected hack but failed to act — Bloomberg

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Description:  Despite alerts received through a $1.6 million malware detection system, Target failed to stop hackers from stealing credit card numbers and personal information of millions of customers. Source: CNET  Date: March 13, 2014 Speaking with more than ten former Target employees and eight people with knowledge of the hack, Bloomberg said that Target already had in place… Read more »

Did The iPhone’s ‘Find My Friends’ Already Out A Cheating Wife?

Posted by & filed under Apple, Cyberforensics, EXAM ARTICLE, FaceBook, IS ethics, Privacy, Security.

Description: Welcome to iCheers, where everybody knows your whereabouts. Both Apple and Foursquare are offering new tools for iOS5 that will let us know where our friends are at all times. Source: Forbes.com Date: Oct 17, 2011 Late Saturday night, “ThomasMetz” posted to MacRumors (via 9to5Mac) about how he turned his wife’s iPhone into a… Read more »

The Internet needs peacekeepers. Is Canada ready?

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Description: It is a crime in progress, a cyber-fraud network that moves with blistering efficiency between servers in England, criminals in Russia and victims around the globe. It is borderless, profitable and almost impossible to stop. It is the digital future of criminality. Source: Globe and Mail Date: Nov 24, 2010 But perhaps the scariest… Read more »

Worm Was Perfect for Sabotaging Centrifuges

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Description: Experts dissecting the computer worm suspected of being aimed at Iran’s nuclear program have determined that it was precisely calibrated in a way that could send nuclear centrifuges wildly out of control. Source: The New York Times Date: Nov 18, 2010 Their conclusion, while not definitive, begins to clear some of the fog around the Stuxnet… Read more »

Smartphone Apps Go (Truly) Viral

Posted by & filed under Ecommerce, M-commerce, Security, Software.

Description:  Mobile devices are becoming bigger targets for malware creator Source: Businessweek.com Date: Oct 14, 2010 In early 2009, Citigroup (C) launched a new mobile banking application for the iPhone. It let customers check their account balances and pay bills while on the go. Thanks to a bit of sloppy code, it also could have… Read more »