Fraud

Fake Parcel Service notification a spammed malware attack

June 9, 2011

I haven’t received one of these in the mail box myself, not yet anyway. Graham Cluley’s post at his naked security blog. Outbreak: United Parcel Service notification malware attack spammed out Cybercriminals are attempting to infect computers around the world, disguising their attack as an email claiming to come from United Parcel Service about a [...]

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More LUSH websites hacked

February 17, 2011

http://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2011/02/15/lush-customers-check-credit-card-statements-more-websites-hacked/ http://certifiedbug.com/blog/2011/01/21/lush-website-hacked/

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Researchers obtain sample of ZeuS-SpyEye Banking Trojan code

January 25, 2011

Security researchers at Trend Labs have acquired the first sample of code, it includes “Anti-Rapport: A built-in option to evade Rapport Trusteer software” a security application offered to customers of many banks as a defense against banking Trojans. http://blog.trendmicro.com/spyeyezeus-toolkit-v1-3-05-beta/ A Closer Look at Rapport from Trusteer 29 April 2010 http://krebsonsecurity.com/2010/04/a-closer-look-at-rapport-from-trusteer/ Mergers and Acquisitions in the [...]

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Malware aimed at employment opportunities posted on-line

January 21, 2011

Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) Recent FBI analysis reveals that cyber criminals engaging in ACH/wire transfer fraud have targeted businesses by responding via e-mail to employment opportunities posted online. Recently, more than $150,000 was stolen from a US business via unauthorized wire transfer as a result of an e-mail the business received that contained malware. [...]

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Lush website hacked

January 21, 2011

UK specific notice: Happy Monday Dancing Lemmings From: Lushcosmetics | January 20, 2011 | 6,364 views We thought we would try to brighten up your day (even if it isn’t blue monday) with this uplifting video of our lovely lemmings turning frowns upside down at this depressing time of year! Enjoy. http://www.youtube.com/lushcosmetics#p/a/u/0/tmPgKe0E7-k I doubt victims [...]

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Escrow Co. Sues Bank Over Cyber Theft

November 24, 2010

Brian Krebs. An escrow firm in Missouri is suing its bank to recover $440,000 that organized cyber thieves stole in an online robbery earlier this year, claiming the bank’s reliance on passwords to secure high-dollar transactions failed to measure up to federal e-banking security guidelines. http://krebsonsecurity.com/2010/11/escrow-co-sues-bank-over-440k-cyber-theft/

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De-glamorizing Fraud

October 8, 2010

Graham Cluley’s blog Is this the world’s sexiest hacker? Kristina Svechinskaya has been charged with one count of conspiracy to commit bank fraud and one count of false use of passports. That’s not how I would define hacking. Prosecutors claims that Svechinskaya was recruited to join a “mule” organisation that had numbered over two dozen [...]

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UK Police chief warns of rise in Internet crime

October 4, 2010

Sir Paul Stephenson, the Metropolitan Police Commissioner, said organised crime gangs were increasingly turning to the internet in pursuit of illegal profits. Writing in the Sunday Telegraph he said forces faced with a budget squeeze should not cut specialists tacking such complex crimes in order to maintain bobbies on the beat, adding “Uniform officers alone [...]

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Manhattan U.S. Attorney charges 37 in ZeuS Banking Fraud

October 4, 2010

FBI Press Release September 30, 2010 According to Complaints unsealed today in Manhattan federal court, the cyber-attacks began in Eastern Europe, and included the use of a malware known as the “Zeus Trojan,” which was typically sent as an apparently-benign e-mail to computers at small businesses and municipalities in the United States. Once the email [...]

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Nineteen Arrested in £20 million ZeuS Banking Fraud

September 29, 2010

Officers arrested 15 men and four women aged between 23 and 47 on suspicion of the Computer Misuse Act, Proceeds of Crime Act and Fraud Act. Detective Chief Inspector Terry Wilson told the Mail that the Virtual Taskforce worked closely with several UK banks to gather the evidence and information needed to shut down the [...]

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