A variant of Koobface attacks Mac OS X
Discovered in 2008, the worm Koobface was a malware that only affected Windows systems. It said "social" because it was spreading through the community sites like Facebook, MySpace or Twitter.
Recently, a variant of this threat can be achieved with machines running Mac OS X (including his latest release, Snow Leopard) was discovered. This version is more "CrossPlatform" since it could address both Mac OS X, Windows and even Linux.
Arrest of a Russian cyber-criminal cause 20% less spam each day
A very important cybercriminal arrest has just taken place in Russia.
The country's government after a lengthy investigation, was able to locate and put out of harm's Igor A. Gusev.
His name means nothing to you? It is however considered by the Moscow authorities as the "Spam King."
The Google’s passwords management system could be compromised, following the Chinese attacks of 2009
The attacks last December for Google from China, the management system passwords have been compromised the firm (the level of intrusiveness of the system had not known).
At Google, it's a program called Gaia which manages passwords of users for access to all web services of the firm, including those dedicated professionals (Google Apps). This application is highly confidential and rarely mentioned.
Asian Hackers have managed to get into googlienne infrastructure, but they have not managed to steal passwords of Gmail. Good news for the millions of users mail client.
However, vigilance is warranted because cybercriminals may be able, during their private tour of the bowels of the giant benefit to identify vulnerabilities unknown to date.
There is therefore a risk that hackers operate a return to the date of their choice, and despite the security enhancements introduced by Google.
These threats could explain the arrival of a geolocation tool in Gmail (to check if the connection is from a usual place).
For, according to an anonymous source close to the investigation, the intruders have targeted especially the jobs of developers in the Gaia ... And tried to access the source files of the application. How it had it been planned?
Using the information in "moma", an internal file that lists all employees and their activities.
Source:
The New York Times
Developpez.com
Spamssss !!
Argggg. Spam, spam and spams !
Less than one year that I've opened my blog and I already have more than 1000 spams caught !
A hacker sentenced to 20 years in jail for datas stealing
After a long deliberation, it is a heavy verdict was delivered several months late on the date announced in early trials.
Remember in late 2009, we had talked of Albert Gonzalez, the pirate who stole more than 130 million numbers of credit cards.
At his trial, he had finally decided to plead guilty.
The attacker was disturbed 28 years of the sentence awaiting him, but he expected a sentence too heavy?
On Thursday, he was sentenced by a court in Boston (Massachusetts) to twenty years imprisonment.
This is the highest penalty ever imposed for piracy data
The 28 year old man did not stop in so good way, and it will compare this weekend to charges of conspiracy, computer fraud and identity theft for other acts of piracy.
His sentence could thus extend to 5 years.
American justice has wanted to make this case an example, as explained by Judge Patti Saris: "Even if you have any remorse (...), I must send a message, given the enormous cost of your crime" .
Albert Gonzales was most hidden one million dollars in the garden of her parents. Amount he has returned to the authorities to repay some of his victims.
Gonzales wanted to put 15 million dollars later, bought a yacht and retire. It will take, for sure, but in the shade.
Source : developpez.com
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