Max Butler – aka Max Vision and Iceman – has pleaded guilty to two counts of wire fraud in connection with the theft of almost two million credit and debit card details, as well as an astonishing $86 million of allegedly fraudulent purchases.
Java delays approval of Oracle’s Sun takeover
The US Department of Justice (DoJ) wants more time to consider Oracle’s $7.4bn Sun deal before giving its approval.
Pirate Bay web streaming service – could it be legal?
The Pirate Bay – arguably one of the highest profile file-sharing indexing portals in the world – has hit the headlines with plans to launch a video streaming/sharing website ostensibly similar to Russian sites such as Movieberry.com
Sanford’s mistress: my Hotmail account was hacked.
The Argentinian woman at the centre of the Mark Sanford scandal has said that her Hotmail account was hacked.
Interoute offers free desktop internet security barometer
Interoute, the internet backbone carrier, has released a free ‘internet barometer’ desktop application that displays the state of the global internet, as well as potential threats to the net’s IP-based infrastructure.
Turning the spotlight on IT’s dirty little secret: Securing the common point of failure in IT risk controls
Check out BrookCourt’s whitepaper on how the rise of identity and access management has revolutionised how the enterprise defines a key domain of IT risk control.
Spammers use Michael Jackson’s death to harvest email addresses
Spammers are using the death of music legend Michael Jackson to harvest unsuspecting computer users’ email addresses for future spam campaigns.
Google launches Anti-Malvertising.com site
Google have launched Anti-Malvertising.com to assist its advertisers in spotting potential providers of malicious advertisements. Finjan, specialising in secure web gateway products and unified web security for the enterprise market,have welcomed this …
SMEs hit by increasing spear phishing attacks
A European-based gang behind sophisticated and targeted phishing attacks on small and medium enterprises has returned after a five-month break, says security firm iDefense.
ATM malware likely to spread
The malware that has been infecting automated teller machines in eastern Europe could be about to spread to other places in the world, according to the company that uncovered the fraud. Experts at SpiderLab, the research arm of security firm Trustwave,…