http://news.softpedia.com Softpedia News - Incidents Softpedia News en-us 2001 - 2012 Softpedia. All rights reserved. Tue, 29 May 2012 01:00:00 GMT Tue, 29 May 2012 01:00:00 GMT News http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 10 http://news.softpedia.com/base_img/softpedia_logo.gif http://news.softpedia.com http://news.softpedia.com/news/Pile-of-Cash-Photo-Posted-on-Facebook-Leads-to-Robbery-272125.shtml You'd think people would be more respectful of people's hard-earned money, especially when it belongs to the elderly, but that does not seem to be the case.

An Australian teenager learned this lesson the hard way, in addition to the one where you probably should use Facebook's privacy features.

The story goes like... (read more)]]> Mon, 28 May 2012 12:49:00 GMT Softpedia News - Incidents http://news.softpedia.com/news/Pile-of-Cash-Photo-Posted-on-Facebook-Leads-to-Robbery-272125.shtml Incidents http://news.softpedia.com/news/Pile-of-Cash-Photo-Posted-on-Facebook-Leads-to-Robbery-272125.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Sebastian Pop) http://news.softpedia.com/news/th3j35t3r-Is-Back-Claims-Smedley-Manning-Is-Bluffing-270400.shtml After many people suspected that he was setting up his own downfall in order to raise money for himself, The Jester (th3j35t3r) came forward to prove them wrong.

It all started when a Twitter user named Smedley Manning (@cubespherical) published a number of screenshots that allegedly proved that he knew the hacker’s true id... (read more)]]> Fri, 18 May 2012 11:28:00 GMT Softpedia News - Incidents http://news.softpedia.com/news/th3j35t3r-Is-Back-Claims-Smedley-Manning-Is-Bluffing-270400.shtml Incidents http://news.softpedia.com/news/th3j35t3r-Is-Back-Claims-Smedley-Manning-Is-Bluffing-270400.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Eduard Kovacs) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Hacker-Behind-Call-of-Duty-Trojan-Sent-to-Prison-for-1-5-Years-270308.shtml Many gamers may have noticed the Trojan-infected file that’s being advertised as a patch for the popular Call of Duty game. As it turns out, the mastermind behind this scheme is a 20-year-old student from the UK who has used the malware to collect credit card details from the affected computers.

Kent Online report... (read more)]]> Fri, 18 May 2012 07:09:00 GMT Softpedia News - Incidents http://news.softpedia.com/news/Hacker-Behind-Call-of-Duty-Trojan-Sent-to-Prison-for-1-5-Years-270308.shtml Incidents http://news.softpedia.com/news/Hacker-Behind-Call-of-Duty-Trojan-Sent-to-Prison-for-1-5-Years-270308.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Eduard Kovacs) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Buggy-Avira-Update-Blocks-Applications-Individuals-and-Firms-Affected-269785.shtml The update Avira sent out on May 14 turned out to be problematic for many users and even companies because the antivirus kept detecting critical system processes as being malicious. The incident occurred due to the ProActiv module present in Antivirus Premium, Professional Security and Internet Security, customers of the free... (read more)]]> Wed, 16 May 2012 07:34:00 GMT Softpedia News - Incidents http://news.softpedia.com/news/Buggy-Avira-Update-Blocks-Applications-Individuals-and-Firms-Affected-269785.shtml Incidents http://news.softpedia.com/news/Buggy-Avira-Update-Blocks-Applications-Individuals-and-Firms-Affected-269785.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Eduard Kovacs) http://news.softpedia.com/news/The-Jester-Unmasking-or-Clever-Plot-to-Raise-Money-269511.shtml A Twitter user called Smedley Manning (@cubespherical) has claimed that he is in the possession of the real identity of the controversial hacker known as “The Jester” (@th3j35t3r). While the mysterious Manning brings proof that Jester admits to be unmasked, some believe that this may actually be a clever plot to raise money.
<... (read more)]]> Tue, 15 May 2012 07:17:00 GMT Softpedia News - Incidents http://news.softpedia.com/news/The-Jester-Unmasking-or-Clever-Plot-to-Raise-Money-269511.shtml Incidents http://news.softpedia.com/news/The-Jester-Unmasking-or-Clever-Plot-to-Raise-Money-269511.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Eduard Kovacs) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Card-Information-Stolen-in-Global-Payments-Incident-Used-for-Fraud-269294.shtml Union Savings Bank (USB) representatives noticed that some of the debit cards issued by the financial institution were used to commit fraud that leveraged prepaid cards. They determined that the account information utilized by the fraudsters was stolen as a result of the Global Payments incident.

According to securi... (read more)]]> Mon, 14 May 2012 08:51:00 GMT Softpedia News - Incidents http://news.softpedia.com/news/Card-Information-Stolen-in-Global-Payments-Incident-Used-for-Fraud-269294.shtml Incidents http://news.softpedia.com/news/Card-Information-Stolen-in-Global-Payments-Incident-Used-for-Fraud-269294.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Eduard Kovacs) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Fraudsters-Scam-71-Year-Old-Woman-Twice-267983.shtml A 71-year-old woman from East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana, fell victim to a fraudster group that managed to convince her to voluntarily hand them over $34,500 (26,000 EUR).

According to The Advocate, the scheme began when the victim was approached at Home Depot by a man wearing a suit and a tie who claimed that he couldn’t read or wri... (read more)]]> Mon, 7 May 2012 08:25:00 GMT Softpedia News - Incidents http://news.softpedia.com/news/Fraudsters-Scam-71-Year-Old-Woman-Twice-267983.shtml Incidents http://news.softpedia.com/news/Fraudsters-Scam-71-Year-Old-Woman-Twice-267983.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Eduard Kovacs) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Google-Notifies-ZeuS-Botmasters-that-Microsoft-is-Coming-for-Them-267898.shtml Google has started sending notifications to the individuals that Microsoft appointed as being behind the ZeuS botnet they've disrupted. Some applaud this decision, while others say that the company’s “one-size-fits-all” privacy policy isn’t the best way to handle things.

Microsoft’s rece... (read more)]]> Sat, 5 May 2012 10:42:00 GMT Softpedia News - Incidents http://news.softpedia.com/news/Google-Notifies-ZeuS-Botmasters-that-Microsoft-is-Coming-for-Them-267898.shtml Incidents http://news.softpedia.com/news/Google-Notifies-ZeuS-Botmasters-that-Microsoft-is-Coming-for-Them-267898.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Eduard Kovacs) http://news.softpedia.com/news/John-McAfee-Arrested-on-Weapons-Charge-by-GSU-in-Belize-267694.shtml John McAfee, the founder of the world renowned antivirus company, has been arrested by the Gang Suppression Unit (GSU) in Belize, being accused of illegal possession of a firearm.

According to Channel 5 Belize, McAfee believes that the incident had something to do with the fact that he refused to donate money to a politician.... (read more)]]> Fri, 4 May 2012 08:28:00 GMT Softpedia News - Incidents http://news.softpedia.com/news/John-McAfee-Arrested-on-Weapons-Charge-by-GSU-in-Belize-267694.shtml Incidents http://news.softpedia.com/news/John-McAfee-Arrested-on-Weapons-Charge-by-GSU-in-Belize-267694.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Eduard Kovacs) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Mythic-The-Story-of-Gods-and-Men-Game-Is-a-Scam-Project-Terminated-267340.shtml A number of individuals calling themselves Little Monster Productions tried to dupe KickStarter users into believing that they were looking for funding to develop an RPG game called “Mythic: The Story of Gods and Men.” A few days ago, some users noticed that in reality, all the preview elements were copied and pasted... (read more)]]> Wed, 2 May 2012 09:09:00 GMT Softpedia News - Incidents http://news.softpedia.com/news/Mythic-The-Story-of-Gods-and-Men-Game-Is-a-Scam-Project-Terminated-267340.shtml Incidents http://news.softpedia.com/news/Mythic-The-Story-of-Gods-and-Men-Game-Is-a-Scam-Project-Terminated-267340.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Eduard Kovacs) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Expert-Accidentally-Finds-How-DOS-Attacks-Can-Be-Launched-Via-Google-266613.shtml Panos Ipeirotis, a computer scientists working at New York University, learned the hard way that Google can be used to launch successful denial-of-service (DOS) attacks against sites with minimal effort.

On his personal blog Ipeirotis explained that it all started when he saw that Amazon Web Services was charging ... (read more)]]> Thu, 26 Apr 2012 13:19:00 GMT Softpedia News - Incidents http://news.softpedia.com/news/Expert-Accidentally-Finds-How-DOS-Attacks-Can-Be-Launched-Via-Google-266613.shtml Incidents http://news.softpedia.com/news/Expert-Accidentally-Finds-How-DOS-Attacks-Can-Be-Launched-Via-Google-266613.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Eduard Kovacs) http://news.softpedia.com/news/FBI-Pays-Visit-to-Austrian-Remailer-in-Connection-to-Bomb-Threats-266582.shtml On April 24, FBI representatives in charge of investigating the bomb threats made against the University of Pittsburgh paid a visit to an Austrian anonymous remailer provider whose services may have been utilized by the criminal.

This comes after last week US authorities seized Riseup Networks’ server that host... (read more)]]> Thu, 26 Apr 2012 12:07:00 GMT Softpedia News - Incidents http://news.softpedia.com/news/FBI-Pays-Visit-to-Austrian-Remailer-in-Connection-to-Bomb-Threats-266582.shtml Incidents http://news.softpedia.com/news/FBI-Pays-Visit-to-Austrian-Remailer-in-Connection-to-Bomb-Threats-266582.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Eduard Kovacs) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Woman-Loses-4-000-3-000-to-Butterfield-Themed-Email-Scam-262477.shtml A woman from Hamilton, UK, received an email, allegedly from Butterfield Bank, asking her to update her online banking information. After she completed the process, she found that $4,000 (€3,000) were transferred from her account to one from a bank in South Africa.

Oddly, the wire transfer report revealed that her home a... (read more)]]> Tue, 3 Apr 2012 08:57:00 GMT Softpedia News - Incidents http://news.softpedia.com/news/Woman-Loses-4-000-3-000-to-Butterfield-Themed-Email-Scam-262477.shtml Incidents http://news.softpedia.com/news/Woman-Loses-4-000-3-000-to-Butterfield-Themed-Email-Scam-262477.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Eduard Kovacs) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Human-Error-Exposes-Groupon-Customer-s-Credit-Card-Details-261369.shtml After logging in to his account, a Groupon customer noticed that the information he was presented with actually belonged to someone else with the same name. He was able to access the other accountholder’s address information, the last four digits of his credit card, expiration date and the name of the bank that issued the card.read more)]]> Wed, 28 Mar 2012 09:42:00 GMT Softpedia News - Incidents http://news.softpedia.com/news/Human-Error-Exposes-Groupon-Customer-s-Credit-Card-Details-261369.shtml Incidents http://news.softpedia.com/news/Human-Error-Exposes-Groupon-Customer-s-Credit-Card-Details-261369.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Eduard Kovacs) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Fraudster-Convinces-Citibank-to-Give-Him-Paul-Allen-s-Credit-Card-261352.shtml The Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) charged Brandon Lee Price from Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, with bank fraud after he convinced Citibank employees to send him the debit card of Paul Allen, Microsoft’s co-founder.

Threat Level reports that the suspect called Citibank on January 9 and impersonated Allen, co... (read more)]]> Wed, 28 Mar 2012 08:56:00 GMT Softpedia News - Incidents http://news.softpedia.com/news/Fraudster-Convinces-Citibank-to-Give-Him-Paul-Allen-s-Credit-Card-261352.shtml Incidents http://news.softpedia.com/news/Fraudster-Convinces-Citibank-to-Give-Him-Paul-Allen-s-Credit-Card-261352.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Eduard Kovacs) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Traders-Drop-Price-of-Silver-by-Exploiting-NASDAQ-Vulnerability-260499.shtml Those in the stock exchange business are highly aware that when it comes to trading every millisecond counts. Experts have long argued that the flaws present in trading systems today can be leveraged to manipulate prices and basically perform fraudulent operations, but a recent incident demonstrated these vulnerabilities.
read more)]]> Fri, 23 Mar 2012 12:01:00 GMT Softpedia News - Incidents http://news.softpedia.com/news/Traders-Drop-Price-of-Silver-by-Exploiting-NASDAQ-Vulnerability-260499.shtml Incidents http://news.softpedia.com/news/Traders-Drop-Price-of-Silver-by-Exploiting-NASDAQ-Vulnerability-260499.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Eduard Kovacs) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Norwegian-Government-Portal-Exposes-Man-s-Financial-Data-259997.shtml Due to an error, all the individuals who tried to access the Norwegian tax portal Altinn at around 6:17 PM on Tuesday found themselves logged in as a 36-year-old man from Oslo named Kenneth.

Visitors would be able to see not only his financial information, but also his wife’s and the details of the company he worked for.
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The paper obtained by The Guardian also shows th... (read more)]]> Mon, 19 Mar 2012 11:56:00 GMT Softpedia News - Incidents http://news.softpedia.com/news/30-Year-Old-Software-Used-by-Metropolitan-Police-During-Olympics-259463.shtml Incidents http://news.softpedia.com/news/30-Year-Old-Software-Used-by-Metropolitan-Police-During-Olympics-259463.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Eduard Kovacs) http://news.softpedia.com/news/FBI-Asks-Google-to-Provide-Data-Stored-on-Locked-Android-Phone-258997.shtml A federal judge agreed to give the FBI a warrant which forces Google to turn over the information stored on an Android smartphone seized by authorities as part of an investigation. The company is willing to oblige.

Somewhat similar to the case in which a fraudster was ordered by a court to decrypt a laptop that might ha... (read more)]]> Fri, 16 Mar 2012 09:32:00 GMT Softpedia News - Incidents http://news.softpedia.com/news/FBI-Asks-Google-to-Provide-Data-Stored-on-Locked-Android-Phone-258997.shtml Incidents http://news.softpedia.com/news/FBI-Asks-Google-to-Provide-Data-Stored-on-Locked-Android-Phone-258997.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Eduard Kovacs) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Fraudsters-Make-Millions-with-Medicare-and-Medicade-Scam-256151.shtml Authorities arrested 7 individuals suspected of running a highly sophisticated healthcare fraud scheme that earned them close to $375 million (262 million EUR).

A 54-year-old doctor named Jacques Roy, from Rockwall Texas, with the aid of his office manager and five others that owned home health agencies in Texas were charged ... (read more)]]> Fri, 2 Mar 2012 08:06:00 GMT Softpedia News - Incidents http://news.softpedia.com/news/Fraudsters-Make-Millions-with-Medicare-and-Medicade-Scam-256151.shtml Incidents http://news.softpedia.com/news/Fraudsters-Make-Millions-with-Medicare-and-Medicade-Scam-256151.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Eduard Kovacs) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Social-Engineering-Wells-Fargo-Wires-Millions-to-Fraudster-255902.shtml Wells Fargo, the world renowned bank, fell for a plot cleverly designed by a skilled social engineer and wired him the sum of $2.1 million (1.5 million EUR) to a bank account in Hong Kong without questioning his identity too much.

According to Forbes, the hospital chain Catholic Healthcare West (CHW) whose escrow account wa... (read more)]]> Thu, 1 Mar 2012 08:52:00 GMT Softpedia News - Incidents http://news.softpedia.com/news/Social-Engineering-Wells-Fargo-Wires-Millions-to-Fraudster-255902.shtml Incidents http://news.softpedia.com/news/Social-Engineering-Wells-Fargo-Wires-Millions-to-Fraudster-255902.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Eduard Kovacs) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Authorities-Decrypt-Fraudsters-Laptop-Without-Her-Aid-255882.shtml The controversial case in which a judge ordered a bank-fraud suspect to decrypt her laptop and hand over some information that may help prosecute her continues. The debates regarding the violation of the Fifth Amendment can be put aside for now, since the feds managed to decrypt the laptop without the defendant's help.

Wired rep... (read more)]]> Thu, 1 Mar 2012 08:05:00 GMT Softpedia News - Incidents http://news.softpedia.com/news/Authorities-Decrypt-Fraudsters-Laptop-Without-Her-Aid-255882.shtml Incidents http://news.softpedia.com/news/Authorities-Decrypt-Fraudsters-Laptop-Without-Her-Aid-255882.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Eduard Kovacs) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Australian-Woman-Scams-Nigerian-Scammers-254810.shtml A 23-year-old woman from Australia was accused of fraud by a court of law after she got involved in the operations of some Nigerian crooks that were running a vehicle sales scam.

According to Courier Mail, the suspect, Sarah Jane Cochrane-Ramsey, claims she unknowingly participated in the scam since March 2010, her job being to offer her ban... (read more)]]> Fri, 24 Feb 2012 09:52:00 GMT Softpedia News - Incidents http://news.softpedia.com/news/Australian-Woman-Scams-Nigerian-Scammers-254810.shtml Incidents http://news.softpedia.com/news/Australian-Woman-Scams-Nigerian-Scammers-254810.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Eduard Kovacs) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Twilight-Author-s-Site-Serves-Zombies-Instead-of-Vampires-254650.shtml The official website of Stephenie Meyer (stepheniemeyer.com), the author of the world renowned Twilight book series, was turned into a zombie by cybercriminals who took advantage of the site's popularity to host a Crimepack exploit kit on it.

GFI experts report that Avast noticed the attack on the writer’s site. Coinci... (read more)]]> Thu, 23 Feb 2012 13:53:00 GMT Softpedia News - Incidents http://news.softpedia.com/news/Twilight-Author-s-Site-Serves-Zombies-Instead-of-Vampires-254650.shtml Incidents http://news.softpedia.com/news/Twilight-Author-s-Site-Serves-Zombies-Instead-of-Vampires-254650.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Eduard Kovacs) http://news.softpedia.com/news/International-Sanctions-Force-Iran-to-Build-Its-Own-Antivirus-254012.shtml It turns out that Stuxnet, the piece of malware allegedly developed to target Iranian nuclear facilities, may have had a little help from some western countries.

A recent report reveals that Iran was sanctioned by international organizations and banned from obtaining anti-virus software, this leading to the infection of... (read more)]]> Tue, 21 Feb 2012 07:55:00 GMT Softpedia News - Incidents http://news.softpedia.com/news/International-Sanctions-Force-Iran-to-Build-Its-Own-Antivirus-254012.shtml Incidents http://news.softpedia.com/news/International-Sanctions-Force-Iran-to-Build-Its-Own-Antivirus-254012.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Eduard Kovacs) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Google-com-Appointed-as-Malware-by-Microsoft-Security-Essentials-252949.shtml Users who protect their computers using Microsoft’s Security Essentials were alarmed by a warning message that claimed google.com was infected with a piece of malware called Exploit:JS.Blacole.BW, or better known as the Blackhole Exploit Kit.

According to Brian Krebs, the security solution started naming the wor... (read more)]]> Wed, 15 Feb 2012 10:49:00 GMT Softpedia News - Incidents http://news.softpedia.com/news/Google-com-Appointed-as-Malware-by-Microsoft-Security-Essentials-252949.shtml Incidents http://news.softpedia.com/news/Google-com-Appointed-as-Malware-by-Microsoft-Security-Essentials-252949.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Eduard Kovacs) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Sheffield-MP-Demands-Apology-After-Leaked-FBI-Conference-Call-252369.shtml The conference call between the FBI and the UK Metropolitan Police, leaked by Anonymous a few days ago, didn’t cause concern only among law enforcement agencies. Now, a Sheffield Member of Parliament (MP), David Blunkett, demands an apology after the British agents mocked Sheffield in the call with their US counterparts.
... (read more)]]> Mon, 13 Feb 2012 10:32:00 GMT Softpedia News - Incidents http://news.softpedia.com/news/Sheffield-MP-Demands-Apology-After-Leaked-FBI-Conference-Call-252369.shtml Incidents http://news.softpedia.com/news/Sheffield-MP-Demands-Apology-After-Leaked-FBI-Conference-Call-252369.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Eduard Kovacs) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Security-Experts-Threatened-by-Banks-After-Discovering-Vulnerabilities-251716.shtml The systems used by financial institutions often turn out to be unsecure, exposing their customers to malicious operations. However, a security expert claims that instead of addressing these issues, many banks turn to threaten the ones that found the flaws to remove proof-of-concept (PoC) papers and videos from public locati... (read more)]]> Thu, 9 Feb 2012 10:50:00 GMT Softpedia News - Incidents http://news.softpedia.com/news/Security-Experts-Threatened-by-Banks-After-Discovering-Vulnerabilities-251716.shtml Incidents http://news.softpedia.com/news/Security-Experts-Threatened-by-Banks-After-Discovering-Vulnerabilities-251716.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Eduard Kovacs) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Motorola-Raises-Privacy-Concerns-in-Refurbishment-Process-Error-250821.shtml Motorola Mobility came forward with a press statement to admit that they may have exposed some of their customers to potentially malicious operations after mistakenly re-selling 100 Motorola XOOM Wi-Fi tablets that still contained the data left on them by previous owners.

In a mistake they call a “refurbishment p... (read more)]]> Mon, 6 Feb 2012 08:48:00 GMT Softpedia News - Incidents http://news.softpedia.com/news/Motorola-Raises-Privacy-Concerns-in-Refurbishment-Process-Error-250821.shtml Incidents http://news.softpedia.com/news/Motorola-Raises-Privacy-Concerns-in-Refurbishment-Process-Error-250821.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Eduard Kovacs) http://news.softpedia.com/news/DHS-Locks-Up-UK-Tourists-for-Terrorist-Tweets-249639.shtml A couple of tourists made some jokes on Twitter before vacationing in the US. Unfortunately for them, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) picked up on their tweets, considered them a threat to national security, and gave them a not-so-friendly welcome when they arrived.

According to The Sun, Leigh Van Bryan and Emily Bunting were ... (read more)]]> Tue, 31 Jan 2012 09:28:00 GMT Softpedia News - Incidents http://news.softpedia.com/news/DHS-Locks-Up-UK-Tourists-for-Terrorist-Tweets-249639.shtml Incidents http://news.softpedia.com/news/DHS-Locks-Up-UK-Tourists-for-Terrorist-Tweets-249639.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Eduard Kovacs)