Angela Moscaritolo

 
Angela Moscaritolo writes daily IT security news stories for SC Magazine's website and print edition. Prior to coming on board as a reporter at SC Magazine in September 2008, Angela worked at newspapers in Pennsylvania, West Virginia, and New Jersey. She worked at The Northern Valley Suburbanite in New Jersey, The Dominion Post in West Virginia, and the Uniontown-Herald Standard in Pennsylvania. Reporting for newspapers, she primarily covered city government, school boards, and local breaking news. She is a West Virginia University Perely Isaac Reed School of Journalism graduate.
 

Recent Articles

Zeus targeting government and military workers

February 09, 2010

A new campaign of the password-stealing Zeus trojan is targeting workers from government and military departments in the United States and United Kingdom, according to security researchers at Websense. The trojan is being distributed through spoofed emails claiming to come from the U.S. National Intelligence Council. The bogus messages contain subject lines such as "Report of the National Intelligence Council." The emails aim to lure users into downloading a document about the "2020 project," which actually is Zeus. — AM

Payroll processing firm Ceridian Corp. hacked

February 09, 2010

A hacker recently attacked the payroll processing firm Ceridian Corp. of Bloomington, Minn. and gained access to sensitive information of employees working at 1,900 companies nationwide.

China's largest hacker training site shuttered

February 08, 2010

The shutdown of a major Chinese website that offered hacking tools comes during a rocky time for U.S.-China cyber-relations.

Mass injection web hacks yield to targeted attacks

February 05, 2010

During the second half of 2009, attackers shifted their strategy away from mass-injection campaigns and instead focused on launching targeted attacks to infect high-profile websites, Websense found in a new report.

Cybersecurity Enhancement Act passed by U.S. House

February 04, 2010

The act would authorize up to $396 million over the next four years to fund cybersecurity research and $94 million over that period to provide scholarships.

Venezuelan VoIP hacker pleads guilty

February 04, 2010

Edwin Pena of Venezuela faces a maximum sentence of 25 years in prison for orchestrating a scheme to defraud VoIP providers.

Twitter accounts compromised in torrent site scam

February 03, 2010

Twitter this week reset the passwords on an unknown number of accounts after discovering malicious file-sharing sites were set up to steal user login information.

Hackers accesses Iowa Racing and Gaming Commission database

February 03, 2010

Hackers, believed to be from China, gained access to an Iowa government database, which contained the personal information of current and former employees of Iowa's casino and racing industries.

U.S. Navy establishes new Cyber Command

February 02, 2010

The newly established U.S. Fleet Cyber Command is responsible for defending Navy networks against cyberattacks and ensuring military objectives can be carried out in cyberspace.

Report says U.S. needs new approach for security

February 01, 2010

A new report authored by retired Gen. Eugene Habiger of the U.S. Air Force finds that that the public and private sector must deploy secure systems that are properly tested and certified to withstand sophisticated cyberattacks.