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TJX money launderer sentenced to four years

Angela Moscaritolo March 12, 2010

While hacker Albert Gonzalez awaits his sentencing date, scheduled for later this month, one of his co-conspirators in the TJX, BJ's Wholesale Club and Sports Authority hacks was sentenced Thursday in federal court in Boston to 46 months in prison and fined $75,000. Prosecutors said Humza Zaman, formerly a programmer at Barclays bank, laundered $600,000 to $800,000 in identity theft proceeds for Gonzalez. Zaman received a 10 percent cut for his work. — AM
 

Pennsylvania CISO's dismissal not in good judgment

Dan Kaplan March 11, 2010

The information security industry took a step back this week with news that the CISO of the state of Pennsylvania, Bob Maley, lost his job, likely over remarks he made during a panel discussion last week at the RSA Conference.
 

China to prosecute Google hackers if evidence shows

Greg Masters March 08, 2010

Authorities in China said over the weekend that they will punish those involved in the attacks on Google, if evidence is presented that the attacks originated in the Asian nation.
 

RSA Conference: Gonzalez may receive largest ever U.S. hacking sentence

Angela Moscaritolo March 05, 2010

Hacker Albert Gonzalez will likely receive a record-breaking prison term, law enforcement officials said Thursday at the RSA Conference.
 

Four charged with hacking ticket vendors

Greg Masters March 01, 2010

Four men were charged on Monday with using computer hacking to obtain tickets to major sporting events, theater productions and concerts.
 

Intel the victim of "sophisticated" cyberattack

Angela Moscaritolo February 23, 2010

Intel told the federal government that it was the victim of a "sophisticated" cyberattack that occurred in January, around the time cybercriminals compromised systems at Google, Adobe and more than 30 other large companies.
 

Venezuelan VoIP hacker pleads guilty

Angela Moscaritolo February 04, 2010

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

Why we need hackers

Jack Daniel, support engineer, Astaro February 03, 2010

The stigma attached to the term "hacker" needs to be dropped if computer security advancements are to be made.
 

Prominent tech blog TechCrunch hacked

Greg Masters January 27, 2010

A leading technology blog, TechCrunch, was temporarily commandeered by hackers who managed to place a message that linked to a site offering adult material.
 

Microsoft fix nearly ready for IE flaw used in China attacks

Dan Kaplan January 20, 2010

One week after Microsoft disclosed a zero-day vulnerability being leveraged to steal corporate secrets, a patch is ready.
 

Google, Adobe targeted by malware in coordinated attack

Dan Kaplan January 13, 2010

A number of high-profile companies were targeted in a well-orchestrated attempt to steal intellectual property on behalf of China.
 

Hacker claims to find SQL hole in Intel site

Angela Moscaritolo January 06, 2010

A Romanian hacker using the alias "Unu" claims to have found a hole in an Intel website. The hacker demonstrated in late December an SQL injection vulnerability on the Intel "Channel Webinars" site, which is used to run online registrations for channel partner events. The site is currently down for maintenance. The same hacker has previously claimed to gain access to Symantec, Kaspersky, F-Secure and BitDefender websites. — AM
 

Heartland settles with American Express over breach

Dan Kaplan December 18, 2009

Heartland Payment Systems has settled its first lawsuit with a card brand over the 2008 data breach.
 

British minister denies McKinnon extradition appeal

Dan Kaplan November 30, 2009

Alleged U.S. government hacker Gary McKinnon has nearly run out of chances to avoid extradition to America.
 

Venezuelan VoIP hacker caught, back in court Friday

Angela Moscaritolo October 16, 2009

Edwin Pena, 26, of Venezuela allegedly hacked into the networks of VoIP service providers and routed his customer's traffic through the compromised networks.
 

NASA hacker makes extra-judicial appeal

Chuck Miller October 12, 2009

Accused NASA hacker is running out options to avoid extradition to the United States.
 

PayPal suspends hacker's account after bogus SSL post

Chuck Miller October 07, 2009

PayPal has suspended the account of a researcher who had demonstrated a proof-of-concept for an attack on SSL certificates. The action Tuesday followed the earlier release of a forged SSL certificate into the wild.
 

Serena Williams meltdown is latest poisoned search attack

Dan Kaplan September 14, 2009

Hackers continue to use a tried-and-true tactic to infect internet users: poisoned search results.
 

TJX ringleader pleads guilty

Chuck Miller September 14, 2009

One of the leaders of an international ring of credit card thieves on Friday pleaded guilty to multiple federal charges, including conspiracy, computer fraud, access device fraud and identity theft.
 

Hackers rest over summer, pounce during Christmas

Chuck Miller August 25, 2009

Much like average American workers, hackers tend to take off during the summer -- and weekends -- but come Christmas and New Year's, they are out in full force.
 

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