Global Cyber News Bits, November 11, 2009 from CommunityDNS
Provided by CommunityDNS, the information in this post consists of news items in the security-based Internet community.
Eight charged in $9.5m payment processor hack
Charged with stealing more than $9 million dollars in 12 hours by hacking into RBS WorldPay, the Atlanta-based bank card processor, 8 men could face over 50 years in prison. In addition to the 50 years in federal prison the four leaders face two additional years and a fine up to $3.5 million dollars for aggravated identity theaft.
The men were from Russia, Moldova and Estonia.
Of the eight four were leaders of the gang while the other four charged with the crime were cashiers.
Click here for more information.
Malware cleans out jailbroken iPhones
Last weekend some iPhones were hacked, their wallpaper replaced with the image of ‘80s pop star Rick Astley. The worm used to create this hack, the “ikee” worm is now being used for more malicious activities.
The ikee worm only signals its presence by modifying a device’s wallpaper. Without changing the wallpaper the worm can continue going about its work unnoticed. The worm can copy a users e-mail, contacts, SMSs, photos, calendars, videos, music files and any data collected by iPhone apps.
Click here for more information.
Confiker Computer Virus Going Strong
The Confiker virus continues going strong with the worm continuing its spread across PCs. As noted by one security provider the worm could be eradicated if everyone used best security practices.
Click here for more information.
iPhone worms other smartphone malware in researchers’ sights
Trying to fit an operating system that can handle multiple features in a very small device, malware prevention software tends to be overlooked. As smartphones grow in popularity worms are already being devised for the smartphones and iPhones.
Through a grant researchers will analyze how malware detection and eradication can be handled within cell network providers.
Click here for more information.
The blog will return the week of the 20th. During the blog’s absence CommunityDNS will be attending the Internet Governance Conference in Egypt.
Filed under: Anycast, Communications Infrastructure, Community DNS, CommunityDNS, Conficker, Cyber defense, Cybercrime, Cybersecurity, DNS, DNS Resolution, Ikee, Infrastructure, malware, Mobile Networks, Resolution Service, Security, SMS, USB, Virus, Worm | Leave a Comment
Tags: Anycast, Business Continuity, Business resilience, Communications Infrastructure, Community DNS, CommunityDNS, Confiker, DNS, DNS Resolution, Global resolution, Hackers, Ikee, Internet, iPhones, malware, RBS WorldPay, Resolution Service, Security, Worm
