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Linux Australia breached, personal details leaked

09

Apr

2015

The open-source and free software user group Linux Australia said personal information for attendees of two conferences it hosts may have been leaked after #malware was found on one of its servers. The information may have included first and last names, postal and email addresses, phone numbers and hashed passwords,wrote Joshua Hesketh, Linux Australia’s president, on […]

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Cyber crooks go after enterprise millions with Dyre malware, social engineering

08

Apr

2015

“An experienced and resource-backed cybercrime gang” is using the relatively new Dyre/Dyreza banking Trojan coupled with effective social engineering to steal millions from businesses, IBM Security Intelligence researchers John Kuhn and Lance Mueller warned. The campaign, dubbed “Dyre Wolf” is still active, and starts with spear-phishing emails delivered to enterprise employees, some of which are tricked […]

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What happens to data after a breach?

08

Apr

2015

Bitglass undertook an experiment geared towards understanding what happens to sensitive data once it has been stolen. In the experiment, stolen data traveled the globe, landing in five different continents and 22 countries within two weeks. Overall, the data was viewed more than 1,000 times and downloaded 47 times; some activity had connections to crime […]

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