Posts Tagged ‘miscreants’

Hackers Use Frequent Flyer Miles as Currency

Aug

2011

Unsatisfied with stealing bank account information from their victims, cybercriminals steal frequent flyer miles, too. The miles are used as currency among some of the miscreants, according to a report released today by the malware fighters at the Kaspersky Lab. “In one IRC [Internet Relay Chat] message, a cybercriminal was selling access to a Brazilian […]

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Dropbox lets anyone log in as anyone – so check your files now!

Jun

2011

Customers of cloud-based file storing-and-sharing company Dropbox should check on the data they’ve entrusted to the service, following the company’s admission that it messed up its access controls earlier today. Unlike the majority of data breaches we’ve reported on lately – where usernames and passwords were stolen, allowing attackers and miscreants to access other people’s […]

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“Root-rater” Facebook groups being used to rate sexual performances

Jun

2011

Root-rater sites, as they are called, originated in Queensland, Australia and they are spreading quickly to other parts of the state. The sites are popular with teens, and they are being used to rate and detail the sexual performances of its victims. The standard format is to rate the sexual encounter on a scale from […]

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