Identity Theft

Attackers repeatedly hacked VeriSign’s network and stole information in 2010, the company revealed in a quarterly regulatory filing.

The number of WordPress blogs that have been compromised to hurl malware onto the machines of unsuspecting users is gradually growing, security researcher

Not too long ago, Microsoft and other security researchers were heralding the fall of the Kelihos botnet

WASHINGTON – The Internal Revenue Service and the Justice Department today announced the results of a massive national sweep cracking down on suspected identity theft perpetrators as part of a stepped-up effort against refund fraud and identity theft.

…The worry is that attackers, after studying the code, may have found a way to crack pcAnywhere’s encryption, which would allow them to use the remote-access software to remotely access any PC on which it’s active…

…Trusteer recently discovered a configuration of Carberp that targets Free, a French broadband ISP. The attack is designed to steal debit card and bank information using a Man in the Browser (MitB) attack.

Chuck Bokath would be terrifying if he were not such a nice guy. A jovial senior engineer at the 

Google Docs is a helpful office suite and data storage service that allows users to collaborate on documents with ease but, unfortunately, it is also a very useful tool for phishers.

Zappos is urging its customers to change their passwords after an intruder gained unauthorized access to the online shoe retailer’s servers.

A word of advice, in case you haven’t checked your Hotmail or Facebook accounts yet: Neither is going to be shut off, so ignore any “urgent” messages trying to scare you into handing over your personal information or credit card number.