Friday, April 6, 2012

Computer Identity Theft - Fri Apr 6, 2012

13-million computers have virus that steals personal information
KSDK
"Botnets leverage the Internet so people could commit all types of crime, so the crime could be anywhere from keylogging for account access, identity theft or just sending spam for counterfeit products," he said. "It really runs the gamut."
Microsoft Takes On Zeus
Voice of America
RICHARD BOSCOVICH: “The objective was to go in there and be able to seize evidence which would lead us to hopefully identify the individuals behind the Zeus family of malware as well as ultimately identify the computers of people all over the world ...
Final defendant admits to Seattle-area Wi-Fi hacking scheme
Seattle Post Intelligencer
Indicted in September, the men were also accused of stealing the laptop computers from the businesses, and then used them to break into the businesses' networks and harvest data or load malicious software. The men are alleged to have cracked payroll ...
Prosecutor fighting defense move
Monroe News Star
Davis, who works in the information technology department, was arrested in October on charges of computer fraud, identity theft and obstruction. Two more charges were added in a superceding indictment in February, along with the addition of ...
  
Why 'Ultrabook' Doesn't Mean Much
Computerworld
As for security; Intel Anti-Theft Technology lets you disable your computer remotely if it's stolen. Most people don't bother setting it up. Intel Identity Protection is just a two-factor login built into your computer for some secure websites; ...

LulzSec hacker pleads guilty to anti-Sony ops
TG Daily
Sabu pleaded guilty in 2011 to 12 criminal charges, including three counts of conspiracy to engage in computer hacking, conspiracy to commit bank fraud and aggravated identity theft. Although Monsegur theoretically faces 122 years in prison, ...

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