(Reuters) – Palo Alto Networks Inc (PANW.N) has discovered a new family of malware that can infect Apple Inc’s (AAPL.O) desktop and mobile operating systems, underscoring the increasing sophistication of attacks on iPhones and Mac computers. The “WireLurker” malware can install third-party applications on regular, non-jailbroken iOS devices and hop from infected Macs onto iPhones […]
(Reuters) – Names, addresses, phone numbers and email addresses of the holders of some 83 million households and small business accounts were exposed when computer systems at JPMorgan Chase & Co (JPM.N) were recently compromised by hackers, making it one of the biggest data breaches in history. The bank revealed the scope of the previously […]
NEW YORK (AP) — Russian hackers have stolen 1.2 billion user names and passwords in a series of Internet heists affecting 420,000 websites, according to a report published Tuesday. The thievery was described in a New York Times story based on the findings of Hold Security, a Milwaukee firm that has a history of uncovering […]
BOSTON, July 10 (Reuters) – Microsoft Corp said it has freed at least 4.7 million infected personal computers from control of cyber crooks in its most successful digital crime-busting operation, which interrupted service at an Internet-services firm last week. The world’s largest software maker has also identified at least another 4.7 million infected machines, though […]
(Reuters) – The U.S. government has asked critical infrastructure operators to review computer networks to see if they are infected with malicious software from the “Energetic Bear” hacking group, which private researchers say is tied to the Russian government. The Department of Homeland Security’s Industrial Control Systems Cyber Emergency Response Team, or ICS-CERT, issued the […]
BOSTON (Reuters) – Microsoft Corp (MSFT.O) launched what it hopes will be the most successful private effort to date to crack down on cyber crime by moving to disrupt communications channels between hackers and infected PCs. The operation, which began on Monday under an order issued by a federal court in Nevada, targeted traffic involving […]
LONDON Mon Jun 9, 2014 6:38am EDT An illustration picture shows a projection of binary code on a man holding a laptop computer, in an office in Warsaw June 24, 2013. Credit: Reuters/Kacper Pempel LONDON (Reuters) – Cyber crime costs the global economy about $445 billion every year, with the damage to business from […]
(Reuters) – Music streaming service Spotify AB will ask some of its 40 million users to re-enter their passwords and upgrade their software in coming days after detecting unauthorized access to its internal systems and data. Chief Technology Officer Oskar Stal said in a blogpost on Tuesday that it has found evidence of attackers accessing […]
By Jim Finkle, Soham Chatterjee and Lehar Maan BOSTON/BANGALORE Wed May 21, 2014 4:25pm EDT John Donahoe, chief executive of eBay, speaks at the Reuters Global Technology Summit in San Francisco, June 17, 2013. BOSTON/BANGALORE (Reuters) – EBay Inc said on Wednesday that a cyber attack carried out three months ago has […]
(Reuters) – AOL Inc on Monday urged its tens of millions of email account holders to change their passwords and security questions after a cyber attack compromised about 2 percent of its accounts. The company said it was working with federal authorities to investigate the attack, in which hackers obtained email addresses, postal addresses, encrypted […]