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Hackers steal $6.7 million in bank cyber heist
17.01.2012
A perfectly planned and coordinated bank robbery was executed during the first three days of the new year in Johannesburg, and left the targeted South African Postbank - part of the nation's Post Office service - with a loss of some $6.7 million.
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Threat incidents and security wins in 2011
17.01.2012
Having spent much of the year battling data breaches that led to huge information and financial loss, the security industry was likely relieved to see 2011 come to a close.
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Brazen Brazilian hackers opening cybercrime schools
17.01.2012
Brazilian hackers are known for their preference for stealing and misusing phished banking credentials and credit card numbers, but also for their penchant to openly brag online about their illegal activities.
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Hackers breach T-Mobile Web server, leak staff data
16.01.2012
A Web server hosting part of T-Mobile's official website has apparently been compromised by TeaMp0isoN, a hacker collective associated with Anonymous, and some of the information hosted on it was stolen and made public on Pastebin.com on Saturday.
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Chinese using malware to attack US DoD smart card security
13.01.2012
AlienVault found evidence of Chinese-originated attacks against the US government agencies including the US Department of Defense (DoD), which use a new strain of the Sykipot malware to compromise DoD smart cards.
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Review: Logging and Log Management
Posted on 22 May 2013. | Every security practitioner should be aware of the overwhelming advantages of logging and perusing logs for discovering system intrusions. But logging and log management comes with its own set of difficulties.

Experts highlight top data breach vulnerabilities
Posted on 22 May 2013. | Hidden vulnerabilities lie in everyday activities that can expose personal information and lead to data breach, including buying gas with a credit card or wearing a pacemaker.

A closer look at Mega cloud storage
Posted on 21 May 2013. | Once a novelty, nowadays many cloud storage services are fighting for their piece of the market in the virtual world. Mega offers 50GB of free space with great pricing on Pro accounts.

The CSO perspective on healthcare security and compliance
Posted on 20 May 2013. | Randall Gamby is the CSO of the Medicaid Information Service Center of New York. In this interview he discusses healthcare security and compliance challenges and offers a variety of tips.

Cyber espionage campaign uses professionally-made malware
Posted on 20 May 2013. | A massive cyber espionage campaign has been hitting government ministries, IT companies, academic research institutions, and more.
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