Feb 28
Wednesday, February 28th, 2007
US regulators sued an overseas company and its owner on Monday, alleging they hacked into computer systems to get corporate news releases early and traded on that information, making a profit of $2.7m. The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), in the lawsuit, accused Blue Bottle of using the information it received to trade in securities of at least 12 US companies, including AllianceBernstein Holding and Symantec.
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Feb 28
Wednesday, February 28th, 2007
The Environmental Protection Agency needs to strengthen controls governing access to and modification of mainframe system software located in the agency’s National Computer Center (NCC) to ensure that sensitive information is not compromised, according to a report by EPA’s Office of Inspector General. To view the report click the following URL : www.epa.gov/oig/reports/2007/20070129-2007-P-00008.pdf
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Feb 28
Wednesday, February 28th, 2007
Way too many of these kinds of vulnerability announcements go by in one week on mailing lists such as bugtraq, vulnwatch, and security tracker. Without security researchers to keep vendors in line, we would not make anywhere near as much progress in security. But in many cases security researchers seem only to be in the game for fame and glory, making things less secure as vendors scramble to fix problems. How much disclosure is enough? Do we really need it?
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Feb 28
Wednesday, February 28th, 2007
By promising to join the military, a former Long Island police officer avoided jail time and probation Monday for hacking into his ex-girlfriend’s online dating account and setting up dates for her with men she didn’t know. Michael Valentine, 29, was charged in April with 197 counts, including stalking, computer tampering and harassment. He pleaded guilty in June to two misdemeanor charges of unauthorized use of a computer.
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Feb 28
Wednesday, February 28th, 2007
Four California men were arrested in what police said was a scheme to switch checkout-lane credit card readers at Stop & Shop supermarkets as a way to steal customers’ numbers and passwords. The men removed or tried to remove PIN pads from at least six stores in Rhode Island and Massachusetts and replaced them with alternate machines that would be used for several days to record shoppers’ credit card information, authorities said Tuesday.
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