Thieves swipe thousands of laptops from Special Ops contractor in Hillsborough

Thieves swipe thousands of laptops from Special Ops contractor in Hillsborough


Thieves swipe thousands of laptops from Special Ops contractor in Hillsborough

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InfoSec News: Thieves swipe thousands of laptops from Special Ops contractor in Hillsborough: http://www.tampabay.com/news/publicsafety/crime/thieves-swipe-thousands-of-laptops-from-special-ops-contractor-in/1108521
By Dong-Phuong Nguyen Times Staff Writer St. Petersburg Times July 13, 2010
TAMPA -- The thieves hit on a weekend when no one was around. [...]

Microsoft Patches Critical Vulnerabilities In Windows

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InfoSec News: Microsoft Patches Critical Vulnerabilities In Windows: http://www.darkreading.com/vulnerability_management/security/app-security/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=225800088
By Tim Wilson DarkReading July 13, 2010
Microsoft today patched four security vulnerabilities in the Windows environment -- three of them considered critical -- and experts say one [...]

Oracle releases 59 patches for security flaws, 28 critical

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InfoSec News: Oracle releases 59 patches for security flaws, 28 critical: http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9179144/Oracle_releases_59_patches_for_security_flaws_28_critical
By Jaikumar Vijayan Computerworld July 13, 2010
Oracle Corp. released a set of 59 patches on Monday to fix security vulnerabilities across its entire range of database, application and [...]

Facebook for hackers shut down in Pakistan

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InfoSec News: Facebook for hackers shut down in Pakistan: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/07/13/pakbugs_crackdown/
By John Leyden The Register 13th July 2010
Five alleged hackers have been arrested by the Pakistani authorities in raids that led to the closure the Pakbugs hacking and carding forum.
The operation, run by Pakistan's Cyber Crime department of Federal Investigation Agency (FIA), followed complaints by "national and multinational organisations" over a series of website defacement and hack attacks. Pakbugs is blamed for running amok across thousands of websites belonging to various governmental and non-governmental organisations in Pakistan and elsewhere, local telecoms blog PakSpider reports.
Police seized computer equipment during the arrests of the five suspects. Others suspects remain at large, including Jawaad Ehsan, thought to live in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
A Pakistani government press statement explains that the suspects are thought to have expertise in a range of cybercrime techniques, including botnet management, phishing and carding.
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Hackers claim they can edit students' scores

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InfoSec News: Hackers claim they can edit students' scores: http://english.people.com.cn/90001/90776/90882/7065613.html
People's Daily Online July 14, 2010
Hackers are claiming online they can break into computer systems belonging to universities and certification institutes and change the scores of students. [...]

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