Jan 17 2013
On Sunday, January 13, Oracle released an emergency patch to address a pair of critical flaws in Java. One of the vulnerabilities is being actively exploited. Oracle’s decision to release a patch outside of its regular schedule is likely to have been influenced by an advisory from the US Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS’s) US-Computer…..
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Jan 12 2013
Hackers have stolen more than 3,000 classified documents from Japan’s Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, and Fisheries. Some of the documents are relevant to the Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade agreement. The attack employed a Trojan horse program “along with a connection bouncer called ‘HTran’,” a tool used to disguise the location of the command and control…..
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Jan 12 2013
A Romanian man has been sentenced to 21 months in prison for his role in a payment card hacking scheme. Cezar Iulian Butu pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit access device fraud in September 2012. A co-conspirator in the scheme, Iulian Dolan, has pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit computer fraud and…..
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