Here are three not-to-miss articles from last weeks cyber-crime stalkers — including the UCLA hack-attack announcements, and cyber attacks vented through Symantec’s anti-virus flaw!
Matthew Paulson posted this editorial on December 15…
There’s an old adage which says prostitution is the oldest profession on earth, and there’s a pretty good chance that crime is the second oldest profession on earth. There are people on the earth that are willing to do harm to others in order to get ahead quicker in life.
Whether it be simple theft of goods which has been around for thousands of years, or 21st century corporate espionage, it’s everywhere. In the late 1990’s when commerce became widespread over the internet, criminals moved from the streets to pathways of 1’s and 0’s. It’s called cyber crime, and it’s here to stay.
Continue reading the full story at: www.associatedcontent.com
Did you attend UCLA? Better watch out…
UCLA announced this week that hackers had gained access to a central database containing information on about 800,000 people, including current and former students, faculty and staff members. Others potentially affected include some student applicants and some parents of students or applicants who filed paperwork for financial aid.
UCLA has also established a website to provide information and answer questions about the incident: http://www.identityalert.ucla.edu . Operators at a toll-free hotline, (877) 533-8082, can tell callers whether their records are in the database.
According to UCLA spokesperson, by 5 p.m. Friday, the hotline had answered about 26,000 calls. By 3:30 p.m., the website had received 86,270 individual visitors.
See: www.identityalert.ucla.edu
Criminals at work
A host of news outlets are reporting on a computer worm is attacking some business PCs through a flaw in antivirus software by Symantec Corp.
EEye Digital Security, based in Aliso Viejo, Calif., said the worm, dubbed “Big Yellow,” began attacking some computer systems on Thursday — seven months after eEye first discovered the flaw.
Symantec released a patch to address the flaw in May, but it’s up to its corporate customers to install it. Officials at the Cupertino, Calif.-based security software company said Friday it had so far received three reports of systems affected by the worm.
See: sfgate.com or the Associated Press
