More Mark Fiore brilliance.
Via The San Francisco Chronicle.
- ferg
Wednesday, December 1, 2010
Fraud Gang Infects All ATMs in Russian City
Lucian Constantin writes on Softpedia Security News:
More here.
The Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs (MVD) has dismantled a fraud ring whose members managed to infect all ATMs in the city of Yakutsk with malware designed to steal credit card data.
Yakutsk is the capital of the Russian Sakha (Yakutia) Republic, the largest federal subject of the Russian Federation, by area. The city is average-sized compare to others in the country and has a population of around 210,000.
According to the authorities [Google translation], the organized crime group made up of three men, contracted a hacker from Moscow, who they met on an underground forum, to build a custom ATM virus for them.
The gang paid a total of 100,000 rubles (almost $3200) for the malware and proceeded to infect ATMs with it. Everyone got assigned tasks based on their expertise.
For example, one of them who worked as the head of an IT department, took care of obtaining access to the targeted ATMs.
A system administrator, who also acted a the leader of the group, handled the infection part, while a third man acted as money mule.
The suspects were arrested simultaneously and their apartments were searched. The police claims that it found copies of ATM malware on their computers, as well as stolen credit card information and other evidence of the fraud.
More here.
Sunday, November 28, 2010
Thursday, November 25, 2010
What's Better Than Turkey on Thanksgiving?
A win over the Cincinnati Bengals by my NY Jets! Yes!
Now looking forward to the Monday Night Football match-up between the Jets and the Patriots on December 6th.
J-E-T-S, Jets, Jets, Jets!
- ferg
Wednesday, November 24, 2010
DoJ Seeks to Broaden Patriot Act on Asset Freezes
Joseph Palazzolo writes in the WSJ:
More here.
After two losses in court, the Justice Department is pushing Congress to broaden a provision of the Patriot Act that allows U.S. judges to freeze assets linked to foreign crimes.
In recent cases in New York and Washington, D.C., federal judges ruled the Justice Department acted prematurely on requests by foreign governments for restraining orders against hundreds of millions of dollars in assets allegedly controlled by a Russian businessman and a Brazilian banker, both ensnared in criminal investigations in their native countries.
The cases have raised questions about the extent to which U.S. prosecutors and courts should rely on the legal processes of foreign governments, particularly in countries with unproven or uneven criminal justice systems. The issue has taken on more weight amid a global trend for greater international cooperation in law enforcement, spurred in large part by the U.S.
The courts ruled the department may seek to have assets frozen based on a judgment from a foreign court, but not on allegations of violations of foreign law or temporary orders by foreign courts.
That reading of the law, prosecutors argued in pleadings, could hamper "significant national interests" by undermining the Justice Department's ability to assist foreign governments during—rather than after—criminal investigations.
More here.
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