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Man Allegedly Bilks E-Trade, Schwab of $50K by Collecting Lots of Free 'Micro-Deposits'

2008-05-27 22:20:00 by Threat LEvel in Wired Security
 
In a penny-wise computer caper, a California man allegedly wrote a computer program that opened 58,000 online brokerage accounts and linked them to his bank accounts. The brokerage companies automatically send small deposits to newly-linked accounts to verify they're working, and it all adds up
 
Tags: bank accounts, accounts, online brokerage accounts, penny-wise computer caper, brokerage companies, computer program, deposits, allegedly, california
 
 
 
 
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Feds nab more members of alleged identity theft gang

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2008-12-02 05:00:00 by Editor in Computerworld Security News
 
Federal authorities have arrested four more people and charged them with being part of an identity theft ring that allegedly stole millions of dollars from home equity accounts at U.S. banks
 
Tags: identity theft, home equity accounts, federal authorities, people, millions, dollars, banks, allegedly
 
 
 
 
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Cashing in on employee theft, or honest whistleblower?

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2008-02-25 14:03:19 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
...allegedly stolen by Mr. Kieber include the United Kingdom (U.K.), the United States (U.S.), Australia and others. Mr. Kieber now has a new identity (possibly as part of the arrangement with Germany) and his whereabouts are unknown Reference URL LGT Group Media Communique dated 2/24/08 Evan] Highly recommended interesting read The Australian...
 
Tags: confidential, confidential data, kieber, named heinrich kieber, lgt, lgt trust, data, confidential information, information
 
 
 
 
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Union Mortgage loan applicant information found in dumpster

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2008-02-29 14:14:23 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
...allegedly discarded by employees of Union Mortgage Services of Cleveland, Inc., which has closed down after failing to pay taxes or failure to file tax returns Reference URL WKYC-TV News Report Credit WKYC-TV News, by way of Attrition.org Response From the online source cited above Thousands of pages of sensitive documents were thrown out...
 
Tags: information, collect personal information, personal information, union mortgage, loan, loan companies continue, loan companies, union mortgage services, background information
 
 
 
 
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Blogroll Web vulnerabilities this week

2008-05-16 11:35:02 by Editor in IT Security - The IT Security Industry's Web Resource
 
...allegedly sent 700,000 spam messages failed to show up to court, so MySpace is awarded $234 million in damages The Asprox botnet , known for using phishing scams, is now using SQL injection as a new vector for attack New spear-phishing attack targets US taxpayers Emails allegedly sent from the US Tax Court may contain very personal...
 
Tags: myspace bullies, myspace, myspace wins, allegedly, taxpayers emails allegedly, laptop, attack targets, lost laptop, park national corporation
 
 
 
 
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Clever Micro-Deposit Scam

2008-06-05 13:25:45 by schneier in Schneier on Security
 
...allegedly exploited a loophole in a common procedure both companies follow when a customer links his brokerage account to a bank account for the first time. To verify that the account number and routing information is correct, the brokerages automatically send small "micro-deposits" of between two cents to one dollar to the account, and ask...
 
Tags: account, bank account, brokerage account, online brokerage accounts, online bank accounts, largent allegedly, allegedly, customer links, customer
 
 
 
 
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Cyber espionage something to worry about?

2007-12-14 15:48:00 by Khalid Kark in Security & Risk Management
 
...allegedly tried to hack into highly classified government computer networks in Australia and New Zealand as part of a broader international operation to glean military secrets from Western nations. New Zealand Prime, Minister Helen Clark, confirmed that foreign intelligence agencies had tried to hack into government computer networks, but had...
 
Tags: computer networks, government computer networks, networks, government, chinese government, american government agencies, cyber espionage, china, government agencies
 
 
 
 
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Another 'shoe' drops -- DHS cyber security breach top of news this week

2007-09-25 00:00:00 by Shannon Kellogg in Speaking of Security, the RSA Blog and Podcast
 
...allegedly failed to detect cyber break-ins traced to a Chinese-language Web site and then tried to cover up its deficiencies, according to congressional investigators
 
Tags: homeland security, homeland security contract, department, cyber security front, washington post article, detect cyber break-ins, billion department, congressional investigators, web site
 
 
 
 
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Virus Center: Dutch authorities apprehend 14 suspects in a phishing scam

2007-12-20 17:52:57 by Editor in Help Net Security - News
 
IT security and control firm Sophos has welcomed news that Dutch authorities have arrested 14 suspects who allegedly allowed their ABN Amro bank accounts to be used by cybercriminals to store and tran
 
Tags: dutch authorities, control firm sophos, suspects, tran, store, security, news, cybercriminals, allegedly
 
 
 
 
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U.S. indicts 11 over pump-and-dump stock spam

2008-01-04 00:00:00 by HASH0x89801ac in Network World on Security