Which is why I also forward this to work, and will be showing it to our Senior Staff.
They think I'm a paranoid freak, and I think that they need to know that they are lambs being led to slaughter if they ignore this. Kurt On Fri, Sep 3, 2010 at 08:56, Andrew S. Baker <[email protected]> wrote: > And, that organized crime has moved the malware scene beyond the "look at > me!!!" stage. They longer they stay undetected, the greater the ROI. > > ASB (My XeeSM Profile) > Exploiting Technology for Business Advantage... > > > On Fri, Sep 3, 2010 at 11:11 AM, Carl Houseman <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Problem here, everyone seems so surprised that the infection was not >> detected by antivirus, and presumably, had no noticeable side effects on >> computer operation. It needs to get into the public discourse and become >> common knowledge that AV is not enough. >> >> Carl >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Kurt Buff [mailto:[email protected]] >> Sent: Friday, September 03, 2010 10:21 AM >> To: NT System Admin Issues >> Subject: Fwd: [ISN] Russian Trojan blamed for credit card losses at US >> diner >> >> The full article indicates that Seattle and San Francisco area >> businesses also might have been victim of this attack. >> >> >> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- >> From: InfoSec News <[email protected]> >> Date: Thu, Sep 2, 2010 at 23:28 >> Subject: [ISN] Russian Trojan blamed for credit card losses at US diner >> To: [email protected] >> >> >> http://news.techworld.com/security/3237726/russian-trojan-blamed-for-credit-card-losses-at-us-diner/ >> >> By John E Dunn >> Techworld >> 01 September 10 >> >> Hundreds of lunchtime customers of a diner in the US city of Memphis are >> believed to have had funds stolen from their debit and credit cards >> after PCs at the venue became infected with malware. >> >> Large numbers of customers reported having had funds taken after using >> Jason’s Deli in recent weeks, which prompted an investigation by the US >> Secret Service, part of the Department of Homeland Security. >> >> After establishing that staff were not involved, police discovered that >> a computer system used by to verify credit cards had been infected with >> unidentified new-variant malware, which had logged and forwarded the >> data to criminals believed to be in Russia. >> >> “The computers received a virus that was unknown before this event,” >> said Special Agent Rick Harlow of the US Secret Service in a news >> conference. “No antivirus program that we ran against it found it,” he >> said. >> >> [...] >> >> > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to [email protected] > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
