Author: ESET Ireland

Operation Liberpy: Keyloggers and information theft in Latin America

July 15, 2015

In mid-April 2015, ESET’s Laboratory in Latin America received a report on an executable program named “Liberty2-0.exe” detected by us as Python/Liberpy.A. It was a keylogger, a threat that undermines the security of a system by reporting all keyboard events (keys the user presses), as well as mouse movements, to a server controlled by the … More Operation Liberpy: Keyloggers and information theft in Latin America

Barclays compensates customers after their personal data was compromised

July 14, 2015

Barclays bank is to pay out around £500,000 in compensation to 2,000 customers whose personal data was found on a USB stick in a flat on the south coast of England. The USB stick was discovered during an unrelated police raid, and is thought to be encrypted, according to a report by the Herald Scotland, … More Barclays compensates customers after their personal data was compromised

Millions of records lost in huge OPM US data breach

July 13, 2015

The US Office of Personnel Management has admitted that the widely-publicised data breach in June was more wide-reaching than at first thought. The OPM has now publicly recognised that data records of 21.5 million people have been lost after hackers targeted central databases. The 21.5m records include present, former, and prospective government employees and contractors … More Millions of records lost in huge OPM US data breach

Aspiring singer jailed for hacking Madonna and stealing unreleased tracks

July 10, 2015

Late last year, Madonna logged furiously into her Instagram account in order to complain that hackers had broken into her computer, and stolen photographs and music tracks. Madonna’s plans for a Spring 2015 launch for her album “Rebel Heart” were allegedly thrown into chaos by the hack, which saw “early, leaked demos” of some of … More Aspiring singer jailed for hacking Madonna and stealing unreleased tracks