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The web site of BART, the San Francisco Bay Area subway system, has been hacked again, with the database be- longing to the BART Police Officers Asso- ciation recently posted online, complete with full names, e-mail addresses, home addresses and passwords. BART (Bay Area Rapid Transit) has come under fire over the past few months because of its decision in the summer to turn off cell phone service before a planned protest.
one instance a Ford F350 truck was re- covered, in another a Bobcat, and in the latest instance an expensive stump re- mover, valued at $100,000, was recov- ered and returned to its rightful owner, the Davey Tree Expert Company (Davey Tree).
Ingersoll Rand Security Technologies is now offering a smartphone app that sup- ports customers, integrators, dealers and installers at the job site. The app provides access to Schlage “How-To” videos from YouTube, Install and User Guides, and data sheets for the Schlage AD-Series and CO-Series locking systems. Customers can even call the Customer Care Centre directly from the app. The free applica- tions are available for iPhone, iPad and Android smart phones.
The Canadian Air Transport Security Au- thority (CATSA) has selected G4S Secure Solutions (Canada) as the security- screening contractor for the delivery of air- port screening services in the Pacific Region. G4S will provide services at 20 airports, in- cluding Vancouver International Airport. Services include securing critical elements of the air transportation system, including passenger, hold baggage and non-pas- senger screening at Canadian airports.
Police in the Ukraine recently arrested four people in connection with the hacking of computer systems of both na- tional and international financial institu- tions. Using specialized software and hardware devices, members of a local hacking group stole confidential informa- tion from bank cards to make copies for the purpose of stealing money from bank accounts of citizens of different countries.
Fortinet’s August 2011 Threat Landscape report details a new variant of Zitmo (Zeus in the mobile) that was written to run on the Android operating system, allowing the malware to continue its expansion across mobile platforms beyond the Win- dows Mobile, Symbian and BlackBerry operating systems. The first variant of Zitmo on Symbian OS was found in Sep- tember 2010. Since then, it has evolved and is now capable of intercepting two- factor authentication that banks use to validate the identity of the account holder when logging in (i.e., it is a one-time pass- word sent to a mobile device via SMS).
The telematics fleet management system developed by Alberta-based Certified Tracking Solutions (CTS) was instru- mental in facilitating the recovery, seizure and return of stolen goods worth more than $500,000 by the Airdrie RCMP. In
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The San Diego Metropolitan Transit System (SDMTS) has deployed B.C.- based Avigilon’s HD Surveillance System at several of its transit stations to assist with passenger safety, protect critical as- sets, and comply with industry regula- tions. SDMTS installed a combination of Avigilon 5 MP, 8 MP and 11 MP HD cam- eras to monitor platforms and parking lots at several transit stations along with sev- eral Avigilon Analog Video Encoders to boost the performance of its existing analog based cameras.
The top 10 most prevalent threat detections for July 2011, according to GFI Software, in-
cluded a malware-laden “autowhaler” ap- plication designed to infect cybercriminals stealing from phishers, while a fresh take on rogue anti-virus offered up a fake codec suite for sale after it disables users’ video players. The exploitation of high- profile news, events and products through SEO poisoning, malicious URLs and spam attacks remained a popular disguise. In July, GFI warned users to be cautious of likely search-term targets for scammers, such as team and player news for the up- coming NFL season and rumours sur- rounding the next iPhone.
Twenty-two per cent of consumers have lost a mobile phone, 12 per cent have had a phone stolen and 67 per cent don’t have passwords set up on their mobile phones to protect stored data, according to independently commis- sioned research by Sophos. Although 60 per cent of those surveyed acknowl- edged that device theft or loss was the biggest security threat to mobile devices, only 57 per cent have password protec- tion enabled on their laptops, with 18 per cent admitting to using the same password for “everything.”
The July 2011 edition of the Symantec Intelligence Report revealed a signifi- cant increase in activity related to what may be described as an aggressive and rapidly changing form of generic poly- morphic malware. With one in 280.9 e- mails identified as malicious in July, the rise accounted for 23.7 per cent of all e-mail-borne malware intercepted in July, more than double the same figure six months ago, indicating a much more aggressive strategy on the part of cyber criminals.
In an effort to show off their talents, more than 700 hackers have come together to launch
RankMyHack.com, which assigns points to hacks. According to the web site,
RankMyHack.com is “the worlds first elite hacker ranking system. Submit proof of your website hacks in exchange for Ranking Points that earn you a place on
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