Computer Virus Could Disable Cyberattack Source. Viruses stole City College of S.F. data for years. Personal banking information and other data from perhaps tens of thousands of students, faculty and administrators at City College of San Francisco have been stolen in what is being called "an infestation" of computer viruses with origins in criminal networks in Russia, China and other countries, The Chronicle has learned.
At work for more than a decade, the viruses were detected a few days after Thanksgiving, when the college's data security monitoring service detected an unusual pattern of computer traffic, flagging trouble. It appeared at first that the problem was contained in a single computer lab at Cloud Hall on the Phelan Avenue campus, one of a dozen City College sites around the city. David Hotchkiss, the chief technology officer, immediately shut the lab down and reported the problem to Chancellor Don Griffin, General Counsel Scott Dickey and Board of Trustees President John Rizzo. The college's payroll, admissions and accounting systems have yet to be analyzed for the viruses. Hackers target children with cartoon gaming websites that secretly infect their parents' PCs.
Sites offering cute games secretly infect PCsSites with 'game' or 'arcade' in title pose dangerInfections remain until when parents log inOne site infected 12,600 users last month By Rob Waugh Updated: 09:40 GMT, 16 January 2012 Hackers are targeting children with sites that install malicious software on PCs, disguised as innocent-looking cartoon gaming websites.
But the sites quietly load programs onto the PCs which lurk in the background, which can steal information from adults. Apple Operating System Targeted by Malware. Intego SecurityThe Mac Defender software is designed to look authentic and asks users for their credit card information.
For years Apple Mac users have boasted about the lack of malware on their computers. In comparison, Microsoft Windows owners have regularly felt the brunt of viruses and malware that can easily debilitate an entire computer system in minutes. Now Apple is in that camp too after a barrage of malware began infiltrating computers over the past few days. To fix the problem, Apple posted a list of instructions on its Web site Wednesday telling users how to remove the intrusive software from Macs. The company also said it planned to offer a software update that would completely eliminate the malware in the coming days. The malware infects Mac computers through Web sites that tell users to install antivirus software called Mac Defender.
Apple said the ultimate goal of the software was to gain access to credit card information “which may be used for fraudulent purposes.” Virus Infects Computers in Japan’s Parliament. French fighter planes grounded by computer virus. However, the French navy admitted that during the time it took to eradicate the virus, it had to return to more traditional forms of communication: telephone, fax and post.
Naval officials said the "infection"' was probably due more to negligence than a deliberate attempt to compromise French national security. It said it suspected someone at the navy had used an infected USB key. The Sicmar Network, on which the most sensitive documents and communications are transmitted was not touched, it said. "The computer virus problem had no effect on the availability of our forces. " The virus attacked the non-secured internal French navy network called Intramar and was detected on 21 January. According to Liberation newspaper, two days later the chiefs of staff decided to isolate Intramar from the military's other computer systems, but certain computers at the Villacoublay air base and in the 8th Transmissions Regiment were infected.
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