An what appears to new another new Operation by anonymous hackers, has been targeting Insecure WoW, world of Warcraft website to expose them of the false advertising that they are "secure" under the mcafee flag, when indeed they are not secure at all. Message in the video. Welcome to Operation Golden Coin. Targets of this operation can…
Month: January 2012
When Does HIPAA Apply to Banks?
Howard Anderson reports: The federal government has issued streamlined standards for electronic funds transfers that a health plan uses to pay a claim, as well for related electronic remittance advice. But despite the issuance of a new rule enacting the standards, it remains unclear under what circumstances the HIPAA privacy and security rules might apply to banks…
The merchant strikes back: Cisero’s sues processor and bank over pass-along fines following alleged breach
There’s an interesting lawsuit to watch in Utah. The owner of Cisero’s in Park City is suing their payment processor and bank for deducting money from their account after card issuers fined them over an alleged breach of the restaurant’s system. The case stems from a March 2008 incident. According to Cisero’s, Visa had notified…
Israel’s hacker avengers: We’ve obtained Saudi credit card info
Aviel Magnezi reports: The major credit card information leak, a by-product of the activities of the Saudi hacker who has been sneering over attempts to locate him, has not been ignored. Israeli hackers who spoke to Ynet claimed on Monday that they have managed to lay their hands on the details of thousands of credit…
Xbox Live, How Secure is your Account
It recent weeks its come to light that there is websites that have been selling off xbox live accounts, of coarse "hacked" accounts these are. Few weeks ago a 23yo women noticed extra charges on her account, after hours on the phone to Microsoft they finally stopped the account but not before she lost $215….
18yo Israeli Man, Arrested and held for using stolen credit cards from 0xOmar
content/images/gallery/random2/il.gif 0xOmar, the hacker who spent months hacking Israeli banks with one clear intention, to cause mass disruption for the banks and Israeli’s. Last week 0xmar released few lots of credit cards that amounted to over 400k, and since then it has caused anger on many sides of the world, Israel now is now treating cyber…