Darren Pauli reports: SEC Consult Vulnerability Lab Stefan Viehbock says potentially millions of routers and internet of things devices using KCodes NetUSB could be exposed to remote hijacking or denial of service attacks. The packet fondler says the vulnerability (CVE-2015-3036) hits the Linux kernel module in scores of popular routers which serves to provide network…
Month: May 2015
Manchester car park lock hack leads to horn-blare hoo-ha
John Leyden reports: Vehicles across an entire car park in Manchester had their locks jammed on Sunday as the apparent result of a botched criminally-motivated hack. No one at the Manchester Fort Shopping Park, in north Manchester, was able to lock their car’s doors on Sunday evening as a result of the attack by persons as-yet…
Former Alabama State Employee Sentenced to Prison for Stealing Identities for Tax Refund Fraud Scheme
There’s an update to the Tamika Floyd case from the Department of Justice: A Phenix City, Alabama, resident and former state employee was sentenced to serve more than seven years in prison for her role in a stolen identity tax refund fraud ring. Tamika Floyd was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge W. Keith Watkins to…
Officials find 103 skimmers at Florida gas stations
AP reports: Officials with Florida’s Department of Agriculture say 103 skimmer devices that are used for identity theft have been discovered at more than 7,500 gas stations it inspected. The agency announced its findings Tuesday. The report comes after three months of investigation by inspectors who visited 7,571 stations in a statewide sweep. Read more…
MS: Is Anonymous targeting Hancock County Dept. of Human Services?
Wesley Muller reports: People claiming to be a part of an internationally-known hacker group say they are prepared to launch a cyber attack against the Mississippi Department of Human Services, prompting authorities to closely monitor the situation. Hancock County is included among threats made by the collaborative hacker activist network Anonymous, as the group pushes…
CA: Internist notifying patients following office burglary
A San Pablo internist, Sharon J. Jones, M.D., is notifying patients after burglars stole patient files in both electronic and paper formats. The burglary occurred on March 20, and according to Dr. Jones, “approximately 17 patient charts were stolen along with one desktop computer, two laptops and our server.” The burglary was discovered the next…