Alexander J. Martin reports that there’s a response to a report of vulnerabilities previously noted on this site. The Global Alliance for Genomics & Health has downplayed vulnerabilities found in its genome-sharing network by two Stanford researchers. Carlos Bustamante and Suyash Shringarpure, postdoctoral scholars in genetics at Stanford, had raised concerns about The Beacon Project’s…
Month: November 2015
Rep. Jan Schakowsky to offer rival bill on data security
Cory Bennett reports: Another lawmaker is taking a crack at a bill to set nationwide data security standards. Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-Ill.) said in a Tuesday hearing that she was preparing a bill “that would require strong security standards for a wide array of personal data,” such as geolocation data, health records, biometric details, and…
Anonymous denies releasing incorrect Ku Klux Klan member information
Nicky Woolf and Zach Stafford report: The hacktivist collective known as Anonymous has denied involvement in a data-dump on Monday that incorrectly outed several politicians as being members of the Ku Klux Klan. On 29 October, the group said on a Twitter account called Operation KKK and through a YouTube video that it had obtained a list of names of…
KeePass looter: Password plunderer rinses pwned sysadmins
Darren Pauli reports: Kiwi hacker Denis Andzakovic has developed an application that steals password vaults from the popular local storage vault KeePass. The jeu de mots KeyFarce works when a user has logged into their vault, and will dump the contents to a file that attackers can steal. It is no death knell for KeePass or other…
Two arrests made after confidential information on pope is stolen
Shelley Chandler reports: Investigators with the Vatican City police force arrested a high-ranking member of the clergy along with a Vatican employee for leaking confidential documents. Read more on Wireless Goodness.
vBulletin patches and forces password reset as 0day is posted for sale
@Cyber_War_News contributed to this post. vBulletin.com is back online after a breach first reported on DataBreaches.net. In new developments, vBulletin forced a password reset and issued a patch while the 0day used to hack them was put for sale. Password Reset An announcement in their forum last night acknowledged the breach and explains: vBulletin.com Password Reset…