Megan Newquist reports: Imagine a burglar stalking his victims and taking pictures of their cars in parking lots, knowing their whereabouts and then breaking into their homes. Eden Prairie police say that’s exactly what 45-year-old David William Pollard was doing, but they didn’t know how until he was arrested leaving a Minnetonka home on April…
Month: November 2015
TalkTalk data being used to con seniors
A caution from the Daily Mail: In the past week, many pensioners have told the Daily Mail how they have fallen victim to conmen pretending to be from TalkTalk. They often claim to be offering compensation for the data breach before asking for victims’ bank account details. Last night a senior cyber-crime officer warned: ‘The…
vBulletin, Foxit Software forums hacked by Coldzer0; hundreds of thousands of users’ info stolen
This post was co-authored with @Cyber_War_News. Some days we scratch our heads at the folks who proudly claim hacks and then give law enforcement enough evidence to go after them. And then this happened: #vBulletin 5.x.x hacked by Coldzer0 today. Licences & database dumped, shell on server. vBulletin denied. #0day #security #zeroday — Terry Tran (@terryjunx) November…
PageFair breach disclosure
Here’s an example of how to timely detect and disclose a breach transparently. Halloween Security Breach By Sean Blanchfield PageFair security breach has been resolved – here is what you need to know. Update 1 – 21:30 GMT November 1, 2015 Core Facts If you are a publisher using our free analytics service, you have good…
Stanford researchers identify potential security hole in genomic data-sharing network
Hackers with access to a person’s genome might find out if that genome is in an international network of disease databases. Sharing genomic information among researchers is critical to the advance of biomedical research. Yet genomic data contains identifiable information and, in the wrong hands, poses a risk to individual privacy. If someone had access…
Anonymous starts to reveal KKK members’ details in #OpKKK
Samburaj Das reports: Anonymous has made good on its threat to expose KKK members on the internet to reveal phone numbers and emails of alleged KKK members. Activist collective Anonymous has long had a feud with members of the radical Ku Klux Klan. There is a history there. Recently, Anonymous threatened to dox a thousand members…