Steve Ragan picked up on a press release from Europol. He reports: A press statement from Europol says that in December, law enforcement officials in Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Germany, and the U.K. raided two people in an ongoing investigation against the extortion group DD4BC. DD4BC, or DDoS 4 Bitcoin, has generated a good deal…
Month: January 2016
Simple Yet Effective eBay Bug Allowed Hackers to Steal Passwords
Swati Khandelwal writes that when MLT (@ret2libc on Twitter) responsibly notified eBay of a bug that would allow the theft of eBay users’ passwords via phishing, eBay ignored the problem – until the media came knocking for a statement. Read more on The Hacker News and read MLT’s blog post about the eBay flaw.
Privacy Class Actions are on the Rise in Canada
Ira Nishisato and Éloïse Gratton of Borden Ladner Gervais LLP write: There is a new trend in Canada towards privacy class actions being launched following a cybersecurity breach or an improper disclosure of personal information. Indeed, privacy class actions triggered by data breaches are growing in popularity in Canada, with between twenty and thirty privacy…
Numerous Cambodian sites defaced and hacked by Cyber TeamRox
Mech Dara and Daniel de Carteret report: A group of online hackers calling themselves Cyber TeamRox have breached several local websites over the past two days, including those of the Cambodian Navy, AEON Microfinance and Build Bright University. In what appears to be a random selection of targets, a hacker with the group using the alias Harith101,…
Number Of ID Theft Investigations DROP After California Allows Illegals Driver’s Licenses
Jonah Bennett reports: New figures show that the number of identification theft investigations collapsed by 30 percent in California after a program allowing illegal aliens to apply for driver’s licenses was implemented in 2015, according to a FOIA request obtained by The Daily Caller News Foundation. Breitbart News reported in late January 2015 that the California Department of Motor Vehicles…
AU: Victoria’s Barwon Health website targeted by pro-Palestinian hackers, medical records ‘not at risk’
Margaret Paul reports that Barwon Health’s site was defaced by pro-Palestinian hackers: In a statement, Barwon Health said patients’ medical records were not at risk, because the site is hosted by an external service, with no access to sensitive information. Read more on ABC (AU). The Geelong Advertiser adds: The Palestinian sympathiser that hacked a…