Lorenzo Francesco-Bicchierai reports: A group of hackers has dumped the names, phone numbers and email addresses of more than 80 police officers from Miami, Florida, in what appears to be an attempt to “dox” the agents. The hackers appear to be loosely affiliated with the group of alleged teen hackers, known as “Crackas With Attitude”…
Month: January 2016
Ca: NWT Power Corporation apologizes for customer data breach
CBC News reports: The Northwest Territories Power Corporation has sent a letter to its customers telling them about a data security breach involving their personal information earlier this month. The company says that on Jan. 13, the company replied by email to a customer inquiry and attached the wrong file to that outgoing email. The file…
FBI Alerts University of Virginia to Employee Information Data Breach That Began in 2014
Wendi Moore reports: The University of Virginia is the victim of another data breach. According to a UVA statement, the personal information of approximately 1,400 UVA academic division employees has been accessed in a phishing email scam. The FBI notified UVA of the breach following an investigation. The FBI says suspects are in custody overseas….
John Matherly on Check Point Blacklisting Shodan
In today’s installment of “let’s hide our security failures from search engines,” Check Point is reportedly advising its clients to ban Shodan.io search engine from indexing their sites. Read more on Softpedia. It’s somewhat reassuring to think that many of the same firms who failed to adequately secure their databases will likely neither read nor act…
AU: Hack attack on a hospital IT system highlights the risk of still running Windows XP
Robert Merkel writes: A virus attack on the computer system of one of Melbourne’s largest hospital networks is cause for concern because it affected machines running Microsoft’s Windows XP, an operating system no longer supported by the software giant. A report this week in The Age said a “computer virus” has affected Windows XP systems across the…
In: Sector V fights cyber-crime stain; TalkTalk customers scammed by rogue Wipro employees
Dwaipayan Ghosh reports: The arrest of two Wipro employees following the crackdown on an international data theft racket has sent shockwaves across Salt Lake Sector V, the IT hub of Bengal. Though many tech firms have hurriedly opted for data insurance, most of them are not sure if it is enough to secure confidentiality and…