David E. Sanger, Katie Benner and Adam Goldman report: The Justice Department plans to charge a North Korean spy in the hacking of Sony Pictures Entertainment in 2014, according to three government officials familiar with the indictment. The attack wiped out 70 percent of Sony Pictures’ computer capability and was done in retaliation for the…
Category: Business Sector
If an extension goes rogue, everything you do in your browser is compromised
Graham Cluley writes: One popular service which has its own Chrome browser extension is Mega.nz – the cloud-based file-sharing service founded by the shadowy larger-than-life figure of Kim Dotcom (he severed all ties with Mega three years ago.) This week, as ZDNet reports, the official Chrome browser extension for Mega.nz was compromised with a malicious…
For 2nd Time in 3 Years, Mobile Spyware Maker mSpy Leaks Millions of Sensitive Records
Brian Krebs reports: mSpy, the makers of a software-as-a-service product that claims to help more than a million paying customers spy on the mobile devices of their kids and partners, has leaked millions of sensitive records online, including passwords, call logs, text messages, contacts, notes and location data secretly collected from phones running the stealthy…
Brazilian credit bureau investigates potential data leak
Rogerio Jelmayer reports: Brazilian credit bureau Boa Vista SCPC is investigating a possible leak of millions of items of personal data. A group of hackers called Fatal Error claimed it accessed the database of the company, which has more than 350mn personal data about its customers, according a report by local daily Folha de S….
C&A suffers data leak in Brazil
Angelica Mari reports: The Brazilian operation of international fashion retail clothing chain C&A has confirmed a cyberattack to its gift card platform. Data from customers who purchased gift cards was leaked such as ID numbers and email addresses, in addition to information including the amount loaded into the cards, order number and data of purchase….
ZA: Hackers did not compromise our servers – Department of Labour
My Broadband reports: The Department of Labour has issued a statement confirming there was a recent attempted cyberattack on its website. The attack took place over the weekend, and the department’s IT unit confirmed it was a distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack – aimed at one of the department’s public-facing servers. Read more on…