Yonhap News reports: South Korea’s military counter-espionage service has opened an investigation into an alleged North Korean hacking attack on Hanjin Heavy Industries & Construction Co. a key builder of naval warships, officials said Tuesday. “After identifying signs that Hanjin Heavy Industries may have been hacked on April 20, the Defense Security Command is currently…
Category: Business Sector
UserVoice Security Incident
As posted on their site yesterday: Please see our blog post from May 9, 2016 announcing a security incident at https://community.uservoice.com/blog/uservoice-security-incident-notification/ What Happened? In late April, the UserVoice security team learned that an unauthorized party illegally accessed one of UserVoice’s backend reporting systems and was able to view user data on a small subset of users….
Kiddicare customers at risk after data spills from test server
Update: SC Magazine reports that the firm notified/warned 794,000 customers! A follow-up email/notice by the retailer tells customers that the compromised information was restricted to name, delivery address, telephone number and email address. Graham Cluley reports: British retailer Kiddicare, which has made a name for itself selling pushchairs, car seats and more, has suffered a data…
Passwords and Sexual Desires for Dating Site ‘Fling’ hacked and up for sale
Joseph Cox reports: A hacker claims to be selling tens of millions of user accounts for adult dating site Fling.com on the dark web, including information on sexual desires, preferences, and other personal details. “Find sex by contacting fellow Fling members and get laid tonight,” the site reads. “Check out millions of fun photos and watch webcams…
VA: Large Credit Card Breach at Walmart in Fredericksburg
Greg Hambrick reports: Fredericksburg City Police says a “large number” of debit/credit card users at the Central Park Walmart had their card information stolen, with dozens of reports of fraudulent cash withdrawls. Walmart Global has confirmed an unspecified number of cards have been compromised. It’s believed the suspects obtained the card information by placing overlay…
Qualcomm flaw exposes millions of Android devices to data theft risk
Lucian Constantin reports: A vulnerability in an Android component shipped with phones that use Qualcomm chips puts users’ text messages and call history at risk of theft. The flaw was found by security researchers from FireEye and was patched by Qualcomm in March. However, because the vulnerability was introduced five years ago, many affected devices…