Steve Ragan reports: Rapid7’s Chief Research Officer, HD Moore, has posted some notes on the Juniper ScreenOS incident. After analyzing the patches released by Juniper, Moore’s team discovered the backdoor password that enables the Telnet and SSH bypass. In a blog post on Rapid7’s community portal, Moore said that a quick Shodan search identified 26,000…
Category: Business Sector
ID: Police: Hundreds of local victims of credit card skimming scam
Scott Malone reports: There are hundreds of victims of a major credit card fraud case, and dozens of them might not even realize it. Detectives with the Post Falls Police Department told KHQ Saturday that they now believe there are at least 800 local people who have had their credit card information stolen through skimmers inside…
Credit card info of donors to pro-Muslim or anti-islamophobia organizations leaked
Update: Post-publication, the Virtue Center web site was taken offline and has not returned as of December 23. An undated entry on another site lists Shakil Islam and Faizan Sattar as “former employers” of VC. At the time of publication, however, they were listed on VC’s web site as part of their team. Follow-up e-mail…
AU: Builder Mark Parry was hacked with ransomware attack
Rod Chester reports: Builder Mark Parry is one of the countless Australians who have experienced the harsh fallout of a ransom demand from an anonymous hacker. The owner of Melbourne-based Hebden Kitchens and Bathrooms logged on to his office computer and was faced with a hard disk full of encrypted files and a criminal demand. All…
Delhi cyber heist: Suspected Isis hackers route Delhi firm’s Rs 6 crore to Turkey
Neha Singh reports: The Delhi Police are probing a cyber heist in which suspected Isis hackers have routed around Rs 5-6 crore in payments made to a Delhi-based firm to the bank accounts associated with Islamic State (Isis) in Turkey. […] According to the police, the hackers routed the payments made by the Delhi firm’s…
Comcast to pay $25.95 million to settle charges over hazardous waste disposal and privacy breach
From the California Attorney General’s Office this past week: SAN FRANCISCO – Attorney General Kamala D. Harris and Alameda County District Attorney Nancy E. O’Malley today announced a settlement with Comcast Cable Communications LLC (“Comcast”) to resolve allegations that Comcast both unlawfully disposed of hazardous waste and discarded records without first omitting or redacting private customer…