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Hacking Team claims terrorists can now use its tools

Posted on July 9, 2015 by Dissent

Jeremy Kirk reports: Hacking Team has warned that a devastating data breach it suffered will allow its spying tools to be used by criminals and terrorists. The Milan-based security company, which develops surveillance tools for mostly government clients, saw more than 400GB of internal data released on Sunday, including emails, clients lists, financial information and…

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Security breach at local hotels led to unauthorized charges on guests’ cards

Posted on July 8, 2015 by Dissent

Fox5 reports on a breach affecting hotel guests as three San Diego hotels. A copy of the hotels operator’s notification was submitted to the California Attorney General’s Office today. The breach occurred in September 2014 until discovery in March 2015: The operator of three San Diego hotels announced Wednesday that a security breach led to…

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Hacker group that hit Twitter, Facebook, Apple and Microsoft intensifies attacks

Posted on July 8, 2015 by Dissent

Lucian Constantin reports: The hackers that targeted Twitter, Facebook, Apple and Microsoft developers two years ago have escalated their economic espionage efforts as they seek confidential business information and intellectual property they can profit from. The group, which security researchers from Kaspersky Lab and Symantec call Wild Neutron or Morpho, has broken into the networks…

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Adobe expected to issue Flash Player patch for Hacking Team 0-day

Posted on July 8, 2015 by Dissent

Adobe is expected to issue a patch for a vulnerability its Flash Player today to address a zero-day that was included in the Hacking Team data dump. In the meantime, @SwiftOnSecurity sounded the alarm last night with instructions how to protect yourself: TRANSLATION: Worst-case scenario is now in play – HT Flash 0day with NO patch is now…

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Four NJ Gambling Websites Hit by DDoS, Hacker Demands Bitcoin Ransom

Posted on July 7, 2015 by Dissent

Wayne Parry of AP reports: A hacker shut down four New Jersey Internet gambling sites for half an hour last week and threatened more cyberattacks over the holiday weekend unless a ransom was paid using the online currency Bitcoin, authorities said Tuesday. David Rebuck, director of the New Jersey Gaming Enforcement Division, said Thursday’s attack was a…

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Housing.com hacked, former CEO Rahul Yadav says he didn’t do it

Posted on July 7, 2015 by Dissent

Nandagopal Rajan reports: So, the first Monday after its founder Rahul Yadav was sacked by the board, the Housing.com website is on a see-saw ride that seems to have no end. The site was down for a while and then came back up only to go down again. Our suspicion is that this is going…

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