Thanh Nien News reports: The Hanoi police have arrested three young IT engineers who allegedly hacked into tens of thousands of credit cards and sold the information for more than VND400 million (US$18,380). Le Van Nguyen, Nguyen Trong Hong, and Dang Quang Thanh Thanh, all 25, graduated from a university in information technology and have…
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How the Washington Post was hijacked by the Syrian Electronic Army (again)
Graham Cluley reports: The Syrian Electronic Army appears to have successfully scalped another high profile media outlet, briefly hijacking the mobile version of the Washington Post website to display pop-up messages claiming that the media is not telling the truth. […] In this latest incident, as Motherboard reports, the hackers claim that they broke into systems belonging to Instart…
Starbucks mobile app hacked? No, says Starbucks.
I had held off reporting a scam involving Starbucks mobile app, and I’m glad I did, because Starbucks says there’s been no compromise of their app or system. In a statement on their site, they write: Starbucks takes the obligation to protect customers’ information seriously. News reports that the Starbucks mobile app has been hacked are…
Mobile Spy Software Maker mSpy Hacked, Customer Data Leaked
Brian Krebs reports: mSpy, the makers of a dubious software-as-a-service product that claims to help more than two million people spy on the mobile devices of their kids and partners, appears to have been massively hacked. Last week, a huge trove of data apparently stolen from the company’s servers was posted on the Deep Web,…
Verizon Security Flaw Left Millions Of Home Internet Users Vulnerable To Attack
Joseph Bernstein reports: With its $4.4 billion purchase yesterday of AOL, the telecom giant Verizon gained millions of new home internet customers. But a glaring security flaw suggests they may have put millions of their existing internet customers at risk. BuzzFeed News has learned of a vulnerability in Verizon’s service that could have allowed anyone to view…
Report: Chinese Breach of USIS Started with SAP
InfoSecurity reports: Last fall, it came to light that Chinese hackers had roamed around unnoticed for months inside the network of USIS, the biggest commercial provider of background investigations to the federal US government. In fact, two of the company’s biggest customers are the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the Office of Personnel Management (OPM)….