Sam Biddle reports: Sony says the recent breach of its servers and weeklong cyber humiliation is an “unprecedented” strike and an “unparalleled crime.” If they’re shocked by these events, they’ve been shocked for almost a year: leaked emails obtained by Gawker show security troubles dating back to February. If you read the full article on Gawker, you’ll see emails noting…
Category: Business Sector
MO: Parking company issues cardholder security breach at Union Station
KPLR reports: A security breach at the Union Station parking lot could cause a lot of headaches this Holiday season. St. Louis Parking Company reveled (sic) Wednesday that security for users of credit and debit cards at the parking lot have had their card information compromised. The company says the breach occurred from October 6th…
Target to Make No Harm-No Foul Argument in Breach Suit
Andrew Harris reports: Target Corp. (TGT:US) customers whose credit card data and identifying information was stolen by hackers face the prospect the retailer owes them nothing for their ensuing troubles, and they may have the government to thank for it. The retailer is counting on a U.S. Supreme Court ruling from last year grounded in the principle…
Hackers contacted top Sony executives before attack
Martyn Williams reports: Top executives at Sony Pictures received an email extorting money three days before the company’s computer network was taken offline in a major hack. The email message was among thousands released on Monday when the email boxes of two top Sony executives were leaked online. It was the latest release of potentially embarrassing…
A Breakdown and Analysis of the December, 2014 Sony Hack
Risk Based Security (RBS) has posted a chronology and detailed analysis of the data dumps to date in the Sony hack. This is a must-read article for journalists or those interested in the scope of data types involved.
AliExpress WebSite Vulnerability Exposes Millions of Users’ Private Information (Updated)
The Hacker News reports: A critical, but easily exploitable personal information disclosure vulnerability has been discovered in the widely popular online marketplace AliExpress website that affects its millions of users worldwide.. […] Amitay Dan, an Israeli application security researcher working at Cybermoon.cc, reported the vulnerability to The Hacker News after providing full disclosure of the flaw to the AliExpress…