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…
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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…
Kaspersky drops deets on Sony hacker malware
Darren Pauli report: Kaspersky bod Kurt Baumgartner has released more details into the Sony-plundering malware and links it to attacks on Saudi Aramco and South Korea. Research conducted in the wake of the epic Sony breach last month had connected those behind the attack known as the Guardians of Peace (GOP) with the 2012 hacking of Saudi Aramco by…
Sentinel newsroom burglarized, computers stolen
The Santa Cruz Sentinel reports: Burglars broke into the Santa Cruz Sentinel office at 1800 Green Hills Road on Saturday morning and stole computer laptops. Read more here. They don’t report whether there was any confidential material or material from sources on any of the laptops, and if so, whether the data were encrypted.
Was Sony pennywise and password foolish?
Iain Thomson reports that past decisions by Sony may have come back to bite it: […] As a result of those spending cutbacks, we’re told by sources, IT budgets were sharply reduced, finance functions were outsourced, and belts tightened in the theatrical and home entertainment departments. Some 800 people were made redundant between 2009 and…