From DataLossDB and Risk Based Security: Earlier today, a hacker identified as ProbablyOnion (who recently breached Boxee.tv) has posted data from a large job seeker website resulting in over 36,000 accounts being published online. The website BigMoneyJobs.com is a large hub for job seekers and employers looking to hire them. The breach was announced over Twitter and…
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60,000 Personal Credentials Leaked From Syrian Sites
Lee J writes: Today a hacker from the European Cyber Army going by the handle @Zer0Pwn has announced a leak of data from two Syrian based websites job.sy, realestate.sy. The leak which is titled “ECA vs. Assad | Part 1″ was posted to Pastebin with a preview of some of the users’ data and a link to Sendspace. The attack is apart…
Is delaying notification for law enforcement purposes ever unreasonable?
Over on Security Bistro, Linda Musthaler discusses the recently disclosed Spec’s breach and the fact that Spec’s knew about the breach but was asked not to disclose it by law enforcement. We’ve seen this many times – delays in notification so as not to interfere with a law enforcement investigation. But should there be some…
German officials confirm 18 million emails and passwords stolen
DW reports that there’s been another large data theft reported in Germany: Another mass hacking of private data was confirmed by German officials on Thursday, this time involving 18 million email addresses and passwords. Authorities in the northwestern city of Verden discovered the trove of information, according to the city’s public prosecutor Lutz Gaebel. Unidentified…
PK: Privacy breach: ‘Hacker’ arrested for leaking private data
Asad Kharal reports: A man was arrested on Wednesday for hacking into a cellular company’s database and uploading the information of its subscribers on a website. Mubashar Shahzad, a resident of Kasur, was arrested after the National Response Centre for Cyber Crime (NR3C) of the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) traced his IP (internet protocol) address,…
Anti-media cybercrime spree continues: Al Arabiya hacked by NullCrew
Violet Blue reports that NullCrew teamed up with the Horsemen of Lulz and used the same unpatched vulnerability in Zimbra that it used to hack Comcast to now hack Al Arabiya, the second largest media company in the Middle East. Read more on ZDNet.