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AU: Security researcher pleads guilty in GoGet case

Posted on March 25, 2019 by Dissent

There’s an update to a case previously noted on this site  in January, 2018.  Rohan Pearce reports: Illawarra-based security researcher Nikola Cubrilovic has pleaded guilty to charges related to unauthorised access to the GoGet service and will be sentenced in May. Cubrilovic was arrested in January 2018 and charged with allegedly accessing a database the car-sharing…

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Kanopy privacy breach reveals which movies members have been streaming

Posted on March 24, 2019 by Dissent

On March 22, Simon Cohen reported: Free movie streaming site Kanopy has suffered a significant data leak, according to security researcher Justin Paine. Due to an unprotected web log database, which could be publicly accessed without authentication of any kind, Paine believes that the company has been leaking “roughly 26-40 million log lines per day beginning…

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A family tracking app was leaking real-time location data

Posted on March 23, 2019 by Dissent

Zack Whittaker reports: A popular family tracking app was leaking the real-time locations of more than 238,000 users for weeks after the developer left a server exposed without a password. The app, Family Locator, built by Australia-based software house React Apps, allows families to track each other in real-time, such as spouses or parents wanting…

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Ransomware Forces Two Chemical Companies to Order ‘Hundreds of New Computers’

Posted on March 23, 2019 by Dissent

Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai reports: A ransomware attack appears to have affected two American chemicals companies, Motherboard has learned. Hexion and Momentive, which make resins, silicones, and other materials, and are controlled by the same investment fund, were hit by the ransomware on March 12, according to a current employee. An internal email obtained by Motherboard and…

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Class Certification Denied for Data Breach Claim Brought by Bank Against Retailer

Posted on March 23, 2019 by Dissent

Balch & Bingham LLP write: Last week, the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Alabama denied Southern Independent Bank’s (“Southern Independent’s”) motion for class certification following a data breach which allegedly affected over 2,000 financial institutions across the country. Southern Independent, a community bank located in south Alabama, brought a class action complaint…

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Man paid hacker to get nude photos from UCF student’s Snapchat account, police say

Posted on March 23, 2019 by Dissent

I missed this one when it first appeared, but it’s worth posting so that parents can once again remind their kids about online safety. Read the full news story on this one as it provides a lot of details about the hacker convincing the victim to give him the login credentials to her account, and…

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