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Hackers Breach Law Firms, Including Cravath, Weil Gotshal

Posted on March 30, 2016 by Dissent

Remember a few days ago when I noted that the FBI had issued a Private Industry Notification to law firms? This is related…. Nicole Hong and Robin Sidel report: Hackers broke into the computer networks at some of the country’s most prestigious law firms, and federal investigators are exploring whether they stole confidential information for the purpose…

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vBulletin Servers Hacked, Admins Force Password Reset for All Users

Posted on March 29, 2016 by Dissent

Catalin Cimpanu reports: Administrators of the vBulletin forums have started a site-wide password reset operation after an unknown attacker has gained access to one of their servers. Last Thursday the vBulleting.org (sic) and vBulleting.com (sic) domains went offline for maintenance and remained so until Friday afternoon. As soon as the forums came back online, all…

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Truecaller Fixes Data Leaking Hole in Android App

Posted on March 29, 2016 by Dissent

Chris Brook reports: Researchers are encouraging Android users who may have downloaded a popular caller identification application to update, as a previous version of the app inadvertently leaked user information. The app, Truecaller, specializes in phone call management and has been installed at least 100,000,000 times, according to its listing on Google’s Play marketplace. While…

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FTC Approves Final Order in Oracle Java Security Case

Posted on March 29, 2016 by Dissent

After a public comment period, the Federal Trade Commission has approved a final order resolving the Commission’s complaint against Oracle alleging that the company deceived consumers about the security provided by updates to its Java Platform Standard Edition software. The settlement was first announced in December 2015. In its complaint, the FTC alleged that Oracle was aware…

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Grand Ole Opry Parent Company Falls Victim to Phishing Scam

Posted on March 29, 2016 by Dissent

Today’s reminder that we’re not done with all the phishing that snagged employee W-2 data. Nashville’s Ryman Hospitality Properties has fallen victim to a fraudulent phishing scam that resulted in employees’ IRS W-2 information, which includes Social Security numbers, being disclosed externally, Billboard has learned. The company is parent to entertainment brands the Grand Ole Opry, Nashville’s historic Ryman Auditorium and legendary…

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Chinese Browsers Leave Users Vulnerable, Report Says

Posted on March 29, 2016 by Dissent

Dow Jones Business reports: China’s top three Web browsers collected and transmitted data in insecure ways, making hundreds of millions of users’ personal information vulnerable to unauthorized access, according to a human-rights research group. In a report published Tuesday, the University of Toronto’sCitizen Lab said Tencent Holdings Ltd.’s QQ Browser had been transmitting users’ data…

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