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…
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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…
Plusnet customers SWAMPED by spam but ISP claims there’s been no compromise
The Register reports that Plusnet customers are reporting spam addressed to tagged email addresses used only for Plusnet billing. The BT-owned ISP, however, is not acknowledging any breach: Plusnet has conducted a thorough investigation into this issue. Our investigations confirm that Plusnet’s Core Systems and Networks, including our subscriber and billing databases, have been verified…
Sony tells employees not to respond to hackers’ emails
Mike Fleming Jr. reports on Deadline|Hollywood that Sony Chief Michael Lynton has sent the following message to employees in the wake of a threatening email to employees that purports to be from the Guardians of Peace: We are understand (sic) that some our employees recently received an email containing malicious and threatening contents from an unknown sender….