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AU: Dishonest police officers caught snooping or sharing Victorians’ private information

Posted on May 17, 2015 by Dissent

Peter Mickelburough reports: Dishonest cops are being caught snooping or passing on secrets in growing numbers despite the force’s efforts to protect the private information of millions of Victorians. Complaints of police abusing information were up 54 per cent in the 21 months to September 2014 on the rate in 2012, while proven cases doubled. The…

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How to get yourself bad PR, Capital One edition

Posted on May 17, 2015 by Dissent

Betty Lin-Fisher reports: Louise Gunther of Fairlawn called recently to express her extreme frustration at how, despite six weeks of efforts to correct the problem, she was continuing to get what she felt was private information sent by email for someone else’s Capital One credit card. Gunther regularly checks the email for her domestic partner…

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FBI Cyber Notification: FBI, TSA Analyzing Claims of Intrusion Vectors into Onboard Avionics

Posted on May 17, 2015 by Dissent

In case you didn’t see this last month, it’s worth noting in light of current news stories about Chris Roberts’ research and claims. Public Intelligence writes: The following private industry notification was published online by RenderMan of RenderLab in late April.  The notification concerns claims made by security researcher Chris Roberts about vulnerabilities in “commercial aircraft’s onboard avionics and wireless networks…

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Sideways: A test too far?

Posted on May 17, 2015 by Dissent

It looks like the poo may have really hit the fan for Chris Roberts (@Sidragon1 on Twitter). If you’ve read this article on APTN and the affidavit for a search warrant that APTN obtained, you’ll already know that FBI agent Mark Hurley claimed that in interviews in February and March, Chris allegedly told the FBI that he was able to hack airplanes…

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Naikon Hackers Take Aim At Asia-Pacific Nations, Warns Kaspersky

Posted on May 15, 2015 by Dissent

Tom Jowitt reports: Security specialists Kaspersky Lab has warned of an active hacker collective that goes by the name of Naikon and is targeting a number of countries in the South China Sea area. The group has apparently infiltrated a number of government, civil and military organisations in countries such as the Philippines, Malaysia, Cambodia, Indonesia, Vietnam,…

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FTC Sued Over Refusal to Disclose Data Security Policies

Posted on May 14, 2015 by Dissent

Jenna Greene reports: The Federal Trade Commission this week was sued for refusing to turn over information about how the agency decides to bring data security cases. The Freedom of Information Act suit by Philip Reitinger, a former Department of Homeland Security official who is now president of a cybersecurity company, comes as the FTC defends…

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