Darren Pauli reports: Kaspersky researcher Ido Noar says attackers have hit hundreds of small and medium businesses, stealing credentials and documents in a noisy smash-and-grab campaign. Noar says criminals have stolen some 10,000 documents from nanotechnology, education, and media outfits in an attack that foists a newly-discovered strain of malware called “Grabit”. Read more on…
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Statement by Lauri Love on the return of some of his property by NCA
Statement by Lauri Love on the return of some of his property by NCA, as posted on Gist. The BBC wanted a statement on the return of [some] property by the National Crime Agency to the Love residence. Journalists and editors have a tendency to exerpt from statements, and sometimes don’t always get the gist…
“MySchoolFees” site compromised; student data reportedly not compromised
This appears to be a defacement, but until the forensics are complete, we won’t know if any information has been accessed or acquired. Becky Wright reports: The website of a company used by Weber School District, “MySchoolFees,” has been compromised. Parents and students are being asked to stop making online payments through the site until…
Anonymous Hacks Chile Govt In Support Of Student Protests, Against Police Brutality
Waqas reports: Anonymous hacktivist breached a government of Chile website and leaked login details of officials in support of student protests against the government’s education policy. Read more on HackRead.
Penn State College of Engineering hacked; China suspected in at least one attack (updated)
University alerted by FBI in November 2014 18,000 whose SSN were on server being notified First attack may have occurred in September 2012 NBC reports: The engineering school at Penn State was the target of two sophisticated hacking attacks, one of which cybersecurity experts say originated in China, the university announced on Friday. While the university…
Singapore: New Advisory Guidelines and Resources Available
The Personal Data Protection Commission of Singapore has issued new advisory guidelines and resources, particularly for SMEs. Some of them pertain to protecting electronic personal data and managing data breaches. You can access the guidelines on their site, but here are direct links to a few of them that may be of interest: Is Personal Data Safe With…