Hugo Miller reports: An ex-employee of UBS Group AG charged with stealing data on the bank’s clients and selling it to German tax authorities stands trial in Switzerland on Monday, in a case that rakes up the thorny issue of whether such leaks are the work of a whistleblower or a thief. The man, whom…
thedarkoverlord experiments with its approach to amassing BTC
I’ve probably reported more on the blackhats known as thedarkoverlord (TDO) than other journalists, and I’ve probably spent more time chatting with them about their work than any other journalist. But despite my considerable investment of time, there are times when I simply do not understand why they are doing what they are doing. As…
Growing Pains: As HackerOne has grown, is it harming what it intended to help? Part 2.
This is Part 2. Part 1 can be found here. HackerOne’s Managed Triage From what I understand of HackerOne’s managed triage, “Finders” (researchers) submit their findings to HackerOne, whose triagers/analysts review the submissions before the program it is written for ever sees anything. There is a clear potential for conflict and corruption in the system…
Growing Pains: As HackerOne has grown, is it harming what it intended to help? Part 1.
This is Part 1. Part 2 can be found here. In November, Catalin Cimpanu reported that Russian researcher, Sergey Zelenyuk, had publicly disclosed a VirtualBox 0day instead of first disclosing the problem to Oracle or working through a bug bounty platform. Curious to see what Zelenyuk’s justification for his actions would be, I found that…
When can the feds hack into your computer? Case involving scam targeting Wegmans could decide.
Phil Fairbanks reports: When the FBI uncovered a scammer targeting Wegmans two years ago, agents hacked into the suspect’s computer in an effort to learn his identity. The hacking, approved by a judge, involved an email and attachment that, when opened, connected the suspect’s computer to an FBI server. A new lawsuit in Buffalo federal…
Mom shocked to find driver’s license on metro Atlanta school website: Turns out, she’s not the only one
Joe Henke and Lauren Padgett report: A former volunteer with DeKalb County Schools was shocked by what she found when she typed her own name into Google recently – an image of her driver’s license posted online. […] Houde volunteered with DeKalb County Public Schools as a room parent when her children attended school in the district….