@Cyber_War_News contributed to this post. vBulletin.com is back online after a breach first reported on DataBreaches.net. In new developments, vBulletin forced a password reset and issued a patch while the 0day used to hack them was put for sale. Password Reset An announcement in their forum last night acknowledged the breach and explains: vBulletin.com Password Reset…
CEA Releases Guidelines on Privacy and Security of Personal Wellness Data
Meena Harris writes: Last week, the Consumer Electronics Association (“CEA”) announced its Guiding Principles on the Privacy and Security of Personal Wellness Data, a set of baseline, voluntary guidelines for private-sector organizations that handle the type of data often produced by wearable technologies. Read about the guidelines on Covington & Burling InsidePrivacy.
Walmart notifying Niagara customers of potential security breach
Newstalk610 reports an update to the PNI Digital Media breach that impacted photo centers at a number of chain retailers: Some Niagara customers who had photos printed at Walmart are getting emails telling them their financial information may have been breached. Back in July, Walmart Canada disabled its online Photo Centre website as a precaution,…
UT: Salt Lake City School District systems down after hack, no student info compromised
Fox News reports: The Salt Lake City School District phone system is working again after officials said a cyber hack took down phone and online systems Monday. The district said, ” Our district network was the target of a cyber attack where thousands of external systems coordinated to access our system at the same time. This attack…
Pennsylvania man gets prison for hiring “hacker” to erase court fines
From the do-you-know-who-you’re-hiring-on-Craigslist dept: Miles Snyder reports: A Harrisburg man will serve at least two years in prison for recruiting a computer hacker to wipe out fines he owed to Lancaster County. Zachary J. Landis, 27, was sentenced to 2-4 years in state prison after pleading guilty last week to felony counts of computer trespass, unlawful…
The Hacking Team Defectors
Lorenzo Franceschi-Bichhierai has a good piece about members of the Hacking Team who left, and what happened afterwards. Here’s a teaser from it: His name is Alberto Pelliccione. Until last year, he was the man responsible for developing Hacking Team’s Android spyware, and one of the employees who had worked on the company’s marquee product,…