Every day, I see reports of SQLi vulnerabilities or cross-scripting vulnerabilities for university/college sites, and I wonder, “How many students and employees have personal information at risk because of this?” Consider this tweet from a self-described black hat hacker, @JM511: @amzh702 I’m tryin to fucked up any college or ESL or university as much as…
Data Security Firm Hit With Suit Over Cyberattack
Marisa Kendall reports on another investor’s lawsuit: A Silicon Valley company that touted the security of its mobile platform is facing a shareholder class action related to a 2014 data breach. MobileIron Inc. sells software intended to help companies securely manage their employees’ mobile devices. A suit filed last week in Santa Clara County Superior…
Carphone Warehouse hackers ‘used traffic bombardment smokescreen’
Christopher Williams reports: Hackers bombarded Carphone Warehouse with online traffic as a smokescreen while they stole the personal and banking details of 2.4 million people, according to sources with knowledge of the incident. The retailer revealed at the weekend that its security had been breached in a “sophisticated” attack. It is now thought that criminals used a…
China has been reading emails of top U.S. govt officials since 2010
Robert Windrem reports: China’s cyber spies have accessed the private emails of “many” top Obama administration officials, according to a senior U.S. intelligence official and a top secret document obtained by NBC News, and have been doing so since at least April 2010. The email grab — first codenamed “Dancing Panda” by U.S. officials, and then…
32 members and associates of Long Beach Insane Crip street gang tied to $14.3 million ID theft and tax refund fraud scheme
LOS ANGELES – Attorney General Kamala D. Harris announced today the takedown of a Long Beach Crip street gang that operated an identity theft scheme to perpetrate tax fraud, stealing over $3.3 million and attempting to steal over $11 million via tax fraud. The operation resulted in 22 members of the Insane Crip street gang being…
UK: Councils losing personal data four times a day: Tens of thousands affected by leaks of confidential information including medical records (updated)
Ian Drury reports on the results of a FOIA investigation by Big Brother Watch: Bungling councils have lost or wrongly shared the sensitive personal information of tens of thousands of people, a damning report reveals today. Officials breach data rules at least four times a day, often involving the confidential details – including medical records…