No great surprises, but a new survey, Securing Outsourced Consumer Data,commissioned by Experian Data Breach Resolution and conducted by the Ponemon Institute reveals that many organizations (46%) do not evaluate the security and privacy practices of vendors before sharing sensitive or confidential information. The survey polled nearly 750 individuals in organizations that transfer consumer data to third-party…
Australian web host Uber Global Possible Breach, 30+ sites left defaced
A hacker using the handle Jack Riderr has posted a paste to pastebin that includes a list of sites that have been breached which all come from Australian web hosting provider Uber Global The sites list is made up of mostly Australian sites with some from New Zealand and some other dot com (.com) based sites. The attacks appear to be recent…
UK: Council launches investigation following sensitive data breach
Mark Stead reports that a council has been accused of not securing confidential records being discarded, but the council says that they wee the victim of theft: An investigation has been launched into a security breach concerning the personal and highly confidential data of a group of 49 York residents. About 80 documents containing names,…
American Express vulnerable to attack, 2GB data potential
@TN_cyberarmy has just contacted us and other media sites announcing a exploit on the main American express website which allows access to data. The attack is on americanexpress.com and i can not disclose the vulnerable link but i can provide a simple proof of concept and i can confirm this is in fact exploitable and the said data…
Electronic’s Giant CASIO Hacked, 140,000 Credentials Leaked
A Chinese based Electronics Giant has had its website hacked by the Turkish Ajan hacker group which has carried out many high profile attacks in the past. The target this time is CASIO (www.casio.com.cn) who is a long term player in the electronics game and well known all around the world. > Casio Computer Co., Ltd. (カシオ計算機株式会社 Kashio Keisanki Kabushiki-gaisha?) is amultinational electronics…
String of cyber attacks by Anonymous for #OpBigBrother and #IDP13
This weekend has seen the coming of yet another Anonymous based operation that has now left many sites being victims of cyber attacks. The attacks have been carried out in the name of OpBigBrother and more so #IDP13 or International day for privacy which was set for the 23rd of Feb 2013. Many of the…