Dan Goodin reports: Fingerprint-reading software preinstalled on laptops sold by Dell, Sony, and at least 14 other PC makers contains a serious weakness that makes it trivial for hackers with physical control of the machine to quickly recover account passwords, security researchers said. The UPEK Protector Suite, which was acquired by Melbourne, Florida-based Authentec two years ago, is…
Consent needed for disclosure of medical records during subrogation – lawsuit
Justin Quintana filed a potential class action lawsuit against Ingenix that’s of note here because many of us have probably been in automobile accidents where our insurance company pays our bills and then attempts to subrogate, or recover, from the other party’s insurance company. In this case, Quintana alleges that Ingenix violated a number of…
PA: Hacker hands Barto manufacturer $190,000 loss
Anthony Orozco reports: A hacker broke into a Berks County manufacturer’s computer system and stole nearly $200,000, according to state police. The banking system at CWI Railroad System Specialists, a Barto company that manufactures train engine parts, was hacked last month, troopers said. The hacker entered the company’s system and issued payments to banks in…
MI5 and SIS Sites Taken down by @0x00x00
Hacker @0x00x00 who has been attacking all sorts of stuff over the past week has just made claim to taking down the United Kingdoms Secret Intelligence Services websites www.sis.gov.uk and www.mi5.gov.uk. The attack was announced via twitter. > 0x00x00 @0x00x00 #DnsFucked https://www.sis.gov.uk https://www.mi5.gov.uk @Cyber_War_News@AnonOpsSweden @TruthIzSexy @Asher_Wolf @anon_online@youanonnews At time of publishing the sites were still down and most likely will be for some…
City of Newark Web site Hacked, 3000+ Accounts leaked by @0x00x00
Earlier today hacker @0x00x00 announced an attack on the City of Newark, New Jersey website (www.ci.newark.nj.us) which has resulted in over 3000 user credentials being leaked. The attack was announced via twitter and posted to pastebin. The website is the main website for Newark and contains a heap of information and basic news services for people interested in the Newark area….
Scottish councils lose personal data of 10,000
From PublicService.co.uk Hundreds of council data security incidents have led to the loss of data on more than 10,000 people in Scotland over the past five years, figures released under freedom of information laws have revealed. Laptops containing images of children were lost, as was confidential pension information and Blackberry devices containing sensitive emails. These…