Local Facebook users risk violating the computer law unknowingly by pressing the "like" or "share" button included with posted comment on anti-monarchy messages on the most popular social networking site, Information and Communication Technology Minister Anudith Nakornthap said on Thursday. Anyone doing so could be arrested on charges of violating the Computer Crime Act and…
Critical Assets is Among First to Receive Funding for Security Projects Under DARPA’s Cyber Fast Track Program
Del Mar, CA, November 25, 2011 –(PR.com)– Critical Assets Labs, a division of Critical Assets, has been awarded the one of the first contracts from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) under their new “Cyber Fast Track Program.” DARPA will fund Critical Assets’ “Pin Pad Defender” project. The contract award funds the continued development,…
Sudan Airways mailbox database leaked by @SdCyber
@SdCyber or otherwise known as Sudan cyber army, has been busy digging around mail servers that they do not belong in. As a result Sudan Airways has had its complete mailbox dumped on pastebin for the world to see. the dump contains usernames, emails and encrypted passwords but as we always see these passwords are most likely really…
UK: Cleaner did not breach data security says hospital
A follow-up from Scotsman.com on a breach at the Edinburgh Royal Infirmary mentioned previously on this blog: … NHS Lothian last night said that the cleaner had not breached the hospital’s computer systems and said instead that her name was on a computerised floor plan in the A&E ward. Jackie Sansbury, chief operating officer at…
Data theft results in court battle
LOS ANGELES, Nov 23, 2011 (BUSINESS WIRE) — Harris & Ruble, a prominent class-action law firm based in Los Angeles, announced their November 16, 2011, filing of a class-action lawsuit against Sutter Medical Foundation and Sutter Physician Services, alleging the medical provider did not properly safeguard medical information for more than 4 million of its…
United States authorities Arrest four Filipino hackers
PHILIPPINES and United States authorities arrested Wednesday four members of a Filipino hackers group whose operation is allegedly being financed by a Saudi Arabia-based terrorist group. Wednesday night’s operation stemmed from the complaint of AT&T, a US-based telecommunication company and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) regarding the activities of Filipino hackers who hacked the…