A few days ago, I received an inquiry from someone who had logged into her USPS online store account, only to see another customer’s name, address, and last four digits of their credit card number. Understandably concerned, she contacted customer service who told her that it was a “known error” and that letters would be…
DARPA BRINGS NEW FOCUS TO CRITICAL AREA FOR NATIONAL SECURITY
Agency engages key leaders and experts for frank discussion on cyber security Nearly 700 experts from the cyber community—half of which were new to the DARPA cyber community—joined Agency and other Defense Department cyber leaders in Arlington, Va. at DARPA’s “Colloquium on Future Directions in Cyber Security,”Monday. A general agreement by all attendees was rapidly reached;…
Steam hit by hackers
Its owner and operator, Valve, uncovered an intrusion into a user database while investigating a security breach of its discussion forums. The attackers used login details from the forum hack to access a database that held ID and credit card data. Valve said that, so far, it had no evidence that credit cards were being…
Duqu Authors Sprinkle Humor in Dangerous Code
Wrapped in the code used to infect computers is an "Easter egg," or a hidden message. Easter eggs have long been inserted in computer code, often seen only by those who enjoy browsing computer code. Duqu’s exploit, the code used to take advantage of a software vulnerability, contained the line: "Copyright (c) 2003 Showtime Inc….
Computer virus hits NZ ambulances
A computer virus disabled the automated response system of St John communication centres across the country this week. Ambulance communications operations manager Alan Goudge said systems were back up and running yesterday morning after being attacked by the virus on Wednesday night. The incident forced staff to allocate ambulances manually but it is still unknown…
Dump of accounts from mAPPn.com by @IGetRoot
@IGetRoot has dumped a fairly large amount of user account information from a well known android mobile application website. the website mAPPn.com also provides many other useful resources for android users. The leak contains users names, emails and encrypted passwords. be sure to use CTRL+F to quick search for your email if you use this website.