The Duqu Virus, which was discovered in computers around the world two months ago, may be a more serious threat to data security than previously thought. Computer scientists at the Kaspersky Lab in Moscow revealed yesterday that the way the virus went about attacking individual computers was much more complicated than it had been considered…
MW: Sex workers sue government after forced HIV test
From AFP: Some 14 Malawians sex workers arrested by police and forced to undergo HIV tests two years ago have sued the government for “unfair action and violating their privacy”, a high court official told AFP Sunday. The prostitutes, who all tested positive, filed for a judicial review of their case in 2009, but the…
Latest antiSec video calls for more hacks on governments
Today Anonymous has uploaded a HD video that explains AntiSec and also calls for all hackers regardless of the color hat you wear to join forces and fight the corrupt government of the world. This shows that Operation Anti-security which was started by spinoff lulzsec and continued on by anonymous and many other hacker teams/crews/groups is still on its way and…
UCLA Psychology Dept. database hacked (again?)
Via Cyber War News, it seems that a UCLA Department of Psychology faculty database was hacked by Inj3ctor. Much of the data represent the names of departmental programs with corresponding names, e-mail addresses, and/or phone numbers and are just directory information, but there is also a dump of applicant information that reveals 26 applicants’ first…
Hack of online shoe retailer reveals customers’ and administrators’ passwords
I try to remember to check data dumps on Pastebin to see what’s showing up. Today I see a data dump of customer data reportedly acquired from online shoe retailer Zapateria Orinoco. There are 487 customers’ e-mail addresses, clear-text passwords, security questions and security answers. Ugh. But wait, there’s more. Two administrator accounts with clear-text passwords….
Hack on online game, Mu Explicito, exposes players’ and administrator’s passwords
Another Pastebin dump, this one of a hack of Mu Explicito, reveals 35 usernames, clear-text passwords, and e-mail addresses as well as the site owner/administrator’s clear-text password.