ChaoticSec, a group of hackers, today hacked Stanford University’s Database. Because of the hack Stanford is now re-constructing the site and ChaoticSec says "Get It While You Have Time" leaves Stanford in a great risk. https://pastebin.com/1Ri9Sy8q
Jefferson County judge issues injunction barring GoDaddy from hosting hacked law enforcement data
Jefferson County, Alabama Sheriff Mike Hale was apparently successful in obtaining an injunction against GoDaddy. As previously reported, GoDaddy has hosted and registered sites that were involved in dumping the personal data of Jefferson County law enforcement employees and their families after hackers went after a number of law enforcement-related web sites. I had thought…
Small update to the Futurity First Insurance Group breach
Reports of entities affected by the Futurity First Insurance Group breach continue to emerge. In addition to the previous update, the latest update to the HHS breach tool reveals that American Continental Insurance Company in Tennessee had 690 of their members affected. That now brings the known total for the breach to over 7,500. Keep…
(update) On second thought…. SAIC offers free credit monitoring after breach
TRICARE, the military health program, has directed its business associate, Science Applications International Corp., to offer one year’s worth of free credit monitoring and restoration services to the 4.9 million beneficiaries affected by a recent breach. Earlier, TRICARE had announced that it would not offer credit monitoring services, citing the minimal risk involved in the breach,…
The Black Hole Project hacked by V3L0C1TY
A failure website that is majorly penetrable. I believe that this is a VB development programming website, it contains files that are meant to assist people with a VB project they are working on… Target: This attack is against the owner of the website…. on how he has failed to meliorate the security within the…
Beware $1.7m OZ Skype Scam
A new scam using VoIP Skype service is conning Australians out of millions, NSW Minister for Fair Trading has warned. The elaborate scam, which involves offshore telemarketers posing as reps from a fake organisation called Australian Electricity Commission, who are pushing energy saving devices and threatening to cut off householder power within 3 days, if…