ZippyYum 3.4 Insecure Data Storage

Title: CVE-2013-6986 Insecure Data Storage in Subway Ordering for California ZippyYum 3.4 iOS mobile application Published: DATE Reported to Vendor: May 2013 CVE Reference: CVE-2013-6986 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2013-6986 CVSS v2 Base Score: 4.9 CVSS v2 Vector...

Hacker stole $100,000 from Users of California based ISP using SQL Injection

In 2013 we have seen a dramatic increase in the number of hack attacks attempted against banks, credit unions and utility companies using various techniques including DDoS attack, SQL injection, DNS Hijacking and Zero-Day Flaws. SQL Injection is one of the most common security vulnerabilities on...

Hacker stole $100,000 from Users of California based ISP using SQL Injection

In 2013 we have seen a dramatic increase in the number of hack attacks attempted against banks, credit unions and utility companies using various techniques including DDoS attack, SQL injection, DNS Hijacking and Zero-Day Flaws. SQL Injection is one of the most common security vulnerabilities on...

Turning your iPhone or Android camera into Microscope

Have you ever been wanting to take a picture of something you're looking at under your microscope but you just can't? Well, but now the Microphone Lens turns your iPhone or Android camera phone into a portable handheld microscope. By attaching a lightweight, inexpensive device to the back of a...

EHACK : The Largest Information Security Awareness Marathon Globally

More than 9000+ participants enter the Guinness book of World Records for the largest congregation for information Security. E-Hack, world largest Ethical Hacking workshop was organized by InfySEC at SRM University on July 27 and 28,2013 . The expected participant count was 4500+ but on the day o...

Bug Bounty Programs Pay Economic Rewards

Bug bounty programs can be as much as 100 times more cost-effective for finding security vulnerabilities than hiring full-time security researchers to do the same thing. New research from the University of California at Berkeley, which focused on bug bounty programs run by Google and Mozilla, fou...

California to Focus on Unencrypted Data in Breach Investigations

Data breaches affected more than 2.5 million California residents last year, and the state’s attorney general said that the information belonging to more than half of those victims would have been unaffected had the data been encrypted by the companies storing it. In an effort to remedy this...

California issued cease and desist order against Bitcoin Foundation

The Bitcoin Foundation has received a cease-and-desist letter from the California Department of Financial Institutions, which oversees banks, credit unions, and other financial organizations operating in the state. Jon Matonis, who is a board member at the Foundation, revealed the letter on Forbe...

California issued cease and desist order against Bitcoin Foundation

The Bitcoin Foundation has received a cease-and-desist letter from the California Department of Financial Institutions, which oversees banks, credit unions, and other financial organizations operating in the state. Jon Matonis, who is a board member at the Foundation, revealed the letter on Forbe...

California Considers Pushing Data Disclosure Envelope Again

California, which set the standard for data breach notifications nationwide, is again seeking to set a precedent by becoming the first state in the nation to require companies upon request disclose to California consumers the data they’ve collected and to whom it was shared during the past year...

California Attorney General Fighting for Mobile Privacy Rights

UPDATE – In an attempt to reign in the tendency of indifference toward consumer privacy among mobile application developers, California Attorney General Kamala D. Harris today made public a list of guidelines regulating the ways in which mobile application developers and technology companies hand...

14,000 Californians at Risk Following Medi-Cal, DHCS Breach

Medi-Cal, California’s Medicaid welfare program, came clean to customers this week admitting it mistakenly posted almost 14,000 of its users’ Social Security numbers online last month. Providers of In-Home Supportive Services IHSS care in 25 counties are affected by the breach, according to a...

FTC Launches Investigations into Mobile Apps for Kids

The Federal Trade Commission on Monday said it’s launching “non-public investigations” to determine if mobile application providers are violating federal laws by collecting information on children without their parents’ permission. A report indicates almost 60 percent 235 of the children-centric...

Sensitive information of 1 Million people breached at Nationwide Insurance

Nationwide Insurance was breached last week and Sensitive information of about 1 Million people is at risk. The FBI is investigating a breach, including policy and non-policy holders. Nationwide mailed notices to all affected individuals last Friday. Insurance Commissioner Ralph Hudgens issued th...

Hacker 'Cosmo the God' Sentenced and Banned from Internet for Six Years

A 15-year-old UG Nazi hacker going by the name of Cosmo or Cosmo the God was sentenced in juvenile court on Wednesday with terms for six years without any computers or Internet, until his 21st birthday. During these 6 years, he'll need approval from his parole officer to access the internet. Wire...

Bank Fraud Suspects Net $1M in Citibank Casino Scheme

Fourteen individuals were charged late last week after the Federal Bureau of Investigation, along with the Los Angeles Police Department and the Glendale, Calif. Police Department found they were behind a scheme that extracted more than $1 million from Citibank cash-advance kiosks in Southern...

California Attorney General Puts Mobile App Developers on Notice

California Attorney General Kamala D. Harris today announced a crackdown on mobile application developers and companies that haven’t posted privacy policies, at least where users can easily find them. The attorney general is giving recipients 30 days “to conspicuously post a privacy policy within...

Judge Rules Against Consumers' Claims in PlayStation Hack Lawsuit

A Southern California judge has rejected several key claims in a class-action lawsuit filed in response to Sony’s handling last year of a data breach that left millions of users at risk. In a ruling released by Courthousenews.com, U.S. District Court Judge Anthony Battaglia ruled users did not ha...

California Joins Ban on Employers Demanding Social Media Access

California today joined two other states making it a crime for employers and colleges to ask applicants or workers for their social media login information in order to access their private Web sites. The new laws — one for companies and one for colleges — go into effect Jan. 1, 2013. Gov. Jerry...

BASTARDS!!

Last month, those assholes in the California State Assembly passed a resolution urging state educational institutions to more aggressively crack down on criticism of the State of Israel on campuses, which the resolution defines as "anti-Semitism." The anti-democratic resolution is the latest step...