Government Asks for Security Community's Help on Technical Issues

LAS VEGAS–Washington is looking for a few good hackers. Politicians and policymakers in the United States generally are not thought of as being the most technically savvy lot. It’s a reputation that’s well-earned in some cases, with some politicians boasting about their inability to use email and...

[SECURITY] [DSA 3100-1] mediawiki security update

------------------------------------------------------------------------- Debian Security Advisory DSA-3100-1 [email protected] http://www.debian.org/security/ Sebastien Delafond December 12, 2014 http://www.debian.org/security/faq -...

FTC Hires Privacy Researcher Ashkan Soltani as Chief Technologist

The FTC has hired Ashkan Soltani, a highly regarded and respected technologist and privacy researcher, as its chief technologist. The move is the latest in a string of interesting hires by the Federal Trade Commission. In 2009 the agency hired Chris Soghoian, a privacy and security researcher, as...

PayPal Service Manager Script Insertion

Document Title: =============== PayPal Inc Bug Bounty 71 PPM - Persistent Filter Vulnerability References Source: ==================== http://www.vulnerability-lab.com/getcontent.php?id=870 PayPal Security UID: Roc83bl Release Date: ============= 2014-09-24 Vulnerability Laboratory ID VL-ID:...

Heartbleed Aftershocks: Community Health Systems Breach, 4.5 Million Records Lost

The news this week that hackers from China compromised 4.5 million customer records held by Community Health Systems is just the latest indication that companies are not adequately protecting the information of the consumers they serve...

Carberp Source Code Leaked

The source code for the Carberp Trojan, which typically sells for $40,000 on the underground, has been leaked and is now available to anyone who wants it. The leak has echoes of the release of the Zeus crimeware source code a couple of years ago and has security researchers concerned that it may...

Rash Identity Theft Sweeps Small Kentucky Town

Dozens of individuals from Winchester, a small Kentucky town east of Lexington have been targeted by hackers, according to a report earlier this week in the Lexington Herald-Leader. The newspaper claims between 50 and 100 diners at Puerta Grande, a small Mexican restaurant, were hit with bank fra...

Yahoo to Implement Do Not Track

Yahoo has decided that it’s now time to start implementing a Do Not Track system across its various Web properties. The company is one of the last large Web content providers to officially commit to using a DNT technology, and Yahoo said that it plans to have the system implemented by early summe...

Sony CEO Apologizes to Fans and Partners at E3

Sony Computer Entertainment of America’s President and CEO, Jack Tretton kicked off his company’s E3 conference appearance with an apology to all those affected by the outage that has plagued Sony for better part of the last two months. Tretton started his speech by addressing what he referred to...

How Phishers Will Use Epsilon Data Against You

By B.K. DeLong There has been a lot of online venting and hand-wringing in the week since customers of email services provider Epsilon began informing millions of individuals in North America and Europe that their name and e-mail address had been stolen in a massive data breach. In the week since...

UK's Cyber Cops Take Down 1800 Bogus Websites !

Detectives from London's Metropolitan Police Service's cyber crime unit have in the past year shut down 1,800 bogus websites, which were either fraudulent or advertising counterfeit goods, ranging from tickets to Premier League soccer games to Ugg boots and jewelry from Tiffany & Co. The...

Easy Passwords Found In RockYou Data Leak

Analysis of the 32 million passwords recently exposed in the breach of social media application developer RockYou last month provides further proof that consumers routinely use easy to guess login credentials. Read the full article. The Register...

MS to Educate on Malware in Counterfeit Software

Citing a rising tide of complaints from people who unknowingly bought counterfeit software infected with malware, Microsoft announced the launch of educational initiatives and enforcement actions in over 70 countries to raise awareness of counterfeit software and to protect consumers. Read the fu...

BofA, Citigroup Warn of Mass. Security Breach

Two of the largest U.S. banks — Bank of America and Citigroup — have issued new credit and debit cards to Massachusetts customers after running into data-safety concerns. Bank of America and Citigroup each recently issued replacement cards to consumers, telling them in letters that their account...