Registrar Hack at Root of NY Times and Twitter Attacks

UPDATE–The attack that took down the New York Times Web site Tuesday afternoon, along with domains belonging to Twitter and the Huffington Post, was accomplished through the use of compromised credentials belonging to a reseller for the registrar that those companies use to buy their domains...

Syrian Electronic Army Hacks Washington Post

One day after the New York Times Web site was offline for several hours due to what experts speculated was an attack, the site of the Washington Post was hacked, apparently by the Syrian Electronic Army. Officials at the Post said that the attack followed closely on the heels of the SEA hacking t...

Data Breach Affects Two Million NY Customers, State Commission to Investigate

The New York State Public Service Commission announced yesterday they’ll be looking into a data breach that may have exposed the personal information of almost two million customers to unknown attackers. An employee from a software consulting firm contracted by New York State Electric & Gas NYSEG...

Users Credit Card Information Stolen by Hackers from CitySights NY Website !

Most of us believe that by making online purchases through a secure website, with reputable companies, our credit card information is safe, right. That is not entirely true, as users of the popular website, CitySights NY recently discovered. You see, while the site itself may be secure, the...

CitySights NY Data Breach Exposes 110,000 Customers' Personal Information

CitySights NY, a company that organizes New York City tours on double-decker buses, has experienced a significant data breach. The personal information of 110,000 customers, including names, addresses, email addresses, credit card numbers, expiration dates, and Card Verification Value CVV2 codes,...

FBI Probes AT&T iPad Goatse Email Leak

The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation has opened an investigation into the leak of an estimated 114,000 Apple iPad user e-mail addresses including those of Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel, ABC ABC News anchor Diane Sawyer and NY Mayor Michael Bloomberg. Read the full article. IDG News Service...

FBI: NY School District Accounts Targeted

The FBI is investigating the theft of nearly a half million dollars from tiny Duanesburg Central School District in upstate New York, after cyber thieves tried to loot roughly $3.8 million from district online bank accounts last month. Read the full article. KrebsonSecurity...