Hackers Hit Alabama, Mexican Government Websites

Hackers with Anonymous have taken credit for targeting government websites for Alabama and Mexico. The group claimed Friday to have hacked several Alabama police and government servers and stolen personal information on more than 46,000 people, including social security numbers, license plate...

Path Reverses Course After Revelation That App Uploads User Contacts

After a researcher discovered that any person who decides to download the Path app onto their mobile device is unknowingly sending their address book to a server belonging to the social network and photo-sharing service without prior notification, the company has released a new version of the app...

Arab Countries websites urged to Increase Security Against Israeli Hackers

Arab Countries websites urged to Increase Security Against Israeli Hackers Recent hacking attacks online have gotten the attention of the world's media outlets in a big way. What has been reported as beginning as a youth led hacker attack against an Israeli website quickly escalated when six...

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...

Update: Zappos Says 24 Million Customers Affected By Data Breach

UPDATE: Online retailer Zappos said that its network has been compromised and attackers were able to access personal information belonging to more than 24 million of its customers. Zappos said that its database that contains customers’ credit card numbers was not compromised, however. “We were...

Facebook Security Phishing Attack In The Wild

At the time of writing there is a new Facebook phishing attack going on. It will not just try to steal your Facebook credentials; it will also try to steal credit card information and other important information such as security questions. This Facebook phishing attack is pretty interesting becau...

Claroline CMS Stored Cross Site Scripting

HUT CNIS Exploit Title: Claroline CMS stored XSS Vulnerability Date: 2011/10/19 Author: S.Azadi Google Dork: intext:Powered by Claroline 2001 - 2009 Vulnerability Type: Stored XSS Version: Claroline © 2001 – 2009 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Technical...

Report: Anonymous Targets Neo-Nazis

The Anonymous Internet collective’s campaign against groups with whom they disagree surged into 2012 with “Operation Blitzkrieg,” which is targeting Neo-Nazi groups in Germany. Their latest effort includes a Wikileaks-style Website, Nazi-leaks.net, to uncover and expose the identities of...

USAA Phishing Scam and Malware Campaign

US-CERT is aware of public reports of an active spear-phishing attack via email messages directed at United Services Automobile Association USAA members. These messages contain the subject line "Deposit Posted" and contain a randomly generated four-digit number placed in the USAA security zone...

Twenty Something Asks Facebook For His File And Gets It – All 1,200 Pages

Be careful of what you ask for. That’s a lesson that Max Schrems of Vienna, Austria, learned the hard way when he sent a formal request to Facebook citing European law and asking for a copy of every piece of personal information that the world’s largest social network had collected on him. After ...

McAfee drafted Five Steps to Avoiding bad apps on Pc & Mobile

McAfee drafted Five Steps to Avoiding bad apps on Pc & Mobile Malicious applications are one of the most serious threats to smartphone users today. Not only can a dangerous app infect your phone and steal your personal information, it can even spy on you. Read our five easy tips for avoiding bad...

Possible Data Breach Involving APEC Host Committee

Dozens of members of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit’s host committee who submitted to background checks ahead of a meeting with President Obama may have been the victims of a data breach, according to an Associated Press report. An unknown individual gained unauthorized access to...

UMP French Political Party got hacked & personal information leaked

UMP French Political Party got hacked & personal information leaked The personal data of several political parliamentarians, ministers, Minister of UMP French Political Party employees were released online by an unknown source. The leak contain the details of Bernard Accoyer, Lionel Tardy, Jean...

UMP French Political Party got hacked & personal information leaked

UMP French Political Party got hacked & personal information leaked The personal data of several political parliamentarians, ministers, Minister of UMP French Political Party employees were released online by an unknown source. The leak contain the details of Bernard Accoyer, Lionel Tardy, Jean...

Promiscuous Facebookers More Likely To Fall For Fake Friend Scams

Having more friends on Facebook might not mean you’re popular, but it does make you more likely to accept an invitation from a fake friend, according to research from the University of British Columbia. In a paper to be presented in December at the Annual Computer Security Application Conference ...

Defense Department Sued Over Data Breach

A group of people affected by the TRICARE data breach in September has filed a class-action lawsuit against the Department of Defense, alleging that the department and its health care organization didn’t properly safeguard personal information that was stored on backup tapes stolen last month. Th...

Sony hacked again - 93,000 accounts compromised with brute-force attack

Sony hacked again - 93,000 accounts compromised with brute-force attack Sony has warned users against a massive bruteforce attack against PlayStation and Sony network accounts. The attack – which used password and user ID combinations from an unidentified third-party source – succeeded in...

4.9 million Tricare patients data exposed in data breach

4.9 million Tricare patients data exposed in data breach About 4.9 million patients treated in San Antonio area military treatment facilities since 1992 have been affected by a health information breach involving the theft of backup tapes for electronic health records, federal officials say. Some...

4.9 Million Affected in Military Healthcare Breach

Military health service providers, TRICARE and Science Applications International Corporation SAIC report a data breach of involving the personal information of an estimated 4.9 million military clinic and hospital patients. The lost data was stored on back-up tapes that contained patient health...

Microsoft Takes Down Kelihos Botnet

Continuing its legal assault on botnet operators and the hosting companies that the criminals use for their activities, Microsoft has announced new actions against a group of people it contends are responsible for the operation of the Kelihos botnet. The company has also helped to take down the...