data theft
RSA admits SecurID tokens have been compromised
RSA has finally admitted publicly that the March breach into its systems has resulted in the compromise of their SecurID two-factor authentication tokens. The admission comes …
FBI affiliate organization hacked, user database leaked
Only a day after they leaked the details of over one million user accounts and various databases of Sony Pictures and some of its regional sites, LulzSec announced a …
Stolen passwords used as bait in malware spam run
At the rate at which databases of various online services are currently being compromised, I expect that emails such as this latest one spotted by Symantec will become a …
Sony hit again, data from 1 million user accounts leaked
LulzSec, the hacker group behind the Fox and PBS breaches, has struck again. This time the target was SonyPictures.com. It resulted in the compromise of over one million user …
PBS website hit by hacktivists, its database leaked online
The hacktivist group behind the Fox breach seems to have made good on its promise to “own more things next week” – they have targeted the PBS website during …
35 million Google Profiles collected into private database
If you are one of those individuals that made their own Google Profile, chances are that you knew and agreed to the fact that the information you included in it will be …
Comodo Brazil breached, sensitive data leaked
The recent spate of attacks against Sony’s various assets has probably made a lot of companies thank their lucky stars that they aren’t the ones who have been …
Sony online store hacked and user information published
It seems that hacking Sony’s assets has become a communal game in the hacker underground. Since the PSN hack, hardly a week went by without a hacker notifying the public …
Hotmail flaw allows attackers to exfiltrate emails
The analysis of a recent targeted attack against webmail users has led Trend Micro researchers to discover a vulnerability in Microsoft’s Hotmail webmail service that …
40% of IT staff could wreak havoc to your network
A survey showed that 40% of IT staff admit that they could hold their employers hostage – even after they’ve left for other employment – by making it …
Two teenage GhostMarket members sentenced
Two UK teenagers who stole credit card details from a number of online casinos, betting companies and web hosting companies and sold them on the now defunct GhostMarket have …
Google authentication protocol flaw endangers Android users
If you’re an Android user that has still not upgraded to the 2.3.4 and 3.0 version, you’re in danger of having the information contained in various Google …