data theft
Santander customers targeted with clever phishing scam
Brazilian customers of Santander, one of the largest banks in the world, have been targeted by a very clever phishing scam that did not involve clicking on malicious links in …
LulzSec hacks News International servers, “kills” Murdoch
Hacktivist group LulzSec is back in business. It has added to the pressure put on Rupert Murdoch following the phone hacking scandal by hacking into News International …
Toshiba admits to hack, customer data loss
Toshiba has confirmed the claims of a hacker that managed to compromise one of its US sites and steal and publish part of a user database on pastebin.com. While the hacker …
Vodafone femtocell hack allows call interception on unpatched devices
News that The Hacker’s Choice had revealed a proof-of-concept attack for hacking Vodafone’s Sure Signal femtocells (routers for boosting phone signals) and turning …
Credit card numbers stolen in Kiplinger breach
Kiplinger Washington Editors – the publisher of well-known business and economic publications such as the The Kiplinger Letter and the Kiplinger’s Personal Finance …
A look at Booz Allen leaked passwords
The recent attack against Booz Allen led to 90,000 leaked passwords. Unlike previous breaches where the passwords weren’t encrypted, it looks like in this case some care …
Anonymous releases 90,000 military emails and passwords
Anonymous persists with its AntiSec campaign and the latest target to fall has been Booz Allen Hamilton, one of the biggest U.S. military contractors. According to the …
Security threats: Unwrapping 2011
2011 has been a busy year so far for cyber criminals. No one can say IT security incidents went under reported, they have certainly been prominent in the headlines. HBGary …
EA password reset due to LulzSec hack?
Electronic Arts (EA) customers have been receiving emails from the company notifying them that their passwords have been reset “to ensure account security”. Graham …
Gannett Government Media user information stolen
The Gannett Government Media family of websites suffered a cyber attack on resulting in unauthorized access to files containing user information. The information in those …
Hackers publish stolen PayPal login credentials
LulzSec has been assimilated back into Anonymous, but their AntiSec campaign keeps going. It seems that their final wish has been granted for now, and other hacking groups …
Thousands of Tumblr accounts compromised
Tumblr users have been targeted with an aggressive phishing campaign in the last week or so and are still being lured into entering their login credentials for access to adult …