LulzSec opens hack request hotline
The hacker group Lulz Security has opened a telephone request line so its fans can suggest potential targets. It claims to have launched denial of service attacks on several websites as a result,...
View ArticleCitigroup breach exposed more accounts than first claimed
The security breach that hit the website of Citigroup exposed data for more than 360,000 accounts, the bank said on Wednesday, about 80 percent more than it previously reported. Citigroup publicly...
View ArticleUK Met Police hit by IT outage but plays down attack fears
The Metropolitan Police Service is investigating the cause of a “major network issue” that has prevented staff using some IT services for almost two weeks including aspects of the Police National...
View ArticleWith all the recent hacks, should you change your password?
With all the data breaches in the news lately, it’s hard to know whether you’ve been affected. You could just change all your passwords after every reported breach – just in case. You could insist on...
View ArticleDropbox drops security
Recently, hackers have been in the limelight for breaking into companies’ servers to steal users’ personal information. Yet Dropbox, which provides online storage, needed no help putting its users’...
View ArticleDigital Security Degrees – Yes? No? Maybe…….
I’ve had a few emails recently from people wanting to know more about Digital Forensic/Ethical Hacking degrees. People may be thinking I’m a little biased having invested countless thousands of pounds,...
View ArticleTravelodge hack, investigation continues…
Travelodge is investigating its IT systems to discover how customer email addresses have gone astray. Several other customers have blogged of similar experiences, here’s Shepy’s post on the apparent...
View ArticleTravelodge Admits Hack
Travelodge has told customers who’ve received spam email that the company has not lost their credit card details, which is nice. The letter said: Our main priority is to ensure the security of our...
View ArticleNATO Bookshop site hacked
NATO is warning subscribers to its e-Bookshop service that hackers have likely stolen its customer database. The site is run as a separate service for distributing NATO information and does not contain...
View ArticleLulzSec dumps hundreds of Arizona Police documents
Lulz Security’s spree of embarrassing hacks continued as the group released hundreds of internal documents belonging to various Arizona law enforcement agencies, including the Arizona Department of...
View ArticleFind ‘anyone’s’ car – not just yours
Source: Troy Hunt When news came through recently about the Bondi Westfield shopping centre’s new “Find my car” feature, the security and privacy implications almost jumped off the page: “Wait – so you...
View ArticleSecurity Assessments You’ve Never Had – But Should…
You are probably familiar with the classic security assessments: internal and external penetration testing, security risk assessments, and PCI gap assessments. You may not be as familiar with, or...
View ArticleMulti-Function Devices – Will they comply…?
Okay, so you did a Penetration Test and all you found was an insecure printer right? The fun things that you can find on Multi-function Printing devices and how it might affect compliance… Printers,...
View ArticleWant the job? Hand over your Facebook password
Picture it: you are at a job interview, and the interviewer requests that you log into your Facebook account so they can shoulder surf as you lay bare your profile in its entirety. Worse, what if they...
View ArticleBCC’d or not BCC’d – Wordfence
I received the below email with nice friendly information and updates regarding the popular WordPress plugin Wordfence, a very popular and familiar to some, Security oriented plug-in for WordPress....
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