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California child services loses storage devices with info on 800,000 people
California child services loses storage devices with info on 800,000 people
Computer storage devices containing personal information on 800,000 California residents were lost following a disaster recovery exercise held by IBM and Iron Mountain on behalf of the California Department of Child Support Services (DCSS).
April 2, 2012
Global Payments cops to 1.5 million total on credit card breach
Global Payments cops to 1.5 million total on credit card breach
Global Payments, a third-party payment card processor, has admitted that around 1.5 million credit card numbers may have been stolen in a massive data breach last month, up significantly from the original report of 50,000.
April 2, 2012
144 Indian and 15 Israeli Websites Hacked by Z Company Hacking Crew
144 Indian and 15 Israeli Websites Hacked by Z Company Hacking Crew
Two weeks ago, Z Company Hacking Crew hacked top most official website of Zionist Organisation of UK and Ireland. Today ZHC U M N of  Z Company Hacking Crew
March 31, 2012
Yahoo commits to honoring Do-Not-Track
Yahoo commits to honoring Do-Not-Track
Do-Not-Track (DNT) is the evolving standard that will provide internet users with greater control over their privacy on the internet. “Yahoo websites worldwide will comply with visitors’ Do-Not-Track preferences starting later this year,” said the company on Wednesday.
March 30, 2012
Our expert is better than your expert, says Hotfile to Warner Bros
Our expert is better than your expert, says Hotfile to Warner Bros
Hotfile is being sued by Warner Bros (and others) – the MPAA – for copyright infringement; Hotfile is countersuing for bogus copyright infringement claims.
March 30, 2012
Blackhole: the 1-day exploit kit
Blackhole: the 1-day exploit kit
ESET has reported on the latest version of the Blackhole exploit kit, noting that it has been updated to include a recent Java vulnerability.
March 30, 2012
Payment processor suffers data breach that exposes 50,000 credit card numbers
Payment processor suffers data breach that exposes 50,000 credit card numbers
Global Payments, an Atlanta-based credit and debit card processor for banks and merchants, has suffered a security breach that has exposed information on at least 50,000 cardholders, the Wall Street Journal reported.
March 30, 2012
Top national security official pins RSA breach on China
Top national security official pins RSA breach on China
The US government has evidence that Chinese hackers were responsible for the breach of RSA last year that compromised the company’s “underlying software” and required the replacement of hundreds of SecurID tokens, a top national security official told Congress this week.
March 29, 2012
Mediyes trojan underscores need for proper key management
Mediyes trojan underscores need for proper key management
The discovery of the Mediyes trojan using a valid digital signature has raised concerns about the need for proper key management, noted John Grimm with Thales e-Security.
March 29, 2012
Digital Crime: Fourth great era of organized crime
Digital Crime: Fourth great era of organized crime
Organized digital crime is growing – but we still know little about the structure of organized digital crime groups. A new report from BAE Detica Systems and the John Grieve Centre for Policing and Security at London Metropolitan University seeks to change this.
March 28, 2012
FTC reaches settlement on charges over RockYou breach
FTC reaches settlement on charges over RockYou breach
The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has reached a settlement with the social gaming site RockYou over charges it failed to protect the privacy of its users, enabling hackers to access personal information on 32 million users in 2009.
March 28, 2012
Carders Market leader pleads guilty to ID theft/fraud scheme
Carders Market leader pleads guilty to ID theft/fraud scheme
Chris Aragon, one of the leaders of the ID theft and fraud forum known as the Carders Market, has pled guilty to stealing thousands of personal identities and counterfeiting credit cards to buy high-end goods that were resold on eBay and craigslist.
March 28, 2012