Collaborate Disseminate
Video game maker Ubisoft gas filed a lawsuit against the alleged operators of a DDoS-for-hire website, claiming they are “well aware of the harm” the service has caused for the company, after its Rainbow Six: Siege servers were disrupted.
Continue reading Ubisoft takes DDoS-for-hire website to court over attacks on video game servers
UFC’s Kamaru Usman claims his Twitter account was hacked, after it posted explicit messages about rival fighter Conor McGregor and his partner Dee Devlin.
Continue reading UFC champ Kamaru Usman says his Twitter account was hacked, after series of explicit tweets against Conor McGregor
The hackers cleaning up Shitrix-vulnerable Citrix equipment are no modern day Robin Hoods.
They’re inoculating vulnerable devices from further Shitrix attacks, but at the same time opening a secret backdoor to allow future cybercriminal campaigns.
Continue reading Hackers are closing the Shitrix security hole to keep everyone out apart from themselves
Microsoft has warned Windows users that there is an unpatched zero-day vulnerability in Internet Explorer that is being exploited in targeted attacks.
Continue reading Microsoft issues Internet Explorer zero-day warning, but there’s no patch yet
Travelex, the foreign currency exchange service whose services have been knocked offline since New Year’s eve by a cyber attack, is declining to say if it has paid a ransom to the criminals responsible.
Continue reading Travelex won’t say if it has paid a ransom to its attackers
An Egyptian scammer has a unique style when it comes to chatting up his victims.
Continue reading “Hello dear slave”
Law enforcement agencies have seized control of the domain of WeLeakInfo, a website offering cheap access to billions of personal credentials stolen from approximately 10,000 data breaches.
Continue reading WeLeakInfo, the site which sold access to passwords stolen in data breaches, is brought down by the FBI
Canadian online pharmacy PlanetDrugsDirect.com has contacted customers warning them that their data might have been exposed in what they euphemistically describe as a “data security incident”.
Read more in my article on the Tripwire State of Security b… Continue reading PlanetDrugsDirect reveals security breach, warns customers their data may have been exposed
Canadian online pharmacy PlanetDrugsDirect.com has contacted customers warning them that their data might have been exposed in what they euphemistically describe as a “data security incident”. In an email seen by Bleeping Computer, the webs… Continue reading PlanetDrugsDirect reveals security breach, warns customers their data may have been exposed
The man who hacked the UK National Lottery didn’t end up a winner, Japanese Love hotel booking tool suffers a data breach, and just what is 23andMe planning to do with your DNA?
All this and much more is discussed in the latest edition of the awa… Continue reading Smashing Security #161: Love, lucky dips, and 23andMe