Collaborate Disseminate
According to the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA), 55% of European citizens are concerned about their online data being accessed by cyber criminals and fraudsters. FRA surveyed around 35,000 people across all EU member states, UK and … Continue reading More than Half of European Citizens Worry About Malicious Use of Their Online Data
eSurv execs have been charged with fraud, unauthorized access to a computer system, illicit interception and illicit data processing. Continue reading Government spyware company spied on hundreds of innocent people
Mathew Richards reports: Following a five-day trial, a Dallas man was convicted on Friday on charges for computer fraud and aggravated identity theft in connection with his hacking of a New York-based technology company, according to the U.S. Attorney&… Continue reading Dallas man convicted of computer fraud, aggravated identity theft in hacking of New York-based tech company
Raymond Leong, Dan Perez, and Tyler Dean report: FireEye Mandiant recently discovered a new malware family used by APT41 (a Chinese APT group) that is designed to monitor and save SMS traffic from specific phone numbers, IMSI numbers and keywords for s… Continue reading MESSAGETAP: Who’s Reading Your Text Messages?
Personal and medical data of almost 12 million patients may have been compromised in a breach at American Medical Collection Agency (AMCA), a bill collector for medical companies including lab testing center Quest Diagnostics and insurer UnitedHealth G… Continue reading Data of Nearly 12 Million Patients Leaked Online
“You authorise it – whereupon it promptly leaks to the world all your sexts, inappropriate jokes, and dank memes. Tragic!” said the researcher. Continue reading Twitter fixes bug that lets unauthorized apps get access to DMs
Vulnerabilities Summary An ASUSTOR NAS or network attached storage is “a computer appliance built from the ground up for storing and serving files. It attaches directly to a network, allowing those on the network to access and share files from a … Continue reading SSD Advisory – ASUSTOR NAS Devices Authentication Bypass
An investigation found that Braden River High football coaching staff got unauthorized access to rivals’ practice and game video footage. Continue reading Football team in trouble over unauthorized access to rivals’ videos
In May 2016, the Dallas FBI raided dental integrator and independent researcher Justin Shafer because of allegations that he had accessed an FTP server without authorization. Shafer was subsequently raided twice more, and in March 2017, he was arrested… Continue reading Prosecution drops five felony charges against Justin Shafer, accepts plea to one misdemeanor charge
There’s an update to an insider-wrongdoing lawsuit that I first noted back in September, 2013, after some employees at Rensselaer County Jail filed suit against their employer for snooping in their medical records. As I’ve reported in the p… Continue reading Lawsuit against Rensselaer County partially revived on medical privacy issue