This story reads like something from one of those glamourised Hollywood ‘hacker’ movies like Swordfish or Antitrust.
The legendary MPAA hacker has been revealed, and it looks like he himself got social engineered and dumped…he should have realised when you are playing with unscrupulous people you are setting yourself up to get screwed.
Promises of Hollywood fame [...]
A while back it was discovered that some ISPs have taken to inserting ads into web pages you are viewing, these are ads from the ISP you are using (AND PAYING FOR) not ads from the content provider or site that you are viewing.
Some ISPs are resorting to a new tactic to increase revenue: inserting [...]
Recently GFI launched a free, online portable storage device scanner called EndPointScan.
http://www.endpointscan.com
EndPointScan, is an industry-first, free online service that allows anyone to check what devices are or have been connected to computers on their network and by whom.
Using this diagnostic tool, one can identify those areas where the use of portable storage devices could pose [...]
Recently a fairly huge credit card breach occurred involving a large retail company called TJX, with more than 2,000 retail stores.
Some pretty well known brands there, I know I’ve used some of them…the sad part is they themselves still haven’t worked out the extent of the damage done to their information.
For me this has serious [...]
This is a pretty interesting idea and for once it addresses a real requirement. A lot of stories have hit the press about people getting fired or ‘dooced’ because of stuff online or not even getting jobs because of something found on MySpace.
So up pops a company that is willing to protect your reputation online.
The [...]
UK Police have uncovered a fairly massive data theft operation with a total close to 8,500 victims.
It’s quite worrying when things like this are uncovered as if 1 is uncovered or discovered…imagine how many aren’t found out about, just like exploits.
British electronic-crime detectives are investigating a massive data theft operation that stole sensitive information from [...]
An interesting new twist on things, rather than using cookies to store information you can use perpetually cached files.
So clearing your cache and cookies isn’t enough, could be a privacy issue you say, indeed it could..
Clearing cookies may not be enough as you may think. Your browser’s cache is a valuable store of information. A [...]
Ah Facebook again, security problems again?
Not this time, but privacy fears with the new stalker-esque features for tracking changes to people’s pages.
Millions of people have flocked to social networking sites to post information about themselves and share it with friends.
Now Facebook, one of the most popular, is facing a user backlash over a recent redesign [...]
This is a little scary, intensely personal ads which to be frank are getting a little invasive as it is..It’s like the part in minority report where the billboards scan your eyes and talk to you using your name and history of purchases.
It looks like it might be happening sooner than we think.
The first thing [...]
Can you believe this the provincial government in British Columbia has managed to auction off a set of data tapes containing people’s social insurance numbers, dates of birth and medical records among other information.
The provincial government has auctioned off computer tapes containing thousands of highly sensitive records, including information about people’s medical conditions, their social [...]
