Posts Tagged ‘hack’
IN THE HEADLINES: The Rising Threat of Mobile Insecurity
Posted by: Neal OFarrell in: ● September 23, 2011
I was just reading a very interesting article in CUInfoSecurity.com (the CU stands for credit union) about how the surge in use of smartphones is creating a new wave of attacks, exploits, and money-making opportunities for hackers and thieves. It’s a pretty long and detailed article, so I just selected some of the most interesting [...]
IN THE HEADLINES: NBC Twitter Account Hijacked (Two Days Before 9-11′s 10th Anniversary)
Posted by: Neal OFarrell in: ● September 22, 2011
NBC recently admitted that a group of hackers calling themselves the Script Kiddies managed to hack into NBC’s Twitter account and post false messages claiming that an airliner had just crashed into Ground Zero in New York, the site of the World Trade Center attacks in 2001. And to add insult to injury, the posting [...]
IN THE HEADLINES: Sony Restores Network Services In Wake of Recent Hacks
Posted by: Neal OFarrell in: ● June 2, 2011
In today’s news, Sony announced they are bringing all their network services back online. This “full restoration” of online networks is a bold move when you consider their recent data breach could end up costing the company more than $170 million. Many observers believe that Sony’s estimate might be a little on the low side, [...]
IN THE HEADLINES: Hackers Hawk Military Websites for Bargain Basement Prices
Posted by: Neal OFarrell in: ● February 4, 2011
For about the price of an iPad, you could be the proud owner of a bone fide U.S. military web site. Security firm Imperva recently discovered numerous U.S. military web sites for sale online by a hacker group. The list of available web sites included the Department of Defense, the National Guard, and the U.S. [...]
IN THE HEADLINES: A Social Media Superstar Gets Hacked
Posted by: Neal OFarrell in: ● February 1, 2011
OMG, you’ll never guess whose FB account was hacked! (#FAIL). Mark Zuckerberg! That’s right, the founder of Facebook, inventor of the social network, and inspiration for the Oscar-nominated movie of the very same name, got hacked last week. Now it’s no laughing matter, and there’s little public information on how exactly he got hacked. But [...]
IN THE HEADLINES: The Big Mac Gets Hacked
Posted by: Neal OFarrell in: ● December 22, 2010
Recently, I wrote a blog about data breaches and the fact that in the last five years alone there have been more than 2,000 reported data breaches that have exposed an estimated 500 million personal records. Well, if you’ve visited a McDonalds or Walgreens lately, you might have to add yourself to that statistic. McDonalds [...]
IN THE HEADLINES: Gawker Hack Exposes Bad Security Habits
Posted by: Neal OFarrell in: ● December 21, 2010
In case you hadn’t heard, mega media site Gawker was recently the victim of hackers who stole and exposed more than 1.3 million user accounts and passwords. The security community wasted no time analyzing this sensitive data (now very public) for patterns about Gawker user security habits and choices—the results were not surprising. Security experts [...]
Profile of the Teenage Hacker
Posted by: ID Guardian in: ● May 10, 2010
Teenage hacking is nothing new. Jonathan James was the first juvenile sent to prison for hacking, and was just 16 years old when he was sentenced to six months in prison in 2000 after he hacked into the computers of NASA’s Defense Threat Reduction Agency. In that same year, a 15-year-old Canadian hacker using the [...]
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