When Kate Middleton, the Duchess of Cambridge, went into labor with the child who recently became third in line for the throne of England, the event immediately had millions of royal-watchers riveted – and, apparently, plenty of spammers ready to lever…
SIM Cards Cracked; Hundreds of Millions of Phones Vulnerable
The SIM card – long considered the uncrackable heart of the mobile phone – can finally be rooted. Details will be presented by a German researcher at Black Hat on 31 July. Meanwhile estimates put the number of vulnerable phones at either 500 million or…
Ubuntu Forum Hacked; 1.8 Million Accounts Compromised
On Saturday, Canonical – which looks after the Ubuntu Linux user forum – received reports of a site defacement. Within four minutes it had taken the Ubuntu Forums site off-line to investigate what turns out to be a major hack.
Apple Developer Site Breached
Two things happened last week: Apple developers began to receive unexpected password reset emails, and the Apple Developer center was shut down for maintenance. Everything pointed to a breach; but Apple said little.
California Student Gets Jail Time for Rigging Campus Election with Keyloggers
It’s a rite of passage for many college students to run for student government office – particularly if they have grander political aspirations. But some take it just a tad too seriously (think Tracy Flick in “Election”). Take, for instance, the case o…
California Student Gets Jail Time for Rigging Campus Election with Keyloggers
It’s a rite of passage for many college students to run for student government office – particularly if they have grander political aspirations. But some take it just a tad too seriously (think Tracy Flick in “Election”). Take, for instance, the case o…
Java: Write Once, Pwn Anywhere
Just as a new report explains why Java vulnerabilities, despite Oracle’s best efforts, remain the hackers’ favored target, a Polish researcher discovers that the latest version, Java 7, is susceptible to a 10-year old attack.
Rex Mundi Hackers Post Data Stolen from Numericable
Numericable is a cable TV company operating in France, Belgium and Luxembourg. Rex Mundi claimed to have stolen customer data and demanded €22,000 for its return. Numericable declined, and denied that the hackers had the data.
Tumblr Patches its iOS App After Password Vulnerability
A brief statement from Tumblr late on Tuesday confirmed that its iPhone and iPad apps had been updated to patch “an issue that allowed passwords to be compromised [sniffed] in certain circumstances.”
GCHQ’s Use of NSA’s Prism Data is Legal, says UK
The legality of Prism in the US is a question for Congress and the US courts, says Sir Malcolm Rifkind, chairman of the UK’s all-party Intelligence and Security Committee – but the acquisition of Prism data by GCHQ is done legally.