The dating site for people with STDs promised “100%” anonymity but used the anonymous claimant’s profile on affiliated niche dating sites such as AIDSDate, Herpesinmouth, ChristianSafeHaven, MeetBlackPOZ and PositivelyKinky.
Monthly Archives: November 2014
How to clear out cookies, Flash cookies and local storage
This quick fix will show you how to clear out cookies and the cookie-like things that can be used to track you online.
Government demands for Facebook user data soar by 24%
Government requests for Facebook’s user data rose by almost a quarter in the first half of 2014 compared with the second half of the previous year, according to the social network.
SSCC 172 – Ransomware’s not dead! [PODCAST]
Here’s the latest episode of our weekly security podcast. News you can use!
100 Bitcoin bounty slapped onto head of blackmailer who DDoSed Bitalo
No, thank you, we will *not* pay you 1 Bitcoin to stop the attack and teach us about our supposed vulnerabilities, Bitalo said, after being threatened with a DDoS. Instead, we will pay 100x that amount to track you down.
Last Pirate Bay co-founder, Fredrik Neij, arrested crossing Thailand-Laos border
Fredrik Neij, the last Pirate Bay co-founder still at large after 5 years of avoiding serving jail time back home in Sweden, was arrested Monday at the Thailand-Laos border. 
How to steal a million dollars (actually, $999,999.99) – no PIN required
Researchers at Newcastle University in the UK have come up with a surprising way of attacking contactless payments. The £20 safety limit for PINless transactions evaporates if payment is requested in a foreign currency, potentially opening the way to a $999,999.99 cup of coffee…
Rugby team’s site defaced to read ‘i love you isis’
Counter-terrorism police in the UK are investigating cybervandalism of a local UK rugby team’s website.
GATSO! Speed camera phish leads to CryptoLocker ransomware clone…
Recently, we came across an intriguing phishing campaign that combines two feared products of the information age. Gatsos (speed cameras) and ransomware, rolled into one attack!
Pirate Bay founder Gottfrid Svartholm Warg sentenced to 3.5 years in jail over CSC hack
Pirate Bay co-founder Gottfrid Svartholm Warg and an accomplice identified only as “T2” were convicted of hacking into a server belonging to American tech giant CSC in February 2012.