NoCrackingZone | Archives | 2015 | January

Fake Facebook account case settled with DEA who admits no wrongdoing

Posted on January 23, 2015 by nocrackingzone

The Feds have agreed to pay $134,000 to settle a case over having taken a phony Facebook profile out to lure suspects. Nothing in the ruling prohibits future use of such deceptive tactics.

School rule-breakers to hand over Facebook and Twitter passwords

Posted on January 23, 2015 by nocrackingzone

US school students in the state of Illinois may be forced to give up their social media passwords if they’re suspected of cyberbullying or of otherwise breaking school rules.

Silk Road 2.0 deputy arrested after 6-month attack on Tor

Posted on January 23, 2015 by nocrackingzone

Brian Richard Farrell, aka ” DoctorClu”, was arrested last week. A search warrant shows that the drug market’s kingpins were unmasked after a 6-month assault on Tor.

Adobe issues emergency fix for Flash zero-day

Posted on January 23, 2015 by nocrackingzone

Crooks are reportedly using a new Flash vulnerability called CVE-2015-0310. Adobe has a fix already, so grab it while it’s hot!

If you use either of these WordPress themes update them now

Posted on January 22, 2015 by nocrackingzone

Older versions of the Platform and PageLines WordPress themes contain privilege escalation vulnerabilities that could allow attackers to take over the website using them.

Whisper editor’s out the door after scandal, internal investigation

Posted on January 22, 2015 by nocrackingzone

The internal investigation into the secret-sharing app’s use and/or abuse of users’ data didn’t find any wrongdoing, but plenty of questions are still unanswered.