Part of the mobile website of the Washington Post was compromised briefly on Thursday by the Syrian Electronic Army (SEA) hacker group, in an attack that redirected traffic to a site with anti-US and anti-media messages.
Daily Archives: May 15, 2015
Ransomware attack led animal porn collector to confess to police
A UK man has been given a non-custodial sentence this week, after a ransomware infection on his computer led him to report himself to police. The man’s computer held several hundred animal porn images, described in court as “extreme” and “revolting”.
Reddit to crack down on online harassment
Reddit has vowed to take a more active role in protecting its members from personal attacks and online harassment.
SSCC 198 – “Fusking”? Did I hear that correctly? [PODCAST]
A week of many patches, Lenovo in the news again, an anti-forensic tool with a misleading name, and the rudely-named “sport” of Fusking. Listen to our latest straight-talking security podcast…
How one US scientist ended up accused of spying for China
A US scientist working for the National Weather Service was suspected of spying for China, and got swept up in a dragnet amid growing concerns in the US about cyberespionage.
Three women indicted for allegedly stealing identities from people’s passports
The three allegedly cooked up counterfeit documents and got others to borrow money to buy iPhones, iPads and other gadgets.
Fujitsu ships first phone with eyeball-scanning authentication
Fujitsu claims its new phone, the Fujitsu Arrows NX F-04G, is the first ever to use iris scanning to replace passwords or fingerprint readers. Time to ditch passwords? 