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Tag Archives: breach
Spear-phishers grab emails from internet overseer ICANN
Yes, the DNS overlord fell for spear phishing. No, the internet’s spine was NOT broken, given that the intruders only gained “read”, not “write”, access. Thank goodness!
Sony tormentors leak celebrities’ phone numbers, aliases
Those affected include Brad Pitt, Julia Roberts, Tom Hanks, Daniel Craig, Natalie Portman, Tobey Maguire and Sarah Michelle Gellar.
Sony Pictures feels the pain as megabreach claims expand
The breach involves taxpayer IDs for 47,000 employees and actors, including Sylvester Stallone, Judd Apatow and Rebel Wilson, as well as medical histories, salary information and much more. 
If the government confiscates your spyware, where does it end up? 60 Sec Security [VIDEO]
Here’s the latest episode of our weekly “60 Second Security” video. An entertaining way to turn news into knowledge…and it only takes a minute!
SSCC 175 – “My, what an ENORMOUS malware infection you have!” [PODCAST]
Here’s the latest episode of our weekly security podcast. For your listening pleasure – the news you can use!
Home Depot facing 44 lawsuits over data breach as clean-up cost reaches $43m
Home Depot, which revealed a huge data breach in September, said it now faces at least 44 civil lawsuits across the US and Canada after the security slip that left 56 million credit cards and 53 million email addresses exposed.
Sony Pictures breached – or was it?
Sony has been in the computer security spotlight several times before, from rootkits and jailbreaking to industrial-scale data breaches. The company is back in the limelight again after a claimed “megahack”…
Breached US State Department takes email offline to update security
The US State Department spent the weekend trying to mop up its unclassified email system and public sites in the aftermath of a recent attack. 
White House networks hacked
Attackers broke into unclassified White House computer networks in the past 2-3 weeks. It’s far from surprising, one unnamed official said, given that it’s a “constant battle” between the government, trying to secure its sensitive systems, and bad actors seeking to intrude on them. 