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Tag Archives: insider threats
More than 2m AT&T phones illegally unlocked by bribed insiders
The alleged, now indicted ringleader paid more than $1m in bribes to insiders who planted malware and hardware for remote unlocking.
GitHub ‘encourages’ hacking, says lawsuit following Capital One breach
The class action charges Capital One and GitHub, charging it with being “friendly” (at least) toward hacking and for the hackers’ posts.
Snack-happy parrot shows insider threats come in all shapes and sizes
The African Grey has tried to get Alexa to send him lightbulbs, a kite, watermelon, ice cream, strawberries, raisins, broccoli and ice cream.
US indicts alleged Chinese spies for hacking aerospace companies
The DOJ described five years of stealing turbofan engine designs that relied on insiders, state-sponsored hackers, phishing and malware.
NSA hasn’t closed security windows Snowden climbed through
One of three problems found in an audit: two-person access controls haven’t been properly implemented at data centers and equipment rooms.
Judge overturns conviction of Goldman Sachs programmer for stealing code
Sergey Aleynikov has long claimed that the code was open source and that he never shared it with anybody. Did he get off on a technicality? 
AT&T hit by insider breach; “change your passcode” it warns
AT&T, the giant US telecom, says it fired an insider for having thumbed through customer accounts without authorization and potentially slurping customers’ taxpayer IDs, driver license numbers and more. 
Security incidents are up – and pricier! – but infosec budgets are dwindling
The number of security incidents is popping, as are associated costs to mop them up, according to a report from PcW. Global corporate security budgets, meanwhile, seem to be hiding in the closet, just hoping it all goes away. 
Disgruntled employees are increasingly e-sabotaging businesses, FBI says
Employees with an axe to grind are increasingly sticking it to their current or former employers by carrying out “computer network exploitation and disruption”, the FBI says. 