Police arrested a Canadian 16-year-old who might have been the swatter of not only security journalist Brian Krebs, but also of schools, to which he allegedly made bogus threats of bombs, hostage-taking and active sniper shooting. 
Tag Archives: Security threats
US Navy sailor allegedly led team that hacked government computers
A US Navy systems administrator stationed on the nuclear aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman acted as ringleader for a gang of anti-government cyber crooks, prosecutors alleged last week. 
Is Apple finally getting real about security? 60 Sec Security [VIDEO]
Where does the data breach buck stop? Why do they call them “secret” links? And is Apple finally getting real about security? Find out in “60 Second Security” for 10 May 2014
Japanese man arrested for possession of five guns created with 3D printer
Police say that two of the five recovered handguns are capable of firing, though no bullets were discovered at the man’s home in Kawasaki, south of Tokyo.
Free Rolling Stones tickets? No, it’s a Facebook scam
Are you a Rolling Stones fan? Lots of people are, and with gigs on the 2014 tour selling out in hours, you can see why free tickets might seem worth checking out. But not all “special offer” sites are made alike, as Paul Ducklin explains…
Bitly breached, gives (shortened) details to customers on blog
Popular URL shortener Bitly is the latest cloud service to say, “Er, looks like crooks have been wandering around in our network.” Paul Ducklin tries to make sense of Bitly’s breach notification blog…
87 arrested in the Philippines in bust of sextortion ring
Three men, out of some 87 arrested, are allegedly behind the blackmailing of Daniel Perry, a 17-year-old Scottish boy who killed himself last year. 
That was quick! Microsoft patches the “1776” hole in Internet Explorer
The Internet Explorer zero-day bug that made the headlines a few days ago went by the nerdy name of CVE-2014-1776. The good news? No need to wait until next Patch Tuesday for a fix – Microsoft has issued one already.
Data-drained Target hurries to adopt chip-and-PIN cards
The US has been dragging its heels on the expensive, laborious task of swapping its payment infrastructure for the more secure chip-and-PIN security used abroad. Still smarting from recent data theft, Target’s now apparently leading the way, promising the new cards in 2015. 
SSCC 145 – Zero-days x2, fixing Heartbleed x2, and security-by-design [PODCAST]
An 0-day in IE and an 0-day in Flash; two approaches to fixing OpenSSL after Heartbleed; how to get a free pass to Infosec Europe 2014; and why security happens by design and not by accident! Join Chet and Duck for another podcast in the weekly Chet Chat series…