California Privacy Bill Aims to Tell Users What Companies Know About Them
A new privacy bill aims to empower US citizens to ask for and receive year-long data that’s been collected on them by various companies and corporations.
European Agencies Plan to Sue Google Over Privacy Scandal
European data protection agencies plan to sue Google after they warned the company that its new privacy policy doesn’t comply with EU laws, according to the AFP. In October last year, the agencies gave the Internet giant four months to reconsider the settings or face legal action.
Data of 4,000 Bank Executives Leaked by Anonymous in Government Hacking
Over 4,000 bank executives saw their personal data leaked after Anonymous hacked a new governmental website was hacked, according to ZDNet.
Ad Network Spying on Users Faces FTC Disciplining
Using history sniffing technology to secretly spy on users, the New York-based Epic Marketplace ad network settled on a complaint by the Federal Trade Commission.
Medical Employee Hacks Ambulance System, Leaks Data to Identity Thieves
An employee of a medical billing company illegally accessed the ambulance system and leaked individual account information to cyber-criminals, according to SecurityManagement.com.
Skype Hands Over Personal Information of Alleged PayPal Hacker
Skype gave the personal information of a 16 year-old Anonymous hacker who allegedly broke PayPal servers, reports Dutch publication Nu.nl. The chat tool division of Microsoft handed over the data to Dutch security company iSIGHT Partners, which was hired by PayPal to investigate the breach.
Your Homemade Porn Will Probably End Up on Internet, Study Shows
Don’t keep hot memories on tape or disk. That’s the conclusion of a study revealing that 88 percent of homemade pornography ends up on the Internet without the owner’s knowledge or consent.
New Phishing Scam Steals Apple IDs
New phishing campaign informs Apple users that their Apple ID has been cancelled after an attempt to access their account from an unauthorized IP address.
EU on Google privacy policies
The European Union is concerned about how Google will protect customer data now that the company announced plans to follow activities of users across services such as YouTube, Google Docs or Gmail.
TeamGhostShell Behind Massive Academic Hack; Top World Universities See Student Records Leaked
TeamGhostShell, a hacktivist group affiliated to Anonymous, attacked the servers of the top 100 universities of the world and exposed massive amounts of student data, reports The Register.
$10 Packet Monitoring Application Gives Hackers Passwords
Firesheep, the little addon for Firefox that allowed an attacker to steal cookies from people browsing the web from public hotspots, now has a scarier, meaner successor called Cookie Cadger. Development on the Firesheep project has stopped after the vast majority of social network services defaulted user traffic to SSL/TLS, but users who need a real-live demonstration on the dangers of unencrypted Wi-Fi can now tinker with a new open-source pen-testing tool: Cookie Cadger.
JPMorgan Servers Breached, Jewelry Store Employees Become Collateral Damage
A number of servers belonging to the JPMorgan Chase Bank were compromised this month, exposing a vast amount of customer information. Among them are employees of high-end jewelry maker Tiffany & Co, but the bank believes these details have not been exploited yet.
Pre-teen, Teen Girls under Arrest for Online Impersonation
Two girls, aged 12 and 13, were arrested and face charges of third-degree felony after creating a fake Facebook account impersonating a classmate with clear intent of harming her.
Twitter Spoofer Hits Back with Legal Action
The man accused of spoofing Northcliffe Chief Executive Steve Auckland on Twitter hit back with legal action against the micro-blogging platform that plans to reveal his identity, according to Guido Fawkes blog. A pro bono attorney has already agreed to represent the spoofer, who is also accused of fraud, defamation, libel and hacking computers of the media company owned by the Daily Mail.