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Missing dots from email addresses opens 20GB data leak
Security researchers have captured 120,000 emails intended for Fortune 500 companies by exploiting a basic typo.
The emails included trade secrets, business invoices, personal information about employees, network diagrams and passwords.
Bad guys want your Twitter passwords - don't be phished via a DM attack!
We continue to see Twitter users being targeted by criminal campaigns designed to phish passwords for the site.
The problem is that often they are disguised as direct messages (DMs in Twitter parlance) from your online friends.
Dutch Queen's phone number exposed on net via WikiLeaks
Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands has her personal phone number released onto the web, via WikiLeaks diplomatic cables.
Even regal grandmothers can find they have been exposed by WikiLeaks.
WikiLeaks exposes thousands of sources in written-password SNAFU
The cone of silence over WikiLeaks' thousands of sources - many of whose lives are at risk if identified - has been shattered, all thanks to the most mundane, all-too-human security screwup imaginable.
To wit: WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange wrote down the password on a piece of paper.
Julianne Hough leaked photos published after phone hack
Did hackers really hack into Julianne Hough's iPhone and steal her private photos?
The actress/singer/dancer may have not wanted this kind of exposure.
WikiLeaks suffers its own data loss incident
It appears that the experts in data leakage have accidentally lost some of their own data. Uncensored copies of the stolen diplomatic cables WikiLeaks was trusted with have been accidentally disclosed.
iPads in the kindergarten? Some tips for better security and safety
With children as young as five now being told it's mandatory to bring an iPad into the classroom, what can be done to ensure safe and secure surfing?
Anonymous gets dirty, releases nude photos of BART spokesman Linton Johnson
Partially nude photographs of a man said to be Linton Johnson, the chief spokesperson for the San Francisco's BART, have been released onto the internet in what seems to be the latest outbreak of hostility between the transport network and the Anonymous hacktivist group.
Twitter starts rolling out HTTPS by default - good news for security and Ashton Kutcher
In a step which will be welcomed by its security-conscious users, Twitter has announced that it is beginning to turn on HTTPS by default.
Why is this important? Just ask Ashton Kutcher.
Epson Korea hack impacts 350,000 customers
Hackers have broken into Epson Korea's computer systems, and stole information including passwords, phone numbers, names, and email addresses of customers who had registered with the company.
Korean data breach company SK already in trouble with the courts
It seems the wheels of justice turn pretty quickly in S. Korea, with a report from Seoul that a court has acted against SK Communications, whose websites Nate and Cyworld were breached last month, ordering a ₩1,000,000 compensation payout.
Has Facebook got your mobile number? Now your friends do too
Facebook users are discovering they have been sharing their phone numbers with other users in surprising ways.
Is this the idea of openness you had in mind when you added your mobile phone number to Facebook?
Sophos Security Threat Report Update reveals 2011's top threats so far
Sophos has published its Mid-Year 2011 Security Threat Report. High-profile hacking attacks against governments and corporations have dominated the security landscape in 2011, drowning out attacks that target consumers – such as fake anti-virus, search engine poisoning and social networking scams.
The Sun warns thousands of readers exposed by data breach
The Sun newspaper has warned that thousands of people who participated in competitions on its website might have had their personal information stolen.
Victims included applicants for the Miss Scotland beauty contest.
Data stolen from 35 million South Korean social networking users
Hackers have broken into the popular South Korean websites Nate and Cyworld earlier this week, and stolen information about 35 million social networking users.
Names, email addresses, phone numbers and resident registration numbers of users are said to have been compromised.
Stolen USB stick contained police investigation details
Greater Manchester Police hunt for a stolen USB stick, containing details of an ongoing criminal investigation.
CNAIPIC hacked - Italian cybercrime unit files published by Anonymous
Anonymous is claiming to have got its hands on 8GB of "secret documents" from CNAIPIC, Italy's cybercrime unit charged with defending the country's critical IT infrastructure.
Lady Gaga website stays strangely silent over database hack
A gang of hackers known as SwagSec announced at the tail end of last week that they had hacked into Lady Gaga's UK website and made off with a database of names and email addresses of fans.
To prove their point, they published the stolen data online.
FBI searches LulzSec suspect's home in Hamilton, Ohio
The international investigation into the notorious LulzSec hacking gang continues, with news that FBI agents have searched a house in Hamilton, Ohio.
The end of LulzSec? Hacking group says it is disbanding, after 50 days of attacks
LulzSec says its 50 day cruise is over, and it must now sail into the distance.
Has the hacking group really abandoned ship?
