Adnan Farooqui writes: Terence Eden is a developer who has discovered a privacy flaw in Google Calendar. He found that Calendar will automatically invite anyone whose email is entered in the title of an entry, even if the user makes that entry in their private calendar and does not plan on inviting anyone else. Invitations…
Category: Breaches
UK: Private investigators sentenced for unlawfully obtaining personal data
From the Information Commissioner’s Office: Six men who were part of a company that tricked organisations into revealing personal details about customers has today been sentenced for conspiring to breach the Data Protection Act. Adrian Stanton, 40, ran ICU Investigations Limited in Feltham, Middlesex with Barry Spencer, 41. The pair were convicted at an earlier…
Revenge porn’ site creator, alleged hacker charged with computer crime, ID theft
Andrew Blankstein reports: Two California men – including the creator and operator of a so-called “revenge porn” website — were charged Thursday with computer crimes and ID theft stemming from an alleged conspiracy to hack into email accounts and steal nude photos that were later posted on the Internet site. Agents with the Federal Bureau…
Bug Exposes IP Cameras, Baby Monitors
Brian Krebs reports: A bug in the software that powers a broad array of Webcams, IP surveillance cameras and baby monitors made by Chinese camera giant Foscam allows anyone with access to the device’s Internet address to view live and recorded video footage, KrebsOnSecurity has learned. The issue came to light on the company’s support forum after camera experts…