Kelly Fiveash reports: The German government has advised ministers not to use BlackBerry and iPhone devices due to “a dramatic increase of attacks against” its networks. A general ban on the use of smartphones in certain German ministries is also being considered, Federal Interior Minister Thomas de Maizière confirmed to the country’s business daily newspaper…
Category: Breaches
In turnabout, Ohio ex-con gets data on neighbors
Julie Carr Smyth reports: Neighbors routinely get a picture and a name when a sex offender moves next door. In a turnabout, an Ohio sex offender has received private information about his neighbors, including their Social Security numbers. The material was shown to The Associated Press by convicted rapist Pearly Wilson, who was mistakenly given…
UK: Laptop repair pervert jailed for nine months
Barry Collins reports: A laptop repair man who was caught copying private photos and bank passwords in an undercover investigation has been jailed for nine months. Grzegorz Zachodni was filmed in a undercover investigation by Sky News last year. The Sky investigators, who were acting on tip-offs from PC Pro readers, were attempting to uncover…
Hackers offering tech support for malware they installed
Dean Wilson reports: In a bold move some hackers are offering tech support and customer service for removing malware from their victims’ computers, according to research by Kaspersky Lab. The discovery showed a number of criminal syndicates offering e-mail, live chat, and telephone support for removing malware that these same syndicates installed. In many cases…