Earlier this week, PogoWasRight.org was contacted by an individual who reported that after attending BlackHat 2009, he recently started receiving spam at a unique e-mail address he had created specifically for Breach Security. After receiving spam, he contacted them to change the e-mail address to another unique e-mail address, but within days, started getting spam…
Category: Breaches
Researcher warns of privacy risks from rogue iPhone apps
Elinor Mills writes: Lax security screening at Apple’s App Store and a design flaw are putting iPhone users at risk of downloading malicious apps that could steal data and spy on them, a Swiss researcher warns. Apple’s iPhone app review process is inadequate to stop malicious apps from getting distributed to millions of users, according…
GA: University employee charged with felony
Jacob Demmitt reports: A University [of Georgia] employee with access to sensitive student information was arrested and charged with one count of felony theft by extortion Monday evening, and police said they expect their investigation to lead them to more student victims. Dorin Dehelean, an Internet technology security analyst associate for Enterprise Information Technology Services,…
UK: News of the World pair hacked into 100 mobile accounts
Nick Davies reports: Three leading mobile phone companies have told the Guardian that they have discovered a total of more than 100 customers whose voicemail was accessed by the private investigator and the journalist at the centre of the phone-hacking scandal at the News of the World. This directly contradicts the official version of events…