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Stolen DigiNotar SSL certs used to monitor Google email conversations of up to 300k Iranians

Shane McGlaun, Sep 6th 2011 Discuss [5]

I mentioned yesterday that the Dutch company DigiNotar had been hacked back in July. The company though that it had revoked all the bogus certificates, but only recently admitted that the hack had happened and that it had missed stolen certs that would allow the impersonation of Google services like Gmail. Those missed certificates have now been used to spy on Gmail messages of 300,000 Iranians. Read The Full Story

Hackers lift CIA, MI6, Mossad, Google, Twitter, Facebook security certificates

Chris Burns, Sep 5th 2011 Discuss [4]

As it appeared that a group of hackers had successfully stolen a set of over 500 SSL certificates from a group by the name of DigiNotar, Mozilla, Google, and Microsoft see threat as too great and set in motion the permanent blocking of all digital certificates issued by DigiNotar. For those of you who have no idea what these security certificates do, just know that the holders of said certificates could, in one instance, set of a scam in which they appear to have a legitimate site (such as Gmail, for example), but once you've entered your name and password, they've intercepted it and have full access. It is this amongst many other plausible malicious situations that Google, Mozilla, and Microsoft are now guarding against. Read The Full Story

Microsoft denies Windows Phone camera location tracking accusations

Rue Liu, Sep 5th 2011 Discuss [4]

Microsoft has issued a new statement denying the recent accusations that its Windows Phone 7 cameras track location data without a user's consent. Last week, a lawsuit was filed in Seattle alleging that the location tracking feature existed in the Windows Phone camera software, making it a problem on all Windows Phone 7 handsets regardless of manufacturer. Read The Full Story

SSL certificates stolen for CIA, MI6, Mossad, and hundreds more by hackers in attack on DigiNotar

Shane McGlaun, Sep 5th 2011 Discuss [5]

A Dutch company that sells SSL certificates to hundreds of major companies around the world was hacked recently. The result of the hack was that 500 different SSL certificates for legitimate companies were stolen. That means that a nefarious page could use the stolen SSL certificates and bypass some security lending to possible infection of the computer reviewing the website. Read The Full Story

Apple recruits Prototype Police to safeguard unreleased kit

Shane McGlaun, Sep 5th 2011 Discuss [16]

All the drama going on with the iPhone 5 allegedly getting lost in a bar and the ensuing search of the home owned by the man thought to be in possession of the phone that has been going on over the last week or so has raised more than a few eyebrows. At this point it has been said that the SFPD escorted Apple investigators to the home of the man allegedly having the lost iPhone 5 and that Apple employees then went in to search the home. Apple is apparently tired of using outside sources to investigate lost items and is looking for full time workers to handle the task. Read The Full Story

E Ink hands-on [Video]

Chris Davies, Sep 2nd 2011 Discuss [2]

E Ink is best known for the displays on the Kindle and NOOK, but the company has more strings to its bow. We caught up with the company here at IFA 2011 to take a look at the E Ink Triton color epaper display, talk flexible panels and find out how a super-skinny electrophoretic screens can help prevent credit card fraud. Read on for more.

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Police investigations into LulzSec and Anonymous result in two more arrests in England

Shane McGlaun, Sep 2nd 2011 Discuss [0]

Suddenly the hackers participating with Anonymous and LulzSec aren't so anonymous. Back at the beginning of August, police tracked down the suspected Anonymous leader going by the name Topiary and arrested him. The teen was arrested and was found to have the details of 750,000 people on his computer. That single arrest was just the start of things as the investigation continued into the two hacker groups. Read The Full Story

Facebook doles out $40,000 in 21 days for security bug hunt

Shane McGlaun, Aug 31st 2011 Discuss [4]

The Facebook Deals program didn't work out too well for the giant social network, but it looks like their bug hunt program is working out really well. Facebook is running a program that will pay security researchers and other folks that find bugs or flaws in the security of the social network and report them. The money paid out depends on the severity of the flaw found. Read The Full Story

iZON Remote Room Monitor streams live audio, video to iOS app

Rue Liu, Aug 29th 2011 Discuss [4]

Here's a neat little wireless network camera from Stem Innovation called the iZON Remote Room Monitor that can stream both audio and video to your iOS device. It comes in handy if you've been trying to figure out which of your two dogs keeps leaving puddles indoors while you're away at work. And of course, for those with small children, it'll be a great way to keep an eye on them and have overall peace of mind. Read The Full Story

Nokia reveals that its Developer Network forum has been hacked

Shane McGlaun, Aug 29th 2011 Discuss [6]

It has been a while now since we talked about a hack that resulted in private data being stolen Nokia has now announced that data on developers of apps for its mobile phones that use the Nokia developer network forum may have had private data on them stolen. Apparently, a hacker or hackers accessed a database that holds the email addresses of forum members. Read The Full Story

Insulin pump hacker discloses company that makes hacked device

Shane McGlaun, Aug 26th 2011 Discuss [1]

Back at the beginning of the month, I mentioned the hacker at Black Hat conference that was able to hack an insulin pump to make the device show incorrect readings. At the time the hack was announced, the hacker didn’t tell what brand the pump he hacked was. The hacker, Jerome Radcliffe, went to the company and now says that the company belittled the security flaw and didn't take the research seriously. In light of the fact that the maker apparently does not intend to secure the device, Radcliffe has announced that Medtronic makes the pump he was able to hack. Read The Full Story

McAfee: Android malware problem getting worse, now most targeted platform

Rue Liu, Aug 24th 2011 Discuss [11]

According to a new quarterly report from McAfee, Android has now soared to the top as the most targeted platform for malware. In only three months time, Android has gone from third most attacked platform to the first. Another recent report from Lookout claimed a similar upward climb in Android malware infected apps. Read The Full Story