Skype’s Blog Hacked by Syrian Electronic Army
Skype's corporate blog has been hacked. See screenshot below: Apparently their social media presences on Twitter and Facebook were also compromised, though they have since regained control of them. More details here
Protect Your Mobile Device with Glitter Nail Polish
(Via Brian Honan) Physical tampering with laptops and other devices is a worry, especially when travelling. The Independent reports that a pair of security researchers have come up with with an elegant way to put a
Loyaltybuild Ripples Spread
Details continue to emerge surrounding the security breach involving customer's financial data at LoyaltyBuild. The ESB has confirmed that 6,700 of its customers have had non-financial data compromised in the attack. According to The Irish Times:
LoyaltyBuild: Brian Honan Explains the Security Issues [Audio]
Information security expert Brian Honan joins Conn Ó Muíneacháin to disccuss the issues surrounding the revelation this week that the full, unencrypted credit card details of 500,000 people have been stolen from LoyaltyBuild in Co. Clare.
500,000 Credit Cards Compromised at Irish Firm
The Data Protection Commisioner, Billy Hawkes, has sent inspectors to the offices of LoyaltyBuild in Ennis, Co. Clare, after it was revealed that the credit card data of 500,000 users in Ireland and elsewhere in Europe
Mystery Malware is an Airborne Infection?
Security experts have spent the past week discussing the extraordinary claims by researcher Dragos Ruiu that he has discovered a sophisticated malware that infects BIOS, operates across multiple OSs, persists despite efforts to remove it, covers
