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The ACLU claims that the four major mobile carriers — AT&T, Verizon, T-Mobile, and Sprint — are not doing enough to protect users’ private and personal data related to security updates on their Android devices. The ACLU says the mobile providers are all using a “deceptive and unfair business practice” — but what exactly are they doing?
Click to find out what security holes could be compromising your Android mobile phone.
Zappos.com, the online shoe-shopping favorite that is owned by Amazon, has suffered a major data breach. Read More
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The FDIC and other regulators have formally updated guidelines on how banks verify the identity of anyone logging onto financial websites.
The FDIC will also start a formal review of banks’ assessments of their online banking risks and the new security measures they put in place. Read More
Computer expert Kim Komando — also known as America’s Digital Goddess — calls your email and social networking accounts “goldmines for criminals.” Click the headline above to watch her video for ways to regain control of your online accounts — including Facebook, Twitter, Yahoo!, Gmail, and more — if you’ve been hacked and/or need to fight back against malware and spyware. Read More
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Facebook has become very successful by being a part of everything we do on the Internet. Facebook’s philosophy is that the Internet is more fun when it’s shared, like a party. The problem is that we can’t be sure who else Facebook has invited to the party and if we should really trust them or not. Click above to read CEO Kent Lawson’s in-depth response to this month’s “Ask the Expert” article and find out the BEST and easiest ways to stay safe on Facebook. After all, he calls Facebook “a spamware purveyor’s delight” because it’s a service where literally millions of people are waiting around for the next interesting thing to arrive on their pages. Check out his tips so you don’t get spammed! Read More
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Hackers breached Kiplinger’s Personal Finance network as early as June 25 and stole user names, passwords, and encrypted credit card numbers from as many as 142,000 subscribers to the magazine or the company’s various newsletters, including the Kiplinger Letter. This Bloomberg news article says the stolen information can sometimes be “used in so-called phishing scams to gain more valuable data or for identity theft” and that “while the credit-card numbers were encrypted,” encryption in rare cases can be broken. Kiplinger is advising customers to call their banks and replace the card numbers.
Government contractor Booz Allen Hamilton has confirmed a massive data breach affecting tens of thousands of military personnel emails and encrypted passwords. The hackers then allegedly posted the sensitive information online. The Washington Post says because “the passwords were encrypted, one of the greatest dangers of the leak may be that the email addresses could be used to contact military personnel under false pretenses and lure them into revealing their unencrypted passwords.”
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Gannett-owned military website DefenseNews.com has reported that hackers have stolen subscribers’ email addresses and names. DefenseNews ‘ subscribers include active and retired military personnel, defense contractors and others in both the United States and other countries’ defense establishments. As PCWorld points out in this article, “the stolen information would make the perfect fodder for future ‘spear phishing,’ the kind of attacks that target individuals within an organization by crafting convincing messages, often with embedded links or attached files that direct recipients to malicious sites or plant malware directly on PCs to, for instance, gather more information or gain greater access to a network.”
Thousands of Tumblr logins have been compromised after a widespread phishing attack scammed users into handing their information over to an untrustworthy third party. The Huffington Post shares the details, noting that the pages involved are all regular Tumblr users who have previously been compromised. “Once hijacked, their pages are converted into the fake logins and then sent into the world following regular Tumblr accounts. At that point, the phisher hopes those same accounts will visit the fake login, enter their details and keep the cycle going.”
Today’s spear phishing is much more technically proficient, with attacks launched as emails that try to con the recipient into clicking a link that leads to a malicious website. This ComputerWorld article interviews several computer experts. One expert warns that “there’s a lot more data on the Internet, on Facebook, on LinkedIn, that make these emails highly believable. And the malware that they’re installing continues to evade antivirus software.”
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