GSM Encryption Cracked: Know Your Risks
In simple terms, it means what you say on your iPhone — or any GSM phone, which includes all phones on AT&T, T-Mobile, Rogers, and almost all phones internationally — can be intercepted, decrypted, and listened to if a person has several thousand dollars worth of equipment and the motivation to do it
FBI Jobs site gets hacked
"The FBI (Federal Bureau of Investigation) is seeking a senior security consultant for a permanent position." This is probably the next job offer that will appear on the FBI job site (fbijobs.gov) as they got defaced yesterday.
Apple thefts continue, but don’t work so well for the crooks
Another day, another dumb criminal gets...
Reduce Your Odds Of Dying in a Plane Crash
Just a preflight check before you take off. Reduce the chances of dyeing by choosing the right company, the right seat, the right month, the right plane. The graphic are based on stats.
Labour MP gives me, Google and the world her password
It’s funny what you discover sometimes...
Police try to trick hackers, with hilarious results
Here’s a fun story. Police in Australia thought they were being mighty clever when they took over an “underground hacking forum.” (The forum is r00t-y0u.org, though it seems to be down right now.) One of the hackers on the forum then retaliated by breaking into police computers using a simple SQL injection. Security fail.
Another friend busted: 130 million credit and debit card numbers “borrowed”
SoupNazi, and 2 others "unknown" Russian hackers are been sued for one the of biggest electonic robbery grabbing more than 130 million credit and debit cards.