Information Technology Security News
Medical assistance numbers, Medicaid status, Names and Social Security numbers of about 9700 Marylanders with disabilities were exposed. According to state health officials, a hacker breached a state contractor’s “Service Coordination Inc.” computer systems between October 20 and October 30. Service Coordination Inc. provides case management for 13900 Marylanders with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Follow […]
Bitcoin Exchange Poloniex website hacked, the unidentified hacker stole approximately $50,000 in Bitcoins. The hacker place multiple withdrawals requests at the same time will result in negative balance but still the request is being processed. Poloniex owner Tristan D’Agosta explained in a forum post : The hacker found a vulnerability in the code that takes withdrawals. Here’s what happens […]
Forbes website hacked by the Syrian Electronic Army, Website and Twitter accounts Compromised. Forbes.com is the latest victim in a long line of high profile media outlets which have been hacked by the Syrian Electronic Army (SEA). The cyber wing of Bashar al-Assad’s army also took responsibility for hacking multiple Forbes websites and hijacked three […]
Syrian Electronic Army stole docs from Microsoft. After compromising Microsoft’s official blog and Twitter account last month, the Syrian Electronic Army (SEA) sifted through employees emails to acquire documents related to law enforcement inquiries. The company is investigating the information breach, but does not plan to release any of the documents and details, according to […]
Company Security Policy Security Polices have become a hazardous evil in today’s computerized world. Without a Security Policy, one becomes quite an open target for numerous attacks. Here we will try to find out and represent the possible means to be applied successfully for sake of defining a security policy. What is a Security Policy? For an […]