Tuesday, August 5, 2014

Bad guys have 1 billion passwords, probably a record.

A "Russian" gang of "hackers" have gather a record number of Internet usernames and passwords.

Don't aim lasers at aircraft

a 26-year-old to one year and nine months in prison for firing two different laser pointers at a Kern County Sheriff’s Office helicopter over a six month period in 2013

Another NSA "leaker"

Apparently Edward Snowden is not alone

Monday, August 4, 2014

Critical Vulnerability in Samba 4.x

A flaw has been found in Samba that allows remote access through a flaw in nmbd with root level rights.  Ubuntu has released a patch, but nothing from Redhat yet.  Patch or disable nmbd if you run an newer version of Samba.

Update: PF Changs in Chattanooga affected by security breach

"On Tuesday, June 10, the United States Secret Service alerted P.F. Chang's to a possible security compromise involving credit and debit card data reportedly stolen from certain P.F. Chang's China Bistro branded restaurants located in the continental United States. An investigation into this incident was immediately initiated. Our team, including third-party forensics experts, has been working continuously to understand the nature and scope of the incident. This investigation is ongoing. The security compromise, however, has been contained, and P.F. Chang's has been processing credit and debit card data securely since June 11, 2014."