At some time in the last couple of months an Irish website got hacked and its member database was stolen. The database contained email addresses and the associated passwords to login to the website. The list of email addresses and these passwords was published on a website which has since been taken offline (though you could find it in Google's cache as recently as 48 hours … [Read more...] about Scaremongering Stupidity
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Microsoft Ireland Defaced
High profile websites are always going to attract attention and Microsoft Ireland is no different.The main page of the Irish branch of Microsoft was defaced earlier this morning.See screenshot below (courtesy of CJB): … [Read more...] about Microsoft Ireland Defaced
XKCD on Debian / Ubuntu SSH Security Holes
The guys at XKCD have done it again!I took delivery of some of their tshirts this morning, as well as my Top Gun tshirt … [Read more...] about XKCD on Debian / Ubuntu SSH Security Holes
Debian (and Ubuntu) SSH / OpenSSL Security Hole
Earlier today both Debian and Ubuntu maintainers announced a serious security issue with both Open SSH and Open SSL.There is, of course, a post about it on SlashDot, but if you'd rather skip the crud (ie. some of the rather inane comments) and are running a Debian (or derivative system such as Ubuntu) do a dist-upgrade as soon as you can.If you're using SSH keys you'll need to … [Read more...] about Debian (and Ubuntu) SSH / OpenSSL Security Hole
Amazon Phishing Emails – How Not To Handle Abuse
Either there's an upsurge in Amazon phishing emails or the phishers only got my email address recently.I've had about half a dozen phishing emails today purporting to be from Amazon regarding my "seller" account. To start with I don't have a seller account.The other giveaway sign is that although the links are similar to Amazon domains, they aren't Amazon domains.They all seem … [Read more...] about Amazon Phishing Emails – How Not To Handle Abuse