Russian submarines and spy ships are aggressively operating near the vital undersea cables that carry almost all global Internet communications, raising concerns among some American military and intelligence officials that the Russians might be planning to attack those lines in times of tension or conflict.
Source : Russian Ships Near Data Cables Are Too Close for U.S. Comfort – The New York Times
Today, 21 October 2015 and over the coming days WikiLeaks is releasing documents from one of CIA chief John Brennan’s non-government email accounts. Brennan used the account occasionally for several intelligence related projects.
Investigators from the National Crime Agency found images on the computer of Stefan Rigo, 34, including ones of people involved in sexual activity.
Rigo targeted a variety of victims after gaining remote access to their computers’ webcams. Incriminating images on his computer were discovered after a forensic examination. Out of 14 confirmed individuals he spied on – roughly half were people he knew personally.
Source : Webcam hacker spied on sex acts with BlackShades malware – BBC News
Last week, T-Mobile revealed that hackers had stolen records for “approximately” 15 million people. How approximate? If history is any guide, very approximate.
Source : Never trust the first number announced in a data breach – Quartz
A man handed six years for threatening a local Georgia court clerk that he would post a sex tape of her on Facebook had his conviction overturned by the state’s Supreme Court. The justices ruled Monday that the Facebook postings did not constitute criminality or a « true threat » under the law, because the defendant did not express an « intent to commit an act of unlawful violence. »
Source : Threatening to post sex tape on Facebook is not a crime, court rules | Ars Technica
La croyance partagée que toutes les installations nucléaires sont isolées de l’Internet public est un mythe
Source : Les risques de cyberattaques contre les centrales nucléaires se multiplient
Les administrateurs se sentent en sécurité sous TOR, mais ce sont des amateurs qui ne maîtrisent pas la technologie.
Source : Plusieurs sites de vente de drogue du « Deep Web » français piratés
On Thursday T-Mobile revealed that hackers had breached Experian’s network and stolen a trove of T-Mobile’s data, which the carrier had sent to Experian to perform credit checks on potential customers seeking financing for phones or cellular plans. The data stolen from those 15 million victims includes their names, addresses, and birthdates, as well as encrypted social security numbers, drivers’ license ID numbers, and passport ID numbers.
Source : Hack Brief: Hackers Steal 15M T-Mobile Customers’ Data From Experian | WIRED
Lenovo seems to be testing the boundaries of trust.
Source : Lenovo collects usage data on ThinkPad, ThinkCentre and ThinkStation PCs | Computerworld
The environmental and public health cost of VW’s fraud is significant, but it’s easy to imagine industries and scenarios where it’d be much worse. Perhaps the best we can hope for is that the avoidance of regulatory frameworks on Internet of Things won’t have the kind of occasional systemic impact that large-scale financial misconduct has accustomed us to.
Source : The price of the Internet of Things will be a vague dread of a malicious world
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