Category Archives: Security Blog

XKCD Comic on Password Strength and Random Words

Posted on January 20, 2015 by Carmelo

Use the Four Random English Word Generator!

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Worst Passwords of 2014

Posted on January 20, 2015 by Carmelo

An analysis of the most leaked passwords that were posted online throughout 2014, out of the 3.3 million passwords leaked online, the most common, Top 15 were: 123456 password 12345 12345678 qwerty 1234567890 1234 baseball dragon football 1234567 monkey letmein … Continue reading →

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Progressive Insurance’s Snapshot Can be Used to Control Vehicles

Posted on January 19, 2015 by Carmelo

2,000,000 vehicles already have the Progressive Snapshot plugged into them via the OnBoardDiagnostic(OBD)-II Port. Digital Bond Labs described at a security conference last week how the Snapshot could be used to hack into some vehicles’ onboard networks. Testing was limited … Continue reading →

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770,000 Records From One of Australia’s Largest Travel Insurance Companies

Posted on January 19, 2015 by Carmelo

Around the number of 770,000 records of personal information consisting of travel insurance clients, names, phone numbers, email addresses, travel dates and prices for policies was stolen around December 18th. Aussie Travel Cover notified 3rd party agents, but did not … Continue reading →

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Beware Used or Discount Devices

Posted on January 18, 2015 by Carmelo

Because of the introduction of BadUSB, some cybercriminals have been modifying hardware peripherals with some extra storage, some wireless and remote connectivity, and a lot of quality hacker ingenuity. Keyboard with a hardware keylogger built into it This type of … Continue reading →

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Hacker’s List

Posted on January 17, 2015 by Carmelo

A new service is online where a person posts a problem to solve as a job and another person bids on the work if they know how to solve it. So far, most problems look to be in regards to: … Continue reading →

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19,000 French Websites Either Defaced or DDoS’ed

Posted on January 16, 2015 by Carmelo

Since the three day terror attack that started in France on January 7 with the attack on satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo, 19,000 websites of French-based companies have been targeted by cyber attackers. Defacements had the message: ‘The Islamic State Stay … Continue reading →

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LinkedIn Phishing

Posted on January 16, 2015 by Carmelo

There has been a lot of phishing emails claiming to be from LinkedIn Support, designed to fool recipients into giving up their login credentials. The email uses a lowercase I instead of a capital i when spelling ‘Linkedln’ I promote … Continue reading →

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New Scam, Don’t Click Court Ordered Appearance Notification

Posted on January 14, 2015 by Carmelo

Bad guys are sending emails claiming to come from a real law firm called ‘Baker & McKenzie’. The email states you are scheduled to appear in court and should click a link to view a copy of the court notice. … Continue reading →

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Vulnerability Found in Certain AMD Processor

Posted on January 13, 2015 by Carmelo

A vulnerability was found in AMD Processors that insufficiently protected code signatures and other errors in the firmware could be used by hackers to inject software, which could then be executed by the System Management Unit and Accelerated Processing Units. … Continue reading →

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