In May we read that game maker Blizzard, developer of a series of popular games including World of Warcraft, Diablo III and Starcraft, was hacked, but that turned out to just be individual compromised accounts from some of its users. Now we read, from Blizzard itself rather than a third party, that they have been … More Blizzard Entertainment hacked – this time for real (lessons learned)
If you are a player of popular computer games like StarCraft II, World of Warcraft or Diablo III, you’d be wise to change your battle.net password as well as for any accounts that used the same one. According to Blizzard’s Mike Morhaime, some of their servers have been compromised and breached by hackers. In a … More Battle.net breached by hackers!
Evidence that criminals are targeting the computer systems of small businesses continues to mount. The Wall Street Journal recently drew attention to the way cybercriminals are sniffing out vulnerable firms. The article highlighted the fact that about 72% of the 855 data breaches world-wide last year that were analyzed in Verizon’s Data Breach Investigation Report … More Cybercrime and the small business: Basic defensive measures
I got contacted by Alltid Nyheter, from Swedish public broadcasting radio, regarding a thread on Flashback.org, Sweden’s largest web forum. User info of well over a million registered users was openly accessible on the chat site of YouPorn until the server was taken down yesterday. The exposed information contains e-mail addresses and passwords. This information … More Porn site coders expose user info of millions
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