A selection of this week’s more interesting vulnerability disclosures and cyber security news.
Hard choice this week, yes we have a number of serious breaches such as at Ethereum, however I think there are two that standout for long term and wider reaching implications:
Back to the usual then…
- Information on 154 million voters exposed in the cloud – again
- $55 Million in Digital Currency Stolen from Investment Fund (InfoRiskToday)
- ‘Plane Hacker’ Roberts hacks cows (The Register)
- Bitcoin rival Ethereum fights for its survival after $50 million heist (ArsTechnica)
- Cryptocurrency-Backed Venture Capital Fund Hacked
- GitHub Security Update: Reused password attack
- GoToMyPC accounts hacked, all customer passwords reset Graham Cluley reports
- London Mayor election day bug forced staff to query vote DB by hand (The Register)
- Note claiming to be from DAO cryptocurrency hacker says stolen $53 million is legally his
- T-Mobile Czech ad man steals, sells, 1.5 million customer records (The Register)
- UK: Romanian hackers infiltrate Gloucestershire business Versarien Ellis Lane reports
- Video Conferencing Systems Expose Corporate Secrets (SecurityWeek)
- WordPress 4.5.3 Patches Several Vulnerabilities (SecurityWeek)
- You Acer holes! PC maker leaks payment cards in e-store hack (The Register)
- Firm pays $950,000 penalty for using Wi-Fi signals to secretly track phone users (ArsTechnica)
- Godless apps, some found in Google Play, root 90% of Android phones (ArsTechnica)
Weekly Cyber Security News 24/06/2016
