JUSTICE MOONSHARK
US Sentencing Commission site down, Anonymous claims responsibility (Updated)
Group says it will release information on Supreme Court Justices if reforms aren't made.
Risk Assessment / Security & Hacktivism
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FILE UNDER "DUH"
PSA: Don't upload your important passwords to GitHub
The same goes for private SSH keys and other sensitive credentials.
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WALK RIGHT IN, SIT ON DOWN
Secret backdoors found in firewall, VPN gear from Barracuda Networks
The undocumented accounts may have been around for a decade.
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SONY PWN
Sony fined $395,000 for 2011 hack of its PlayStation Network
Breach that exposed data for 77 million accounts could have been prevented.
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Grammar badness makes cracking harder the long password
Password crackers get an English lesson.
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How the feds put a bullet in a “bulletproof” Web host
Taking down the Gozi Virus and its distributor.
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Cracking tool milks weakness to reveal some Mega passwords (Updated)
Dotcom's Mega aids crackers by sending password hashes in plain-text e-mail. Really!
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UNDER FIRE
Just-patched Java, IE bugs used to snare human rights sites
Reporters without Borders is latest site used in "watering hole" campaign.
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Update: Canadian student expelled for playing security “white hat”
Ran scan discovering flaw that exposed personal data of over 100,000 students.
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Week in Review
Take a crack at it: The top 10 stories you may have missed this week
Our risk assessment meter was peaking this week.
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FADE TO BLACK
Red October espionage platform unplugged hours after its discovery
Command servers and domains that targeted governments around the world go dark.
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Cyber Spiral
Air Force’s cyber commander says Iran is next big ’Net menace
Iran seen as growing threat after Stuxnet; Air Force wants more cyberwarriors.
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JAVA STILL VULNERABLE
Critical Java vulnerabilities confirmed in latest version
“Complete Java security sandbox bypass” found in emergency fix released Sunday.
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PASSWORDS UNDER ASSAULT
Google looks to kill the password using tiny cryptographic card
Search giant experiments with YubiKey card to automatically log in users.
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Why Red October malware is the Swiss Army knife of espionage
With more than 1,000 separate components, attack seals the age of super malware.
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Big Brother, Inc.
Report finds growing use of US surveillance gear by repressive nations
Blue Coat gear found in almost two dozen countries, including Syria.
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More like blind fate
OKCupid’s new blind date app not so blind thanks to data leak
Bug allowed access to birth dates, e-mail addresses.
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$5,000 will buy you access to another, new critical Java vulnerability (Updated)
Fix Oracle rushed out three days ago was "incomplete," researchers say.
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Two US power plants infected with malware spread via USB drive
Investigators find no up-to-date antivirus, system backups for control systems.
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Red October relied on Java exploit to infect PCs
Unearthed attack site reveals some inner workings of espionage malware.
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PATCH BATCH
Microsoft releases emergency update to patch Internet Explorer bug
Fix comes after yesterday's unscheduled patch for critical Java vulnerability.
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Massive espionage malware targeting governments undetected for 5 years
"Red October" command-and-control setup more sophisticated than that of Flame.
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Hacker's memorial
Anonymous defaces MIT website with memorial for Aaron Swartz
MIT site temporarily calls Swartz prosecution "miscarriage of justice."
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0 to fixed in 3 days
Oracle patches widespread Java zero-day bug in three days (Updated)
Bug helped hackers install silent keyloggers, other malicious software on sites.
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Blacklisted
Apple blacklists Java on OS X to prevent latest “critical” exploits
Apple's automated system is allowing for a fast response to malware threats.
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