Thieves drained $ 800,000 from a fuel distribution company in the US state of North Carolina earlier this month – a loss that the company attributes to its bank’s having recently upgraded security systems. Unfortunately, its insurance policy won’t come close to covering its losses. 
Naked Security – Sophos
IsAnybodyDown’s owner apparently impersonated a woman to trick victims into sending him nude photos. Showing true monopolistic genius, he also seems to be running the photo-takedown service that promises to get those photos off his site – for a fee. 
Naked Security – Sophos
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HP fixes printer flaw, Mozilla's revenue boost, Apple eyes fuel cells
Good Morning Silicon Valley (blog) The researchers were able to hack into unsecured LaserJet printers and carry out malicious tasks, including printing out tax returns, gaining access to personal information and even heating up the printer's ink-drying component until it started smoking … |
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security ran a test this year to see how hard it was for hackers to corrupt workers and gain access to computer systems. Not very, it turned out. Staff secretly dropped computer discs and USB thumb drives in the parking lots …
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