ICT Security-Sécurité PC et Internet

LulzSec Reborn, a splinter group of the now-defunct LulzSec, exposed 10,000 Twitter users' data in a new hack.

LulzSec Reborn, a splinter group of the defunct LulzSec, is claiming responsibility for leaking data from 10,000 users of a ===> Twitter-based app called TweetGif. <===

The app, which let users share GIFs, required users to share information including their real names, passwords, bios, locations and secret tokens, all of which LulzSec Reborn has made public. The group, which last month leaked account information from 171,000 members of the military via millitarysingles.com, has not given a reason for its latest hack.

Reps from TweetGif could not be reached for comment at press time.

Read more:

http://mashable.com/2012/06/12/lulzsec-reborn-twitter/

Plus de 6 millions de mots de passe LinkedIn piratés...

Un pirate informatique a mis la main sur 6,5 millions d´identifiants de connexion au site LinkedIn. Voilà qui n'est pas rassurant, surtout pour l'identité numérique des 6,5 millions de comptes Linkedin qui semblent avoir été piratés par un hacker d'origine Russe.

Lundi, 6,5 millions de mots de passe cryptés ont été postés dans un forum spécialisés dans le piratage informatique. Le "posteur" réclame de l'aide pour lui permettre de déchiffrer les mots de passe. Des "précieux", codés en Sha1 (01). Pour le moment, seul les mots de passe sont proposés. Les logins sont restés dans les mains du "pirate".

Lire plus :

http://zataz.com/news/22202/Linkedin--hack--password--crack.html

If you think Android phones are immune from malware, listen up: you need to protect yourself. A recent exploit that stole personal data shows why. 

There are a few anti-malware apps for Android, including Norton Antivirus & Security, and McAfee Mobile Security among others. Those can help, but they won’t catch everything.

To really be secure, you also have to pay attention to the permissions an app is looking for when you’re installing...if a game is looking for access to your contact list, think twice before accepting. But in some cases, even that isn’t enough, because this particular exploit didn’t even ask for permissions.

===> Ultimately, you should be trying to only get apps from trusted sources. <===

And you should always try to check around to be sure that an app is safe before installing it on an impulse. Just the same what you used to do (or should have done) on your PC.

The more things change…

Read more: http://www.itworldcanada.com/blogs/android/2012/04/02/android-malware-the-more-things-change/63570/#ixzz1qtiS0RTd
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