Jackpot: New hacking group steals 150,000 credit cards from casino

Flat, firewall-free network was a walk in the park, boffins say.[…]They say the casino lacked even basic firewalls around its payment platforms and did not have logging. “It was a very flat network, single domain, with very limited access controls for access to payment systems,” Emmanuel Jean-Georges told the Cyber Defence Summit (formerly Mircon) in Read more about Jackpot: New hacking group steals 150,000 credit cards from casino[…]

Dow Jones hacked for 3 years, 3500 of 1%ers data taken

“It appears that the focus was to obtain contact information such as names, addresses, email addresses and phone numbers of current and former subscribers in order to send fraudulent solicitations.”[…]“As part of the investigation to date, we also determined that payment card and contact information for fewer than 3,500 individuals could have been accessed, although Read more about Dow Jones hacked for 3 years, 3500 of 1%ers data taken[…]

Microsoft now uses Windows 10’s Start menu to display ads

We’ve all become used to the idea of ads online — it’s something that has become part and parcel of using the internet — but in Windows? If you’ve updated to build 10565 of Windows 10, you’re in for something of a surprise: the Start menu is now being used to display ads. Source: Microsoft Read more about Microsoft now uses Windows 10’s Start menu to display ads[…]