Tuesday, June 30, 2009

Snort Setup Guide

A new set-up guide based on Nick Moore's June 12 webinar "Installing Snort on FC 10" is now available on Snort.org.
The document is posted at: http://www.snort.org/docs/setup-guides/

Saturday, June 6, 2009

Virginia patients warned about hacking of state drug Web site

By Bill Sizemore
The Virginian-Pilot
© June 4, 2009

State officials are notifying more than a half-million Virginians that their Social Security numbers may have been contained in a prescription drug database that was targeted by a computer hacker April 30.

The hacker gained access to the Prescription Monitoring Program computer system, which is designed to deter prescription drug abuse, and demanded a $10 million ransom. The hacker has not been identified.

A criminal investigation has not yet determined what, if any, personal information was put at risk in the incident, said Sandra Whitley Ryals, director of the Virginia Department of Health Professions, on Wednesday.

Nevertheless, the state is mailing individual notifications to 530,000 people whose prescription records may have contained Social Security numbers, in order to alert them to the potential for identity theft, Ryals said.

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Monday, June 1, 2009

Tory MP hacked on Facebook

IT security and control firm Sophos is reminding computer users to be on their guard against phishing attacks following news that the Facebook account of Conservative MP for Lichfield, Michael Fabricant, has been hacked.

According to reports, the MP fell foul of a phishing campaign that stole his username and password, and hackers then sent messages to Fabricant's 1,500 friends saying "Look at this!" and pointing recipients to a malicious webpage. Facebook has now suspended the politician's page.

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Hack the Box Blue

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