Security

The US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) just released a public service announcement (PSA) to the public about a large number of websites being exploited and compromised through WordPress plugin vulnerabilities: Continuous Web site defacements are being perpetrated by individuals sympathetic Link: FBI Public Service Annoucement: Defacements Exploiting WordPress Vulnerabilities

Russian-government hackers who reportedly breached the White House’s computer systems late last year gained access to sensitive information, though US officials said at the time that they hadn’t, according to a story published Tuesday by CNN. Link: Hackers who breached White House network allegedly accessed sensitive data

After a data breach, a company can easily find that the due diligence it exercised to avoid the breach in the first place can readily be turned against it. Link: Why privilege matters in privacy advice

In October 2013 Bell announced that it will ride an emerging trend of behaviourally targeted advertising called “Relevant Advertising Program”. Link: Bell’s Targeted Ad Tracking Program Violates Canadian Law: Privacy Commissioner

The majority of Global 2000 organizations are still vulnerable to Heartbleed, a critical bug discovered in widely used versions of the OpenSSL library that was disclosed one year ago. Link: Nearly 75 percent of Global 2000 orgs still vulnerable to Heartbleed