Syrian Electronic Army hacked Skype’s blog, Facebook, and Twitter accounts

Skype's Twitter hack message

The Syrian Electronic Army couldn’t wait to start the year with a cyber-attack. This time they took down Microsoft Skype’s Facebook and Twitter accounts and the official blog to call for an end to spying.

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Adobe is hacked, data of over 3 million customers compromised

Adobe Systems has been hacked and as a result critical data from over 2.9 million of its customers has been compromised. This data includes customer names, encrypted credit or debit card numbers, expiration dates, and other information relating to customer orders. 

"Our investigation currently indicates that the attackers accessed Adobe customer IDs and encrypted passwords on our systems. We also believe the attackers removed from our systems certain information relating to 2.9 million Adobe customers, including customer names, encrypted credit or debit card numbers, expiration dates, and other information relating to customer orders," Brad Arkin, Adobe's chief security officer, stated in an online security alert.

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Check if your Yahoo! email account has been hacked

We really should have learned by now. Using web-based email is convenient, easy and free but it is also risky. Yahoo! Mail got hacked a few days ago and the accounts of over 450,000 accounts were compromised. These accounts (and their log in credentials, i.e. passwords, were also published online.

For people who rely on their Yahoo! mail this is terrible news. To check if your account has been

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Hacked ServiceOntario Kiosks shut down

Some of Canada's leading privacy and security experts are in support of the government's decision to shutdown and investigate reported ServiceOntario kiosk compromises. The action, they say, is in compliance with Ontario's privacy laws as well as newly introduced best practices unveiled in an original publication: Managing Personal Information: Insights on Corporate Risk and Opportunity for Privacy-Savvy Leaders.

Primary author and security expert Claudiu Popa says "the recent compromise of four ServiceOntario locations is reminiscent of the fake debit and credit card readers and "skimmers" popular in the Greater Toronto Area over the past few years. These types of attempts on ATMs and kiosks are nothing new, so MGS acted appropriately in shutting down the other locations and notifying the public of the breach at the earliest opportunity."

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