Bell Canada Hacked by NullCrew

Bell Canada announced Sunday that "22,421 user names and passwords and 5 valid credit card numbers of Bell small-business customers were posted on the Internet this weekend." It claims that it was not directly breached, but that the "posting results from illegal hacking of an Ottawa-based third-party supplier." But there's more to the story.



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NSA/GCHQ Hacking Gets Personal: Belgian Cryptographer Targeted

Belgian newspaper De Standaard reported Saturday that the federal prosecutor is investigating the hacking of Jean-Jacques Quisquater, a renowned cryptographer and professor at the Université catholique de Louvain, close to Brussels. The hack was discovered while the authorities were investigating the breach at Belgacom.



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Android security app test results

Independent test lab AV-TEST has released their latest results for Android security products. We bring you the results for detection, features, and system impact.



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Low-level exploit sends Ubuntu, OpenSUSE kernel bug hunting

Bug in Linux x32 application binary interface could allow an attacker to escalate privileges.



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Super Bowl Wi-Fi password credentials broadcast in pre-game security gaffe

Prior to the start of Super Bowl 48, the stadium's internal Wi-Fi login credentials were inadvertently broadcast on national TV.



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Oldboot for Android: 350K+ Devices Infected, and It's Sticking Around

A dangerous Android trojan that can re-install itself over and over again after users ostensibly remove it from their smartphones has infected a whopping 350,000+ mobile devices belonging to users in various countries.



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eBay and PayPal UK domains hacked by Syrian Electronic Army

In its ongoing firestorm of breaches and defacements, the Syrian Electronic Army has claimed to penetrate PayPal UKand eBay, and provided visual examples on its Twitter feed.



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