Re: Russian Hacker story in today's news

[Chuck Braden <j-braden () TAMU EDU>]

> As I read Hold Security's release this seems to be more of a marketing
ploy to sell services combined with a credential collection scheme of their
own. 

 

A news resource I heard this morning said they would provide an ability for
users to query to see if their ID or what websites had been compromised. No
word when that would be available. Im not hearing a lot from the vendor
either - other than crickets and a cash register bell ring. :-/

 

 

Jimmy C Braden

Information Security Officer

AgriLife Information Technology

979-862-7254

j-braden () tamu edu

 

From: The EDUCAUSE Security Constituent Group Listserv
[mailto:SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU] On Behalf Of Slocum, Stacy
Sent: Wednesday, August 06, 2014 7:57 AM
To: SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU
Subject: [SECURITY] Russian Hacker story in today's news

 

Good morning,

 

A news story caught my attention this morning regarding the 1+ billion user
accounts being collected by "Russian Hackers" over the last 18 months.

 

The story is based on Hold Security's news release dated yesterday
(8/5/2014).  As I read Hold Security's release this seems to be more of a
marketing ploy to sell services combined with a credential collection scheme
of their own.  Additionally their Terms of Service must be agreed to before
registering for their "trial" service of matching your credentials with
those from contained in the breach database and they offer to let you know
if your password was also in the breached data. after you provide it to
them.

 

Does this seem odd to anyone else?

 

Thanks,
Stacy

 

Stacy Slocum

Chief Information Officer

St. John Fisher College

3690 East Avenue

Rochester, NY 14618

(585) 385-8388

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