Daily Archives: January 23, 2015

HealthCare.gov Includes Health Data in its own URLs

Posted on January 23, 2015 by Carmelo

The website, Healthcare.gov leaks data via referer (mispelled accidentally, but stuck) headers. When you visit a website in general, the referer codes tells the new loading site, where you came from. Since healthcare.gov stores information in the referer headers, It’s … Continue reading →

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Attackers Can Easily Disable 5,300 Gas Stations in the US

Posted on January 23, 2015 by Carmelo

The industry’s most famous white hat hacker, HD Moore, reports that automated tank gauges at 5,300 gas stations, can be connected to on port 10,001 without authentication and vulnerable to remote attacks or shut down. There is also publicly hosted … Continue reading →

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