Hacker sells stolen US drones documents in dark web
2018-07-13
You never know what you can expect to find in the dark web for sale Just a few hours ago, some documents were released about someone selling remote accessRead More →
Who cashes in with your Facebook personal data?
2018-07-13
Emma’s Diary seems to be the perfect website for parenthood, offering child-raising tips and giving away coupons worth up to £200. But in exchange for free diapers, users gave theirRead More →
Stolen D-Link certificates used to sign password stealing malware
2018-07-12
It wasn’t the IP camera software that we thought Recently hackers stole code signature certificates from D-Link and other Taiwan-based manufacturer of routers and cameras, employing these codes to spreadRead More →
Apple and Google face questioning from US Congress for user tracking
2018-07-12
Last May, two weeks before the promulgation of the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), Apple began to route its data protection policies towards clearer objectives, as reportedRead More →
Information security company sued for not detecting malware in 2009
2018-07-12
Insurance companies Lexington Insurance and Beazley Insurance are suing an information security firm to recover the insurance rates paid to Heartland Payment Systems, a payment management company, after theRead More →
UK Government fines Facebook with £500K for Cambridge Analytica case
2018-07-12
Facebook has been fined with £500K in the UK after the British data protection agency concluded that the data-leaking scandal violated the law, becoming the first fine for the socialRead More →
New Apple security feature bypassed with an adapter that the brand itself sells
2018-07-11
Just a few hours ago Apple released a couple of updates for their software, correcting bugs and repairing security holes in MacOS, watchOS, TvOS, Safari, itunes for Windows, iCloud forRead More →
Timehop hacked, 21 million user’s data theft
2018-07-11
Information attacks keep coming Timehop, the social media app was affected by a massive data breach last July 4th, which compromised the personal data of its more than 21 millionRead More →
Ticketmaster data theft, part of something bigger
2018-07-11
Data breach was not an isolated event, but part of a massive credit card theft operation Secure data destruction specialists claim that the recent data breach at Ticketmaster was just the top ofRead More →
Do third-party apps can access your Gmail inbox?
2018-07-11
Google is pronounced on the investigation of email scanning made by third-party apps Google has responded to a recent research on apps developed by third parties that scan Gmail inbox toRead More →
Hackers gain access to gas pump in Detroit, steal 600 gallons
2018-07-10
Gas robbery at Marathon’s station. Two thieves used a remote device to hack the system of a gas pump, thus they managed to extract more than 600 gallons from theRead More →
Cryptocurrency mining, a well-known practice at The Pirate Bay
2018-07-10
More than a security breach, the Pirate Bay has made the virtual currency mining a source for advertising. The Pirate Bay has begun to notify its users that by enteringRead More →
Polar, Finnish fitness monitor, accused of leaking UK and US military personnel data
2018-07-10
Polar, an exercise monitoring gadget and app, joins a long list of devices that would allegedly leak information from its users for security failures, says the International Institute of CyberRead More →
Domainfactory, a GoDaddy web hosting company, has been hacked
2018-07-10
The hosting company Domainfactory has closed its forums after hackers posted messages claiming to have violated its infrastructure. A data breach has recently been confirmed at the German web hostingRead More →
Old Malware Gives Criminals Tricky New Choice: Ransomware or Mining
2018-07-09
The Rakhni Trojan is now giving bad actors the ability to infect victims either with a ransomware cryptor or a miner. An old ransomware sample has been rejiggered with aRead More →
Thermal trace of the keyboard can be used in computer attacks
2018-07-07
A new type of attack would allow a malicious actor to capture the keys pressed on a keyboard using a thermal camera. The discovery was made by pentest experts at the UniversityRead More →
New Zealand court approves Kim Schmitz, a.k.a. Kim Dotcom, extradition to US
2018-07-07
The New Zealand Court of Appeal upheld a decision by a lower court that found that Internet icon Kim Dotcom may be extradited to the United States to face various intellectual propertyRead More →
A former NSO employee is caught selling spyware on $50M
2018-07-07
An NSO Group ex employee, one of the most powerful hacking companies in the world, has been arrested and charged for stealing company’s phone hack tools and trying to sellRead More →
British government announces creation of the London Cyber Crime Tribunal
2018-07-07
It could take a long time until cases are heard. The UK government has announced the establishment of a specialized court to hear cases related to cyber crime, as reported byRead More →
A virus that decides whether your computer will be attacked with cryptojacking or with ransomware
2018-07-06
Pentest specialists discovered a malware piece that infects systems with ransomware cryptocurrency mining programs, depending on equipment specifications and configuration, to decide which of the two attacks could be more profitable.Read More →
