How Google Tracks Hackers
From Motherboard: …. Although Google’s own hacker hunting team is focused more on protecting Google users than selling a particular threat intelligence product, the task is essentially much the same;...
View ArticleBusiness hotspot Truluck’s reports data breach at 8 restaurants
Paul O’Donnell reports: Credit card information for customers dining at Truluck’s Seafood, Steak & Crab House in downtown Dallas and Southlake might have been copied by malware inserted into point...
View ArticleDataCamp notifies users of hack, forces password reset
On February 11, DataCamp discovered that it had been hacked. With thanks to “Russy” for sending this along, the following is DataCamp’s update on the situation, posted today by Robert Cabral: DataCamp...
View ArticleAU: Phishers compromise Optus email accounts
Juha Saarinen reports: Beware malware-laden missives. Email filtering company Mailguard is warning about an active phishing campaign emanating from compromised email accounts hosted on Optus’...
View ArticleGandCrab ransomware gang infects customers of remote IT support firms
Catalin Cimpanu reports: Hackers have used a two-year-old vulnerability in a software package used by remote IT support firms to gain a foothold on vulnerable networks and deploy the GandCrab...
View ArticleCoffee Meets Bagel notifies users of breach
One of a number of newly disclosed breaches reported by The Register this week was one involving 6 million users of a dating web site, Coffee Meets Bagel. The Register reported that 6,174,513...
View ArticleChinese company leaves Muslim-tracking facial recognition database exposed...
Catalin Cimpanu reports: One of the facial recognition databases that the Chinese government is using to track the Uyghur Muslim population in the Xinjiang region has been left open on the internet for...
View ArticleArtsy Alerts Users of Data-Security Breach; Report Claims Hacked Information...
Alex Greenberg reports: In an email sent to its users on Wednesday evening, the chief technology officer of Artsy—an online platform that offers views into the art world as well as works for sale for...
View ArticleHacker Breaches Dozens of Sites, Puts 127 Million New Records Up for Sale
Swati Khandelwal reports: A hacker who was selling details of nearly 620 million online accounts stolen from 16 popular websites has now put up a second batch of 127 million records originating from 8...
View ArticleIxigo CEO denies breach of user data; says payments information is not stored
Sandeep Soni reports: Two days after 18 million users’ data of online travel and hotel booking company Ixigo was reportedly hacked, its founder and CEO Aloke Bajpai has confirmed to FE Online that the...
View ArticleMajor Crypto Brokerage Coinmama Reports 450,000 Users Affected by Data Breach
CoinTelegraph reports: Israel-based crypto brokerage Coinmama — which allows users to purchase Bitcoin (BTC) and Ethereum (ETH) using a credit card — has suffered a major data breach affecting 450,000...
View ArticleUpdate: Wendy’s settles financial firms’ lawsuit over data breach for $50 mln
Dena Aubin reports: Restaurant company Wendy’s has agreed to pay $50 million to resolve a 2016 lawsuit by financial institutions nationwide alleging that the company’s negligence allowed hackers to...
View ArticleYou should have told us: Company says email was hacked, sues its insurance...
Noddy A. Fernandez reports: A gift distribution company is suing a global insurance broker, citing alleged broker malpractice. Hampton-Haddon Marketing Corp. (HHMC) filed a complaint on Jan. 28 in the...
View ArticleHacker puts up for sale third round of hacked databases on the Dark Web
Catalin Cimpanu reports: A hacker going by the name of Gnosticplayers has put up for sale another set of hacked databases on a Dark Web marketplace. This is the third round of hacked databases the...
View ArticleAU: Embattled LandMark White shares drop 10.6 pc after data breach
Carolyn Cummins reports: Shares in LandMark White have plummeted 10.6 per cent to a four-year low after the valuer resumed trading following a massive data breach, which resulted in details of about...
View ArticleMN: Data breach hits Dunn Brothers, Chino Latino, several metro businesses
KARE reports: Customers at Dunn Brothers, Chino Latino, Sebastian Joe’s and several other metro businesses may have had their credit cards compromised last month. North Country Business Products, Inc.,...
View ArticleCN: Ziroom employee in data theft trial
Here’s a news report that I really wish wasn’t behind a paywall, as I haven’t seen other coverage of this case elsewhere — at least I haven’t found any yet. Tom Marling reports: Embattled Chinese...
View ArticlePrivacy Commissioner Publishes Investigation Report on the 2018 Incident of...
February 21 – The Privacy Commissioner for Personal Data, Hong Kong (Privacy Commissioner) Mr Stephen Kai-yi WONG published an investigation report in accordance with section 48(2) of the Personal Data...
View ArticleCalifornia CPA firm notifies clients after falling for a tech support scam
I’ve been told that at times, I can be tough on those who have had breaches. But I actually do feel sympathy for some victims. Read this notification from Martin Hutchison & Hohman, a firm of...
View ArticleTax Returns Exposed in TurboTax Credential Stuffing Attacks
Sergiu Gatlan reports: Financial software company Intuit discovered that tax return info was accessed by an unauthorized party after an undisclosed number of TurboTax tax preparation software accounts...
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