data leak

Mobile carriers fined $10M for making private user info accessible via Google search

October 27, 2014

The FCC intends to fine TerraCom, Inc. and YourTel America, Inc. $10 million for several violations of laws protecting the privacy of phone customers’ personal …

What all major brands share in common with the Snappening

October 21, 2014

By now we have all heard about “The Snappening”—hyped as a high-profile data breach involving the photo-sharing application Snapchat. Virtually every news outlet …

Facebook trawls through paste sites for compromised credentials

October 20, 2014

In the spirit of November as National Cyber Security Awareness Month, Facebook security engineer Chris Long shared how the company discovers that some of its users’ …

Dropbox wasn’t hacked, says leaked credentials are from unrelated services

October 14, 2014

Dropbox has denied that they have been hacked, and that the login credentials leaked by a unknown individual on Pastebin are those of Dropbox users. The leaker released the …

Leaked Snapchat images came from third-party server

October 13, 2014

Snapchat is a mobile photo messaging app that allows users to send pictures that “self-destruct” a few moments after being viewed, and is especially popular with …

Bugzilla bug that could reveal other software flaws has been patched

October 7, 2014

A critical security vulnerability in the popular online bug-tracking-and-testing tool Bugzilla has been patched, and users are advised to update to new releases as soon as …

Home Depot completes malware elimination in all U.S. stores

September 19, 2014

Home Depot confirmed that the malware used in its recent breach has been eliminated from its U.S. and Canadian networks. They completed a major payment security project that …

Home Depot and Target attackers likely not the same

September 12, 2014

More details about the malware used in the Home Depot breach have surfaced, and it seems that, after all, it wasn’t the one used in the Target breach (BlackPOS). …

Massive Gmail credential leak is not result of a breach

September 11, 2014

By now, you might have heard that there has been a leak of a nearly 5 million username and password combinations associated with Google accounts. According to an RT report, …

Home Depot breached, carders selling stolen payment card info

September 3, 2014

The Home Depot, a popular American home improvement and construction retailer that boasts of 2,200 stores in the US and 287 abroad, has apparently suffered a data breach that …

Beware of scams following the celebrity nude photo news

September 2, 2014

As the FBI confirmed that they are investigating the leaking of nude photographs (some real, some fake) of a hundred female celebrities, the hunt for the person(s?) behind it …

US govt is after another secret document leaker

August 6, 2014

It seems that there is a leaker following in the footsteps of Edward Snowden, and US government officials are trying to discover his or her identity, as they confirmed for the …