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Researchers analyze destructive malware used in Sony hack
Who is behind the Sony Pictures Entertainment hack, and how extensive is it? These are two questions to which we still don’t know the answers, but new leaks and hints …
Sony breach: More leaks expose employees’ salaries, personal data
The fallout from last week’s breach of Sony Pictures Entertainment networks continues to increase, as the attackers leaked more stolen data on Pastebin on late Monday …
The persistent threat of data breaches
Preventing and managing data breaches have become two of the highest priorities facing businesses today. Many evolving factors such as new threats, regulatory changes and …
Sony Pictures hacked, blackmailed
Apparently, Sony Pictures was hacked. The breach has still not been confirmed by the company, whose only comment so far is that they are “investigating an IT …
320 breaches reported between July and September
Consumers experienced a wide range of data privacy and security threats in the third quarter of 2014 as hackers successfully conducted large-scale attacks against financial …
Michaels and Staples breaches carried out by same attackers?
The attackers that stole payment card information from consumers of Texas-based arts and crafts store chain Michaels and international office supply chain store Staples are …
Personal info of 800,000 USPS employees compromised in breach
The US Postal Service has joined the ranks of private sector companies and governmental agencies that have been breached and had data stolen by hackers. According a statement …
53M customer email addresses were also stolen in Home Depot breach
US retailer Home Depot has published an update on the investigation into the breach of their payment data systems and has warned that the attackers managed to get their hands …
Extracting data from air-gapped computers via mobile phones
A group of researchers from the Department of Information Systems Engineering at Ben-Gurion University in Israel have demonstrated and detailed a technique that can allow …
Pirate Bay co-founder sentenced for hacking CSC servers
Pirate Bay co-founder Gottfrid Svartholm Warg has been found guilty of hacking into the mainframe of CSC, a company tasked with keeping and handling sensitive information …
CurrentC mobile payment system hacked, user info stolen
CurrentC, the mobile payment service backed by the Merchant Customer Exchange (MCX), has suffered a data breach. “Within the last 36 hours, we learned that unauthorized …
RBS WorldPay hack ringleader finally sentenced
Nearly five years after the day he was indicted, Sergei Nicolaevich Tsurikov has finally been sentenced for conspiracy to commit wire fraud and computer intrusion for his …
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