data theft
Hackers steal info of 480,000 people interested in cosmetic surgery
Hackers have targeted Harley Medical Group, one of the leading cosmetic surgery provider in the UK, and have apparently made off with personal information entered into the …
Hardware manufacturer LaCie suffered year-long data breach
French computer storage hardware manufacturer LaCie has suffered a data breach that affected a yet unconfirmed number of their customers. “On March 19, 2014, the FBI …
Whitehat hacker breaches UMD servers to jump-start security remediation
Daving Helkowski, a software architect/engineer working for software consultancy Canton Group, has made a serious mistake that has already cost him his job and might end up …
Breaches expose 552 million identities in 2013
After lurking in the shadows for the first ten months of 2013, cybercriminals unleashed the most damaging series of cyberattacks in history. Symantec’s Internet Security …
Universities are a rich target for hackers
In 2013, HALOCK Security Labs noted information security vulnerabilities at colleges and universities along with numerous challenges that plague these institutions across the …
German police finds 18M stolen and misused account logins
Police in northwestern German city of Verden have discovered a collection of 18 million stolen email addresses and corresponding passwords that are being actively used to send …
550k+ card details stolen in 17-month long Spec’s breach
Texan liquor chain Spec’s has been breached, and personal and financial information of over half a million of its customers has been compromised in a breach that lasted …
Passwords, messages of 158k+ Boxee.tv users leaked
The forum database of Web TV service Boxee.tv has been ransacked and the attacker made off with – and has subsequently made available for download – a dump …
Are organizations prepared for a data breach?
82% of IT professionals are either “concerned” or “very concerned” that their organization will face a security breach in the next year, according to …
Cost of Advanced Evasion Techniques in recent data breaches
A new report by McAfee examines the controversy and confusion surrounding Advanced Evasion Techniques (AETs), and the role that they play in Advanced Persistent Threats …
Simple steps to prevent data theft
HID Global offered four tips for protecting organizations against the types of data breaches that recently occurred at major retailers. An effective defense against the …
Cerberus app users warned about data breach
Users of the Cerberus anti-theft Android app have been receiving warnings from the Cerberus Security Team, urging them to change their password as they have been reset in the …
Featured news
Resources
Don't miss
- Security work keeps expanding, even with AI in the mix
- Ivanti provides temporary patches for actively exploited EPMM zero-day (CVE-2026-1281)
- Google disrupts proxy network used by 550+ threat groups
- eScan AV users targeted with malicious updates
- Google agrees to pay $135 million over Android data harvesting claims