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Personal info of 70 million Target customers compromised
Target today announced updates on its continuing investigation into the recent data breach. As part of Target’s ongoing forensic investigation, it has been determined …
OpenSUSE forums defaced via unknown vBulletin 0-day
The official forums of the openSUSE Linux distribution have been hacked and defaced by a Pakistani hacker that goes by the handle “H4x0r HuSsY.” According to THN, …
Snapchat makes no apology for breach, announces app update
One good thing to come from the leak of usernames and phone numbers of some 4.6 million Snapchat users is that the company is now forced to patch the exploited …
4.6M Snapchat users’ info compromised in breach
It took just a week for someone to take advantage of the full disclosure of several (at the time) unpatched Snapchat vulnerabilities, and the result is a published list of 4.6 …
Target breach affects millions who shopped at their stores
US retail giant Target is investigating a security breach that could turn out to be one of the biggest ever, involving compromised payment card information of millions of its …
One in four UK consumers have had online accounts hacked
As user engagement with ecommerce sites and online services inevitably increases in the run up to Christmas, almost a quarter (24 per cent) of UK consumers have had their …
Top security trend predictions for 2014
AppRiver released its list of the top IT security trend predictions for 2014. They predict organizations will see the following in 2014: State-sponsored attacks and cyber …
What threats will dominate 2014?
Trend Micro released its annual security predictions report. The outlook cites that one major data breach will occur every month next year, and advanced mobile banking and …
Data-slurping Android flashlight app developer settles with FTC
The creator of one of the most popular apps for Android mobile devices has agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that the free app, which allows a device to be …
International payment card fraud ring dismantled
The European Cybercrime Centre (EC3) at Europol, working with police in Latvia, Estonia, Poland, Bulgaria, Spain, Lithuania, Norway, Sweden and the United Kingdom, have taken …
Hackers’ server with over 2 million stolen passwords found
Every now and then, security researchers come across a server used by hackers to store stolen account credentials. The latest instance of this has been flagged by Daniel …
90,000 patients’ info exposed in hospital malware attack
Personal information of some 90,000 patients of two Seattle hospitals has been compromised after an employee opened an email attachment that contained malware. The incident …
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