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A staggering $5.3 million demanded from New Bedford city by Ruyk ransomware gang

Ryuk authors infected US city's network and required $5.3 million for affected files, got nothing instead. More
News Viruses and parasites   September 05, 2019  

XKCD web comic is warning about compromised user data

XKCD forum users involved into a major data breach - security researchers report about 562K victims. More
News Security   September 04, 2019  

New ransomware strain Nemty gets distributed via the RIG exploit kit

Rig EK - the latest way used by hackers to spread Nemty Project ransomware . More
News Viruses and parasites   September 03, 2019  

Foxit PDF Software users are urged to reset passwords due to data leak

Foxit data breach detected. Numerous users using My Account services have been involved. More
News Security   September 02, 2019  

400 US Dental offices suffer from Sodinokibi ransomware attack

The attackers managed to breach DDS Safe backup platform used by multitude Dental practices all across the US. More
News Viruses and parasites   August 30, 2019  

Imperva data breach: WAF clients' passwords and emails affected

Incapsula firewall users registered up until September 15, 2017 are affected. More
News Security   August 29, 2019  

Avast and French authorities delete Retadup malware from 850,000 PCs

The authorities managed to take down the whole infrastructure of the Retadup malware botnet. More
News Viruses and parasites   August 28, 2019  

Hostinger data breach prompted password reset for 14 million customers

The hacker accessed a database of the web hosting company Hostinger and breached information of 14 million customers in 78 countries. More
News Security   August 27, 2019  

Fake copy of NordVPN website spreads info-stealing banking trojan

Researchers discovered a clone of NordVPN site designed to deploy banking Trojan Win32.Bolik.2. More
News Viruses and parasites   August 26, 2019  

Valve under fire: now patches LPE Zero-days on Steam

The gaming giant Valve called the averting researcher's efforts via the HackerOne bug-reporting bounty platform a "mistake". More
News Security   August 23, 2019  

An unprotected server leaked credit cards numbers of MoviePass clients

MoviePass is the most recent company to experience a data breach due to an unprotected database. More
News Security   August 22, 2019  

Off-Facebook Activity - a new way to ensure Facebook users' privacy

Facebook users can now disable access to their browsing information. More
News Security   August 21, 2019  

Porn site Luscious data breach affected 1.2 million user profiles

Authentication failure of a niche porn site exposes users' emails and related account activity. More
News Security   August 20, 2019  

Coordinated Ransomware attack on Texas: 23 local governments affected

Ransomware hit multiple Texans governments on Friday, emergency assist teams deployed for help. More
News Viruses and parasites   August 19, 2019  

Biometrics security fails: fingerprints and facial recognition data leaked

Biometrics security casts a shadow on itself due to the recent data leak. More
News Security   August 17, 2019  
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