Equifax to pay $700 million settlement to the FTC over the data breach
Credit reporting bureau Equifax agreed to pay up to $700 million to settle prosecution actions over the data breach of 2017 Equifax, the credit
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Hackers breach FSB contractor Sytech, expose internal Russian projects
Hacking group 0v1ru$ breached a contractor of Russia's Federal Security Service and leaked the secret program to the media On July 13th, a hacking group
FaceApp aged photo trend: fun and games or risk to your privacy?
The viral FaceApp raises questions regarding users' privacy and relations to the Russian government The application making people look older has already caused a
Slack prompts password reset to 100,000 users following the 2015 breach
Slack sweeps up after 2015 hack: compromised credentials of thousands of users reset to ensure security A popular cloud-based workspace app Slack sent out
10,000 people have been attacked by state-sponsored hackers, Microsoft claims
Microsoft released a blog with warnings about hacking attempts that have involved around 10,000 customers According to the blog post by Microsoft, there are
Sprint account users got their data leaked via Samsung.com
US mobile network provider Sprint warned its users about data compromise which includes names, phone numbers, device information, and other details Sprint has recently
Hackers in Bulgaria stole 21 GB of users’ data: 11 GB shared with local media
Millions of Bulgarians affected: hackers stole their private data and emailed its download links to local media The group of hackers stole the
FTC: Cambridge Analytica scandal will cost Facebook $5 billion
The Federal Trade Commission issued Facebook a $5 billion fine over the Cambridge Analytica scandal Facebook is due to pay a record of $5
Magecart compromises 17,000 domains via the misconfigured S3 Buckets
New Magecart campaign automatically scans for misconfigured Amazon S3 buckets to inject JavaScript-based card skimmer Magecart is a well-known phenomenon by now, and, since
160K resumes on Chinese recruitment site allegedly leaked by staff
Former employees of the Zhilian recruitment site confess to exposing 160K personal resumes Employees from the Zhilian Recruitment seem to be involved in reselling
Korean TV show torrents distributed with GoBot2 backdoor variant
A variant of GoBot2 backdoor includes Korean victims into a DDoS botnet, allows remote code execution Security researchers at ESET recently uncovered a new
Microsoft warns: fileless Astaroth malware is back with a new campaign
Fileless malware named Astaroth is back. Still works on stealing sensitive data The spike in Astaroth fileless malware attacks was spotted by Microsoft researchers
DDoS attacker DerpTrolling sentenced to 27 months in prison
The hacker who launched DDoS attacks at Sony, Steam, Riot Games, EA, and other platforms during 2013 Christmas period will serve jail time A
The Godlua backdoor: first malware using DNS over HTTPS protocol
Security researchers discover new malware strain that abuses the DNS over HTTPS protocol to secure its communication channels It seems that a newly discovered
10 million Android users tricked by “Updates for Samsung” app
Android application claims to update Samsung firmware but instead shows ads and demands money Yet another application on Google Play came under the scrutiny