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Stay safe online - 2026-06-05
The first million from Bug Bounty awards earned by a 19-year-old
A teen self-taught hacker made his first million dollars thanks to legal hacking.
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TikTok pays $5.7M penalty for collecting children's private data
TikTok failed to protect children's private data and agrees to pay $5.7M as a monetary fee.
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Cryptojacking software Coinhive will be terminated next week
Coinhive, a legitimate Monero mining tool that has been abused by malware authors, will be shut down due to economical unviability.
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News Viruses and parasites March 01, 2019
Apex Legends mobile app scam: fake download sites distribute malware
Apex Legends fans download malware instead of a promised iOS or Android version of the game.
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News Viruses and parasites February 28, 2019
Ransomware encrypts 15 000 patient records in Australian hospital
Cardiology unit at Cabrini Hospital in Malvern experienced ransomware attack that ended in encrypted and compromised patient files.
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News Viruses and parasites February 27, 2019
FIDO2 certification allows password-less logins for Android users
Devices running Android 7 and above will be able to use more secure online account login methods rather than passwords.
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Porn-related malware attacks decreased, but credential theft tripled
While the overall malware attacks on porn sites decreased, Premium-access credentials theft rose by 300%.
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News Viruses and parasites February 25, 2019
Stanford data breach: students access each others' personal details
Students can view their colleagues' sensitive information due to a data breach at Stanford University.
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Drupal patches highly critical vulnerability: web admins should update
A highly critical Drupal vulnerability would allow remote code execution in some cases.
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News Web browsers and vulnerabilities February 22, 2019
Bitdefender decryptor saves over $2M for Gandcrab victims in 48 hours
The infamous Gandcrab 5.1 is decryptable thanks to Bitdefender.
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News February 21, 2019
6.7 Million Aadhaar card numbers leaked by Indane gas endpoint
LPG Gas company leaked names and addresses of 6 700 000 Indian customers.
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CracksNow banned from torrent sites for hosting GandCrab ransomware
Previously trusted torrent uploader CracksNow barred from multiple torrent sites for infecting users with GandCrab V5.1 and other malware.
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News Viruses and parasites February 19, 2019
Polished Facebook phishing attack seeks to steal users' credentials
Facebook users beware: a new phishing campaign might trick even the most observant.
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Malware attack affected 100k Alaskan households back in April 2018
Department of Health and Social Services data breach, dating back in Spring 2018, is announced with more victims.
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News Viruses and parasites February 17, 2019
Hacker selling another 127 million user accounts from 8 companies
The hacker who previously sold 620 million accounts from 16 companies came back with another 127 million records and put them up for sale on the Dark Web.
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