House panel verdict: Equifax data breach was “entirely preventable”
A 14-month long Equifax data breach investigation came to an end; report published On Monday, a House of Representatives Committee on Oversight and Government
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Google+ to shut down early due to API bug that affected 52,5M users
An API flaw, involving 52,5 million Google+ users, shocks the world Google came under scrutiny when back in October the industry giant revealed that
Sextortion scams lead to infiltration of an infamous GandCrab
Sextortion email scams are used to spread Azorult trojan horse leading to GandCrab ransomware Sextortion email scams started as a money generating tactics used
Russian “IT consultants” making money by scamming ransomware victims
Russian scammers are charging ransomware victims for the alleged decryption service It seems that Russian consultancy firm Dr. Shifro is scamming ransomware victims by promising
UNNAMED1989 WeChat ransomware authors get arrested by Chinese police
Chinese authorities arrested a 22-year-old perpetrator on December 5th Tencent and Qihoo 360 security researchers helped Chinese police to find the culprit that was
Sky Brazil users’ data leaked due to unsecured ElasticSearch server
ElasticSearch unsecured network affects 32 million Sky Brasil's users A famous Brazilian cybersecurity researcher Fabio Castro has recently discovered a data breach which affected around 32
WeChat ransomware attack: over 100 000 computer infections in four days
China infected by WeChat ransomware that demands to pay the ransom via WeChat Pay app WeChat ransomware is the latest threat spreading across
Quora security breach: data of 100 million users compromised
Quora's hack resulted in stolen names, passwords, email addresses, and other data Quora, one of the biggest question-and-answer sites with 300 million monthly users,
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Marriott hack involves 500 million Starwood quests’ data
Marriot announces a data breach that involves around 500 million Starwood customers Marriott International Inc. has recently disclosed suffering from mysterious access to its
Ransomware attacks Ohio hospitals leading to disabled networks
Medical services in Ohio have finally recovered after a ransomware attack East Ohio Regional Hospital in Harper's Ferry, Ohio, and Ohio Valley Medical Center in
Indian police raids 26 call centers: arrests 63 tech support scammers
The arrests were made after Microsoft officially complained to the officials The police of New Delhi conducted 26 call centers raids and arrested 63 people
Iranian hackers found guilty for launching SamSam ransomware attack
The Department of Justice announced about the criminals who were found guilty of spreading SamSam ransomware The United States Department of Justice announced about
3ve ad fraud scheme taken down by the United States
The guilty ones for the 3ve ad fraud scheme arrested and charged with numerous crimes Google, FBI and several cyber security companies have recently reported
Lenovo’s settlement with FTC over Superfish adware reached $7.3M
Lenovo agrees to pay $7.3 million for compromising users' security by pre-installing price comparison software on 28 models of their laptops The Beijing-based multinational
Hacked Target’s Twitter account used in Bitcoin mining scam
Bitcoin mining scam strikes again: Target's Twitter account hacked It seems that scammers found a new way to trick their victims – they have