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Stay safe online - 2024-05-02
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.
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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.
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News Viruses and parasites 2019-08-26
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".
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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.
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Off-Facebook Activity - a new way to ensure Facebook users' privacy
Facebook users can now disable access to their browsing information.
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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.
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Coordinated Ransomware attack on Texas: 23 local governments affected
Ransomware hit multiple Texans governments on Friday, emergency assist teams deployed for help.
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News Viruses and parasites 2019-08-19
Biometrics security fails: fingerprints and facial recognition data leaked
Biometrics security casts a shadow on itself due to the recent data leak.
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Choice Hotels data breach: 700 000 records with customer data stolen
Cybercriminals used open MongoDB database and demanded $3 800 for the stolen customer record recovery.
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News Viruses and parasites 2019-08-16
Meet Norman: a highly evasive and persistent cryptojacking malware
Norman crypto jacker is so evasive that it spread to almost every computer of the affected company without being detected.
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News Viruses and parasites 2019-08-15
Android banking trojan Cerberus is being rented on the dark web
The new Cerberus malware enters the scene equipped with amazing capabilities.
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News Viruses and parasites 2019-08-14
ACCC is taking Google and Facebook to court over user privacy violations
ACCC chair says that five landmark cases against Google and Facebook needed to lay down the rules in court.
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News 2019-08-13
Over 40 Windows drivers are vulnerable to privilege escalation flaws
Drivers from 20 popular vendors are vulnerable to multiple vulnerabilities as revealed in DEF CON 27 security conference.
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Varenyky spambot targets French users, records visited adult sites
The new trojan turns the host machine into the spambot that sends out malicious emails and records screens of users who visit porn sites.
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News Viruses and parasites 2019-08-09
KYC data exposure leads Binance to a 300 BTC ransom demand
Binance becomes a victim of scammers demanding ransom in exchange for the hacked KYC data.
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