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Stay safe online - 2024-04-26
Malware-related data breach touches 15,000 BevMo customers
The popular alcohol-seller BevMo experiences a data breach revealing 15,000 customers' credentials.
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Chinese hackers found guilty for a worldwide hacking attempt
The United States names two Chinese hackers related to the Chinese officials who were guilty of a worldwide hacking campaign.
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Facebook continues data sharing practices with Amazon, Apple, Netflix
Microsoft, Amazon, Apple, Spotify, and Netflix were given access to people's data by Facebook.
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News 2018-12-26
Click2Gov is dealing with yet another data breach affecting thousands of users
Click2Gov has recently experienced yet another data breach affecting 300,000 people.
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FBI seizes 15 DDoS-for-hire sites and saves gamers' Christmas
The FBI managed to capture 15 domains that were plaguing game servers, online services and major corporations with denial-of-service attacks.
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Microsoft releases emergency patch for Internet Explorer zero-day
The zero-day vulnerability was discovered by Google researchers.
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News Web browsers and vulnerabilities 2018-12-20
NASA announces data breach: employees' personal data compromised
NASA says some of the agency's servers were breached, and staff members' social security numbers, along with other PPI, may have been stolen.
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Shamoon: fraudulent virus active again, main target - Middle East
Shamoon is back. The main target - the Middle East.
The infamous malware named Shamoon, also recognized as Disttrack, is a well-known threat which became famous for its hazardous activity caused in the past. More
News Viruses and parasites 2018-12-18
Weak passwords remain a problem in 2018, SplashData’s list reveals
123456 remains the most commonly used password, while Donald joins the list at the 23rd pace.
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Cyber operation Sharpshooter hits global defense infrastructure
Sharpshooter is targeting various sectors around the world, infects 87 organizations.
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News Viruses and parasites 2018-12-15
A new Bitcoin scam: bomb threats wreak panic in the US
The FBI and the police across the US say people should not panic.
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News Spam and phishing 2018-12-14
No malicious chips were found in Super Micro's boards, audit reveals
Super Micro's audit revealed that no motherboards were compromised by Chinese spies .
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Charissa Thompson becomes a victim of the Fappening the second time
Charissa Thompson had her nude photos leaked; almost a year later - sex tape appears on the internet.
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House panel verdict: Equifax data breach was "entirely preventable"
A 14-month long Equifax data breach investigation came to an end; report published.
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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.
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