Security News > 2017 > November
Firm Paid Hackers $100,000, But Was It Bug Bounty Reward or Extortion Payoff?Uber paid hackers $100,000 to keep quiet about a 2016 breach that exposed 57 million accounts belonging to customers...
Iranian National Charged With Extortion, Leaking Unreleased EpisodesU.S. prosecutors have unsealed an indictment against an Iranian man charged with trying to extort entertainment company HBO for...
An increasing number of vendors have warned customers over the past weeks that their industrial networking products are vulnerable to the recently disclosed Wi-Fi attack method known as KRACK. read more
How many times it has happened to you when you look for something online and the next moment you find its advertisement on almost every other web page or social media site you visit? Web-tracking...
Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi said a 2016 data breach that exposed 57 million Uber users and subsequent payment of $100,000 to a hacker to delete data and keep it a secret is inexcusable.
Uber is in headlines once again—this time for concealing last year's data breach that exposed personal data of 57 million customers and drivers. On Tuesday, Uber announced that the company...
Uber Covered Up Massive Hack in 2016 for More Than a Year read more
Symantec has released an update to address a directory traversal vulnerability in the Symantec Management Console. read more
But Some Say the Request Doesn't Go Far EnoughA House committee is urging HHS to act soon on a recommendation made by its cybersecurity task force: Develop a description of the cyber risks of...
As we’re waiting for security researchers to detail the Intel Management Engine vulnerability that can allow attackers to run undetectable, unsigned code on machines with Intel processors, the...