Security News > 2018 > April

Panera Bread Data Leak Persisted For Eight Months
2018-04-03 10:13

Database of Customer Information Left Exposed via Unauthenticated API EndpointPanera Bread is warning that information on 10,000 customers has been inadvertently exposed. The data leak, however,...

Why Data Loss Prevention Will Suffer the Same Fate as Anti-Virus
2018-04-03 09:45

DLP appears to be following in the footsteps of another once-ubiquitous but now outdated technology: anti-virus.

Week in review: Hacking intelligent buildings, trust in critical systems under attack
2018-04-02 22:35

Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news and articles: The current state of USB data protection The vast majority of employees rely on USB devices. In fact, nine out of 10...

Panerabread.com Leaks Millions of Customer Records
2018-04-02 21:37

Panerabread.com, the Web site for the American chain of bakery-cafe fast casual restaurants by the same name, leaked millions of customer records -- including names, email and physical addresses,...

Guilty Pleas in Criminal Insider Breach Case
2018-04-02 21:26

Paper Records Stolen From Hospital Storage UnitInsiders with access to paper records can pose a serious fraud threat, as recent guilty pleas in an Oklahoma healthcare case illustrate. Experts...

U.S. DoD Hopes To Stamp Out Threats With Bug Bounty Program
2018-04-02 20:57

The U.S. Department of Defense is the latest government entity to double down on vulnerabilities, on Monday announcing a new bug bounty program.

New Bill in Georgia Could Criminalize Security Research
2018-04-02 19:11

A new bill passed by the Georgia State Senate last week deems all forms of unauthorized computer access as illegal, thus potentially criminalizing the finding and reporting of security...

njRAT Gets Ransomware, Crypto-Currency Stealing Capabilities
2018-04-02 17:47

An updated version of the njRAT remote access Trojan (RAT) is capable of encrypting files and stealing virtual currencies from crypto-wallets, Zscaler warns. Also known as Bladabindi, njRAT has...

Cloudflare Launches Publicly DNS-Over-HTTPS Service
2018-04-02 17:28

Clouldflare launches DNS-over-HTTPS service called 1.1.1.1 that it says will be a “privacy-first” DNS service for consumers.

Malaysia's Central Bank Blocks Attempted SWIFT Fraud
2018-04-02 17:20

Following the Unauthorized Transfer Attempt, Philippines Alerts Its BanksMalaysia's central bank, Bank Negara Malaysia, says it detected and successfully blocked an attack that attempted to steal...