Security News > 2018 > June

Linux distro hacked on GitHub, “all code considered compromised”
2018-06-29 11:09

Gentoo Linux has been hacked, with "all code considered compromised" on GitHub - fortunately, the master repository is safe.

California, Home of Silicon Valley, Ramps Up Online Privacy Law
2018-06-29 10:11

California on Thursday passed a strict new law aimed at protecting people's privacy online, a move that promised to shift the terrain on which internet firms operate in the wake of recent...

Should Healthcare Companies Ever be Data Brokers?
2018-06-29 09:33

Leading the latest edition of the ISMG Security Report: ISMG's Managing Editor, Security and Technology, Jeremy Kirk, details Australia's HealthEngine caught in a data-sharing fiasco.

Equifax Coder Settles Insider Trading Charges With SEC
2018-06-29 09:33

Software Engineer Profited From Breach Knowledge, Regulator AllegesAn Equifax software engineer has settled an insider trading charge with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission after he...

Github Account of Gentoo Linux Hacked, Code Replaced With Malware
2018-06-29 09:03

Downloaded anything from Gentoo's GitHub account yesterday? Consider those files compromised and dump them now—as an unknown group of hackers or an individual managed to gain access to the GitHub...

It's a bad, bad web ad world, and some hosting biz like it that way
2018-06-29 08:01

The cybercriminal's cash cow and the marketer's machine Special report Digital ad fraud is potentially lucrative, difficult to detect, and getting worse.…

Brave Brave browser's hamburger menu serves Tor onion routing
2018-06-29 06:07

Private tabs squeezed through anonymizing network taste like actual privacy Brave Software has updated its web browser so that its private mode actually supports privacy, or nearly – a few...

Facebook, Google 'Manipulate' Users to Share Data Despite EU Law: Study
2018-06-29 05:52

Facebook and Google are pushing users to share private information by offering "invasive" and limited default options despite new EU data protection laws aimed at giving users more control and...

Possible Data Breach at Adidas Could Impact Millions of U.S. Customers
2018-06-29 05:25

German sportswear company Adidas on Thursday revealed that it launched an investigation after learning of a potential data breach that could impact millions of its U.S. customers. read more