Security News > 2018 > November

2014 Marriott Data Breach Exposed, 500M Guests Impacted
2018-11-30 13:48

The hackers had access to the impacted database since 2014.

Marriott: Data on 500 Million Guests Stolen in 4-Year Breach
2018-11-30 13:47

Hospitality giant Marriott today disclosed a massive data breach exposing the personal and financial information on as many as a half billion customers who made reservations at any of its Starwood...

What is a man-in-the-disk attack?
2018-11-30 13:34

Android users should beware of this dangerous attack that targets their mobile device's storage.

500 Million Marriott Guest Records Stolen in Starwood Data Breach
2018-11-30 13:33

The world's biggest hotel chain Marriott International today disclosed that unknown hackers compromised guest reservation database its subsidiary Starwood hotels and walked away with personal...

Marriott Hit by Massive Data Breach: 500 Million Starwood Customers Impacted
2018-11-30 12:50

Marriott International said early Friday that data on roughly 500 million customers staying at Starwood hotel properties had been compromised in a breach that gave unknown attackers access to the...

Busted! DOJ exposes huge ad-fraud operation, eight charged
2018-11-30 12:47

The US Department of Justice has charged eight men with running a vast ad-fraud scheme.

Marriott's Starwood hotels mega-hack: Half a BEEELLION guests' deets hacked over four YEARS
2018-11-30 12:28

One of, but not the worst, in history US hotel chain Marriott has admitted that a breach of its Starwood subsidiary's guest reservation network has exposed the entire database – all 500 million...

That Bloomberg Supply-Chain-Hack Story
2018-11-30 12:28

Back in October, Bloomberg reported that China has managed to install backdoors into server equipment that ended up in networks belonging to -- among others -- Apple and Amazon. Pretty much...

Prisoners allegedly posed as underage girls in $560K sextortion scam
2018-11-30 12:26

They allegedly victimized 442 military men by sending nude photos and then calling, pretending to be irate fathers or police.

57m Americans’ details leaked online by another misconfigured server
2018-11-30 11:30

Misconfigured Elasticsearch servers spilled personal details on 57 million Americans, said reports this week.