Security News > 2019 > January

Suspect, 20, Held Over Massive German Politician Data Hack
2019-01-08 11:11

German police said Tuesday they arrested a 20-year-old suspect in the case of private data stolen from hundreds of politicians, including Chancellor Angela Merkel, and published online. read more

Zerodium offers $2 millions for remote iOS jailbreak, $1 million for WhatsApp RCE
2019-01-08 11:04

Zero-day exploit broker Zerodium has raised again the payouts it offers for most desktops/servers and mobile exploits. A “zero click” iOS remote jailbreak is now priced at $2 million, a WhatsApp,...

LA sues The Weather Channel over selling users’ location data
2019-01-08 11:00

The app is accused of being a “location data company powered by weather” and profiting from users' data without being upfront about it.

Linus Torvalds opts for the scream test: Linux kernel syscall tweaked to shut data-leak hole – anyone upset, yell now
2019-01-08 08:03

And he did it without swearing... folks with broken programs may act otherwise The Linux kernel will be tweaked to mitigate data-stealing attacks that exploit system page caches.…

Zerodium Offers $2 Million for iOS Hacks, $1 Million for Chat App Exploits
2019-01-08 07:16

Exploit acquisition firm Zerodium on Monday announced that it’s offering significantly higher payouts for many types of exploits, including up to $2 million for remote iOS jailbreaks and $1...

Is Privileged Access Management still a pain?
2019-01-08 07:00

Every week seems to bring the story of a new customer data breach, but regardless of the individual details, the majority of incidents have one trait in common. The chances are high that the...

FYI: Twitter's API still spews enough metadata to reveal exactly where you lived, worked
2019-01-08 06:58

Old tweets betray sensitive data under new tools Analysis Researchers have demonstrated yet again that location metadata from Twitter posts can be used to infer private information like users'...

The rising importance of Data Loss Prevention in today’s data protection landscape
2019-01-08 06:45

In this podcast, Roman Foeckl, founder and CEO of CoSoSys, talks about the growing importance of Data Loss Prevention at both endpoint and development level. Here’s a transcript for your...

Rise of DevOps exposes organizations to risk via container vulnerabilities
2019-01-08 06:30

60 percent of respondents to a Tripwire and Dimensional Research study reported their organizations have experienced container security incidents in the past year. Yet, of the 269 respondents who...

Top vulnerabilities hospital executives should address immediately
2019-01-08 06:15

The three most critical and common high-security cyber risks facing healthcare delivery organizations and their partners have been uncovered in an analysis by the Clearwater CyberIntelligence...