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Home Design Website Houzz Alerts Users of Data Breach
2019-02-01 13:55

Home remodeling and design platform Houzz informed customers this week of a data breach that involved some personal information. read more

Spectre and Meltdown explained: A comprehensive guide for professionals
2019-02-01 13:52

Staying up to date on Spectre and Meltdown can be challenging. This guide includes in-depth explanations about these uniquely dangerous security vulnerabilities and the best mitigation solutions.

250 Webstresser Users to Face Legal Action
2019-02-01 13:43

More than 250 customers of a popular and powerful online attack-for-hire service that was dismantled by authorities in 2018 are expected to face legal action for the damage they caused, according...

Credential dump contains another 2.2 billion pwned accounts
2019-02-01 13:32

How many user credentials have fallen into the hands of criminals during a decade of data breaches? Billions, according to two recent discoveries.

Stolen RDP Credentials Live On After xDedic Takedown
2019-02-01 12:48

Customers of Notorious RDP Marketplace Expected to Move to Rival UAS MarketThe notorious xDedic Marketplace Russian-language cybercrime forum and shop remains offline, following an international...

UK spy overseer: Snooper's Charter spying cockups are still getting innocents arrested
2019-02-01 12:47

IPCO report also lets us recognise Britain's Creepiest Council 2017 Police employees who make typos in warrants to use Snooper’s Charter spy powers are still getting innocent people arrested, the...

Hacker talks to baby through Nest security cam, jacks up thermostat
2019-02-01 12:41

Yet another family unnerved by yet another voice coming from a nursery webcam serves as yet another argument against password reuse.

Researchers reveal new privacy attack against 3G, 4G, and 5G mobile users
2019-02-01 12:24

5G cellular mobile communications, when implemented, are expected to provide high bandwidth, low latency, energy savings, better connectivity, but security and privacy must also be assured. The...

The Persistent Threat of Nation-State Cyberattacks
2019-02-01 12:18

The latest edition of the ISMG Security Report features an update on what U.S. intelligence chiefs told Congress this week about persistent nation-state cyberthreats, plus reports on evasion...

Microsoft Azure data deleted because of DNS outage
2019-02-01 11:57

Users of Microsoft’s Azure system lost database records as part of a mass outage on Tuesday. A combination of DNS problems and automated scripts were to blame, said reports.