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Data Breach Collection Contains 773 Million Unique Emails
2019-01-17 13:03

2.7 Billion Email/Password Combo List for Credential Stuffing, Troy Hunt WarnsAustralian security expert Troy Hunt says an 87 GB compilation of username and password combinations - drawn from more...

Prices for Zero-Day Exploits Are Rising
2019-01-17 12:33

Companies are willing to pay ever-increasing amounts for good zero-day exploits against hard-to-break computers and applications: On Monday, market-leading exploit broker Zerodium said it would...

Security in an IoT World: Your Big Data Problem is Getting Bigger
2019-01-17 12:17

It’s that time of year for prediction articles and the number has become almost overwhelming. This year, one of the trending topics I’ve noticed is the growth in Internet of Things (IoT) and...

Two charged with hacking company filings out of SEC’s EDGAR system
2019-01-17 11:51

They're charged with phishing and inflicting malware to get into the EDGAR filing system, stealing thousands of filings, and selling access.

Happy Thursday! 770 MEEELLLION email addresses and passwords found in yuge data breach
2019-01-17 11:50

Now is a good time to get a password manager app Infosec researcher Troy Hunt has revealed that more than 700 million email addresses have been floating around “a popular hacker forum” - along...

Battle Lines Forming Ahead of a Looming U.S. Privacy Law Fight
2019-01-17 11:46

Consumer advocates and the data-hungry technology industry are drawing early battle lines in advance of an expected fight this year over what kind of federal privacy law the U.S. should have. read more

773 million records exposed in massive data breach
2019-01-17 11:43

Someone has compiled a massive collection of email addresses and plain text passwords, apparently from 2000+ hacked databases, and has made the trove freely available for download via the MEGA...

Six Steps to Segmentation in a Perimeterless World
2019-01-17 11:31

Setting Objectives and Having a Clear Roadmap is the Best Path to a Successful Network Segmentation Journey read more

Airline Booking System Exposed Passenger Details
2019-01-17 10:33

Vulnerability Highlights Poor Security Controls for Passenger Name RecordsAirline booking system provider Amadeus - used by 500 airlines - is investigating a software vulnerability that exposed...

Ukrainian Police Arrest 6 Hackers Linked to DDoS and Financial Attacks
2019-01-17 09:33

Ukrainian Police have this week busted out two separate groups of hackers involved in carrying out DDoS attacks against news agencies and stealing money from Ukrainian citizens, respectively....