Security News
Manufacturer Preinstalled Superfish Visual Discovery Adware on 800,000 LaptopsA court has preliminarily approved Lenovo's proposal to pay $7.3 million to settle a consolidated class action lawsuit...
Hours after researchers publicly disclosed an app that was caught stealing and uploading browser history data, Apple removed it from the Mac App Store.
A highly popular top-tier app in Apple's Mac App Store that's designed to protect its users from adware and malware threats has been, ironically, found surreptitiously stealing their browsing...
Security researchers have been warning of a few newly detected variants of python-based adware that are being distributed in the wild not only to inject ads but also found installing malicious...
A Carousel of Badness: Fake Surveys, Fake Flash Players and Exploit KitsSecurity researchers have discovered websites run by credit bureaus Equifax and TransUnion were both affected by dodgy code...
Here’s the last incredible-but-not-really Equifax security blunder: it appears that their Web site has been hacked, and made to redirect to site serving adware masquerading as an Adobe Flash...
Equifax has temporarily taken down one of its consumer-facing credit report services after the webpage was compromised and serving adware via a phony Flash Player download.
A security researcher noticed recently that an Equifax service designed for obtaining free and discounted credit reports had been redirecting users to websites set up to serve adware and scams. read more
Superfish Used a Self-Signed Root Certificate to Inspect All TrafficLenovo will pay $3.5 million to the U.S. Federal Trade Commission and 32 states to settle a case brought against it over...
Lenovo has reached a settlement with the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and Attorneys General in 32 states regarding the company’s decision to preinstall man-in-the-middle (MitM) software on...