Security News

GitHub ‘encourages’ hacking, says lawsuit following Capital One breach
2019-08-06 12:17

The class action charges Capital One and GitHub, charging it with being "friendly" (at least) toward hacking and for the hackers' posts.

Digital bank Monzo urges customers to change PINs following security breach
2019-08-06 10:58

Monzo, a UK-based mobile-only bank, has notified a subset of its users that their PINs have been inadvertently leaked into internal log files and were accessible to some of the company’s...

Capital One Data Breach Spurs More Lawsuits
2019-08-05 19:48

GitHub Also Sued for Allegedly Not Removing Data Related to IntrusionMore lawsuits have been filed in the wake of the Capital One breach that exposed the data of more than 100 million individuals....

Capital One's Breach May Be a Server Side Request Forgery
2019-08-05 12:48

SSRF Appears to Fit Scenario, But Details Are SlimCapital One's enormous data breach is a subject of intense scrutiny as well as fear. A definitive post mortem is likely months away. But security...

Week in review: Capital One breach, Visa payment limit bypass flaw, VxWorks RTOS vulnerabilities
2019-08-04 15:45

Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news, interviews and articles: The dynamic of modern security challenges: Issues security leaders face today We sat down with Neil...

4 million Club Penguin Rewritten accounts exposed in breach
2019-08-02 11:57

The hugely popular gaming site Club Penguin Rewritten suffered a serious data breach.

Club Penguin Rewritten breach caused by rogue admin backdoor
2019-08-02 11:57

The hugely popular gaming site Club Penguin Rewritten suffered a data breach that exposed 4m user accounts.

Congress Wants Capital One, Amazon to Explain Data Breach
2019-08-02 10:17

Leaders of House and Senate committees want Capital One and Amazon to explain to Congress how a hacker accessed personal information from more than 100 million Capital One credit card customers...

Analysis: The Capital One Breach
2019-08-02 09:03

The latest edition of the ISMG Security Report analyzes the root causes of the Capital One data breach. Also featured: breach remediation advice and compliance with New York's new third-party risk...

SafeBreach new breach and attack simulation app identifies and mitigates enterprise security gaps
2019-08-02 03:00

SafeBreach, vendor of the industry leading Breach and Attack Simulation platform announced the availability of SafeBreach GRID – Global Risk Director. SafeBreach GRID is the industry’s only breach...