Security News

Mobile forensics firm Cellebrite confirms data breach (Help Net Security)
2017-01-13 18:21

Israeli mobile forensics firm Cellebrite has announced that it has suffered a data breach following an unauthorized access to an external web server. “The impacted server included a legacy...

Week in review: Yahoo breach, malvertising targeting routers, the economics of ransomware (Help Net Security)
2016-12-18 12:10

Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news and articles: Malvertising campaign compromises routers instead of computers The attackers current main goal is to change DNS...

SQL Injection Attack is Tied to Election Commission Breach (Threatpost)
2016-12-17 14:00

A hacker offered to sell an unpatched system vulnerability in the U.S. Election Assistance Commission website on the Dark Web for “thousands” of dollars.

Delayed breach notifications open door to regulatory fines (Help Net Security)
2016-12-16 13:00

As more data breaches occur everyday and more data privacy regulations come into force, such as EU GDPR, organizations are beginning to make data governance and data protection more of a priority....

KFC Warns 1.2 Million UK Customers of Colonel’s Club Breach (Threatpost)
2016-12-13 17:08

KFC Corporation warned 1.2 million of its UK-based Colonel’s Club members to reset their passwords after 30 members were targeted in an attack.

Dailymotion urges users to reset passwords in wake of possible breach (Help Net Security)
2016-12-06 18:32

Breach notification service LeakedSource has added information about over 87 million Dailymotion users to its search index. The information includes 87+ million email addresses, user IDs, and over...

Top 6 breach response best practices for 2017 (Help Net Security)
2016-12-06 14:59

Cybercrime costs are expected to rise to $2 trillion by 2018, according to Juniper Research, in large part because the increase in cyber threats is resulting in a surge in data breaches, exposing...

Security startup confessions: Customer breach disclosure (Help Net Security)
2016-12-06 13:15

My name is Kai Roer and I am a co-founder of European security startup CLTRe, and these are my confessions. I hope you will learn from my struggles, and appreciate the choices startups make when...

Gooligan Android malware used to breach a million Google accounts (Help Net Security)
2016-11-30 19:58

Check Point security researchers have revealed a new variant of Android malware, breaching the security of more than one million Google accounts. The new malware campaign, named Gooligan, roots...

What will the data breach landscape look like in 2017? (Help Net Security)
2016-11-29 13:00

While many companies have data breach preparedness on their radar, it takes constant vigilance to stay ahead of emerging threats and increasingly sophisticated cybercriminals, according to...