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.

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....

Class-action sueball flung at Capital One and GitHub over theft of 106 million folks' details
2019-08-05 13:35

Data loss is lawyers' gain Code repository GitHub and credit card flinger Capital One are facing down a potential class action suit in the US accusing them of negligence over the loss of 106...

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...

What We Can Learn from the Capital One Hack
2019-08-02 21:30

On Monday, a former Amazon employee was arrested and charged with stealing more than 100 million consumer applications for credit from Capital One. Since then, many have speculated the breach was...

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...

Alleged Capital One Hacker Barely Bothered to Hide
2019-08-01 10:50

The 33-year-old former Amazon software engineer accused of hacking Capital One made little attempt to hide her attack. In fact, she effectively publicized it. read more

NY Attorney General Investigates Capital One; Lawsuits Loom
2019-07-31 16:03

Questions Remain Over How Hacker Breached Bank FilesIn what's likely the first of many investigations, the New York attorney general's office announced late Tuesday that it's launching a Capital...