Security News

Data Leak in Ghostscript Could Allow Command Execution
2019-01-25 15:19

Data leak vulnerabilities in Ghostscript could allow an attacker to take over a routine and even execute commands on systems, Google Project Zero researcher Tavis Ormandy has discovered.  read more

German Police Identify Suspect Behind Massive Data Leak
2019-01-09 13:48

Anger at Politicians and Public Figures Allegedly Motivated 20-Year-Old SuspectGerman police arrested a 20-year-old student - living at home with his parents - who they say confessed to leaking...

20-Year-Old Man Arrested For Carrying Out Germany's Biggest Data Leak
2019-01-08 17:18

German federal police have arrested a 20-year-old local student for stealing and publishing a massive trove of personal data of hundreds of politicians, journalists and other public figures last...

Linus Torvalds opts for the scream test: Linux kernel syscall tweaked to shut data-leak hole – anyone upset, yell now
2019-01-08 08:03

And he did it without swearing... folks with broken programs may act otherwise The Linux kernel will be tweaked to mitigate data-stealing attacks that exploit system page caches.…

Industry Reactions to Massive Data Leak in Germany
2019-01-07 07:48

The German government revealed last week that information on hundreds of politicians and celebrities was leaked online via Twitter. read more

Massive Data Leak Targets German Officials Including Merkel
2019-01-04 12:30

Hundreds of German politicians, including Chancellor Angela Merkel, have fallen victim to a massive online leak of private data, the government said Friday. "Personal data and documents belonging...

Dual Data Leaks of Blur, Town of Salem Impact Millions
2019-01-03 18:02

Password-manager Blur and role-playing game Town of Salem both disclosed data breaches this week that impacted a combined 10 million.

Data Leak Exposes Psychologists' Home Addresses
2018-12-19 14:48

Leak Has Been Reported to Australia's Data RegulatorA large health insurer in Western Australia shared the home addresses of some psychologists to a web-based appointment booking service,...

Jared, Kay Jewelers Parent Fixes Data Leak
2018-12-03 17:25

The parent firm of bling retailers Jared and Kay Jewelers has fixed a bug in the Web sites of both companies that exposed the order information for all of their online customers.

USPS, Amazon Data Leaks Showcase API Weaknesses
2018-11-26 18:46

The incidents affected millions, just as Black Friday, Cyber Monday and the holiday shopping season kicked off.