Security News

An Assessment of Google's Data Leak
2018-10-12 11:48

An in-depth report on the exposure of personal details for 500,00 Google+ accounts leads the latest edition of the ISMG Security Report. Also featured: an update on mitigating the risk of business...

Google now minus Google Plus: Social mini-network faces axe in data leak bug drama
2018-10-08 22:22

Project Zero would have been all over this – yet it remained under wraps Google has surprised Google+ users – all two of them – by shuttering the service over the next ten months in the wake of a...

China Arrests Suspect for Customer Data Leak at Accor Partner
2018-09-20 10:19

Shanghai police have arrested a man in connection with a data leak at NASDAQ-listed Chinese hotelier Huazhu Group after the suspect failed to sell the information online. read more

Amazon Probing Staff Data Leaks
2018-09-17 13:19

Amazon is investigating allegations that some of its staff sold confidential customer data to third party companies particularly in China, the online giant confirmed on Sunday. read more

China Probes Suspected Customer Data Leak at Accor Partner
2018-08-30 12:12

Shanghai police said they were investigating a suspected data leak at NASDAQ-listed Chinese hotelier Huazhu Group, the local partner of France-based AccorHotels. read more

Data Leak at Robotics Firm Exposes Global Manufacturers
2018-07-24 12:05

A publicly accessible server belonging to robotics vendor Level One Robotics and Controls, Inc. read more

Google to Fix Location Data Leak in Google Home, Chromecast
2018-06-18 14:04

Google in the coming weeks is expected to fix a location privacy leak in two of its most popular consumer products. New research shows that Web sites can run a simple script in the background that...

French company fined 250,000 euros for a data leak
2018-06-12 14:59

CNIL, the French data protection authority, has decided to impose a 250,000 euro fine on Optical Center, a French company selling eye and hearing aids, because it failed to secure the data of...

Chris Vickery Discusses Data Leak of 48 Million Users by Private Intelligence Firm
2018-04-19 13:44

Private intelligence gathering firm LocalBlox leaked data on 48 million users that was scraped from Facebook, LinkedIn, Zillow and other sites.

Facebook Offering $40,000 Bounty If You Find Evidence Of Data Leaks
2018-04-10 20:26

Facebook pays millions of dollars every year to researchers and bug hunters to stamp out security holes in its products and infrastructure, but following Cambridge Analytica scandal, the company...