Security News

We like transparency and we're a CA, hackers hack all night and we log all day
2019-05-15 18:24

Cert authority Sectigo funds Lets Encrypt transparency log Let’s Encrypt has wheeled out a new certificate transparency log called Oak, which is funded for a year by the certificates arm of...

Hack of Japanese Retailer Exposes 460,000 Customer Accounts
2019-05-15 15:18

Fast Retailing Says Credential Stuffing SuspectedFast Retailing, the parent company of several of Japan's biggest retail clothing chains, is warning customers of an attack that exposed email...

Cryptocurrency Hacks Still Growing — What Does That Mean for the Industry?
2019-05-14 08:48

Though once synonymous with underground networks and black hat hackers, bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies have gone mainstream over the past two years. In 2017, we saw the skyrocket of bitcoin to...

It's 2019 and a WhatsApp call can hack a phone: Zero-day exploit infects mobes with spyware
2019-05-14 01:18

Rap for surveillanceware chaps in chat app voice yap trap flap – now everyone patch A security flaw in WhatsApp can be, and has been, exploited to inject spyware into victims' smartphones: all a...

News Wrap: Cartoon Network Hack, the Catholic Church and Jason Statham Scams
2019-05-03 19:14

The Threatpost team breaks down the strangest security stories this week - from Cartoon Network hacked to show stripper videos, to a church being scammed out of $1.75 million.

Don't be Russian to judgement but... Bloke accused of $1.5m+ tax filing biz hack, fraud
2019-04-30 22:39

Nabbed in Thailand, extradited... and now formally charged A Russian citizen has been charged with defrauding US taxpayers out of at least $1.5m through a series of tax-return hacks.…

Data: E-Retail Hacks More Lucrative Than Ever
2019-04-30 20:13

For many years and until quite recently, credit card data stolen from online merchants has been worth far less in the cybercrime underground than cards pilfered from hacked brick-and-mortar...

Researchers Compromise Netflix Content in Widevine DRM Hack
2019-04-30 16:28

A bug in the popular anti-piracy framework allows a side-channel attack on premium content.

BEC Hack Cons Catholic Church Out of $1.75 Million
2019-04-30 16:21

An Ohio parish lost a whopping $1.75 million after attackers breached two employees' email accounts - and then tricked other employees into sending wire transfers to a fraudulent bank account.

From Docker Hub hack to Facebook's burglar-friendly API to phone fingerprint bypasses...
2019-04-30 01:21

...let us bring you up to date on infosec bits and bytes Roundup Here's your quick-fire summary of recent computer security news.…