Security News

Large-Scale Government Hacks Hit Russia, Bulgaria
2019-07-22 16:01

The Bulgarian attack impacted almost tax information for the entire country.

Palo Alto gateway security alert, FSB hack, scourge of data-stealing web plugins, and more
2019-07-21 07:58

A summary of computer security news for you, delivered rapid-fire-style Roundup Let's catch up with all the recent infosec news beyond what we've already covered.…

2015 database hack is the terrible gift that keeps giving for Slack: Tens of thousands of passwords now reset
2019-07-19 06:38

Yak app still cleaning up after four-year-old cyber-break-in Slack says a 2015 database theft is to blame for a large-scale reset of stolen passwords.…

Bulgaria hack: 20-year-old infosec whizz cuffed after 'adult population's' finance deets nicked
2019-07-18 14:58

Bosses stick up for suspect, claim he's being framed for pinching 5m folks' data A 20-year-old infosec bod has been arrested in Bulgaria after most of the country's population had their personal...

Bulgarian IT Specialist Held Over Taxpayer Data Hack
2019-07-17 12:01

A 20-year-old Bulgarian cybercrime specialist has been arrested over a hack and leak of a trove of taxpayer data, which authorities had initially suspected was a Russia-linked cyberattack, an...

Researcher Bypasses Instagram 2FA to Hack Any Account
2019-07-15 15:53

An independent researcher earned a $30,000 bug bounty after discovering a weakness in the mobile recovery process.

This Flaw Could Have Allowed Hackers to Hack Any Instagram Account Within 10 Minutes
2019-07-15 09:03

Watch out! Facebook-owned photo-sharing service has recently patched a critical vulnerability that could have allowed hackers to compromise any Instagram account without requiring any interaction...

Japan Firm Says $32 Million Missing in Cryptocurrency Hack
2019-07-12 09:02

Tokyo-based cryptocurrency exchange said Friday it had halted all services after losing cryptocurrency worth more than $32 million in the latest apparent hack involving virtual money. read more

Oh, lovely, a bipartisan election hack alert law bill for Mitch McConnell to feed into the shredder
2019-07-11 21:25

Proposed legislation would force Homeland Security to sound alarm on voting system intrusions Two US lawmakers are pushing a bipartisan bill that would force the Department of Homeland Security...

Marriott's got 99 million problems and the ICO's one: Starwood hack mega-fine looms over
2019-07-09 18:15

Technically not yet A Thing but there's a war of words over it The UK's Information Commissioner's Office wants to fine Marriott Hotels £99m over its loss of 383 million customer booking records...