Security News

AMCA Healthcare Hack Widens Again, Reaching 20.1M Victims
2019-06-06 20:03

OPKO subsidiary BioReference joins Quest and LabCorp in the supply-chain incident.

Hack The Sea: Bridging the gap between hackers and the maritime sector
2019-06-04 05:45

There’s a not a lot of researchers probing the security of computer systems underpinning the maritime industry. The limitations that keep that number low are obvious: both the specialized...

Top Australian University Reports Vast, 'Sophisticated' Hack
2019-06-04 04:40

A top Australian university with close ties to the country's government and security services on Tuesday said it had been the victim of a vast hack by a "sophisticated operator" who gained access...

We'll hack back at Russians, declare UK ministers in cyber-Blitz blitz
2019-05-23 12:09

NATO's getting in on the action too British ministers are stepping up their rhetoric on cyber warfare, with £22m to be splurged on embiggening an "offensive hacking" unit as Foreign Secretary...

User Data Exposed in Stack Overflow Hack
2019-05-20 05:33

Hackers had access to Stack Overflow systems for nearly one week before the attack was detected and some user data was exposed after all, the company has admitted. read more

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.