Security News

Thai Officials Say Prison Cameras Were Hacked, Broadcast
2019-12-26 15:07

Authorities in Thailand say they are investigating an apparent online break-in by a computer hacker that allowed him to broadcast surveillance video from inside a prison in the country's south. read more

Canadian Lab Test Provider Pays Ransom to Secure Hacked Data
2019-12-18 03:38

Lab test provider LifeLabs said Tuesday that it paid a ransom to secure data for Canadians that was stolen in a data breach in late October. read more

Lab Results of 15 Million Canadians Hacked
2019-12-18 03:33

LifeLabs, which does blood work and other tests across Canada, said in a letter to customers that their names, contact information, health card numbers and lab test results were exposed in a cyber...

Chrome 79 includes anti-phishing and hacked password protection
2019-12-12 17:03

Version 79 of Chrome is out, and it promises to do a better job of protecting you against phishing sites and credential stuffing attacks.

Website of Gunmaker Smith & Wesson Hacked in Magecart Attack
2019-12-03 09:26

The website of American gunmaker Smith & Wesson was hacked late last month and the hackers planted malicious code designed to steal customers’ payment card information read more

Kids’ smartwatch security tracker can be hacked by anyone
2019-11-28 11:32

For researchers at testing outfit AV-Test, the SMA M2 kids’ smartwatch is just the tip of an iceberg of terrible security.

Parents say creep hacked their baby monitor to tell toddler they ‘love’ her
2019-11-26 12:02

The Taococo FREDI baby monitor has repeatedly been criticized for being easy to hack.

T-Mobile US hacked, Monero wallet app infected, public info records on 1.2bn people leak from database...
2019-11-23 10:06

...OnePlus also compromised, and much more Roundup Time for another roundup of all the security news that's fit to print and that we haven't covered yet.…

Official Monero Site Hacked to Distribute Cryptocurrency Stealing Malware
2019-11-20 00:42

What an irony — someone hacked the official website of the Monero cryptocurrency project and quietly replaced legitimate Linux and Windows binaries available for download with malicious versions...

Brexit bad boy Arron Banks' Twitter account hacked: Private messages put online
2019-11-19 19:07

And the fake news merry-go-round is already in full swing Brexit-supporting businessman Arron Banks has had his Twitter account hijacked and his private messages dumped online by person or persons...