Security News

New Zealand Says Budget Leak Was Bungled, Not Hacked
2019-05-30 09:30

A security breach that led to the premature release of New Zealand's budget resulted from an online bungle, not a sophisticated cyberattack as originally claimed, red-faced officials admitted...

Flipboard Database Hacked — Users' Account Information Exposed
2019-05-29 10:33

Flipboard, a popular social sharing and news aggregator service used by over 150 million people, has disclosed that its databases containing account information of certain users have been hacked....

Rats leave the sinking ship as hackers’ forum gets hacked
2019-05-21 11:36

The OGUsers forum, which trades in hijacked social accounts, has been hacked, its hard drives wiped, and its user database published online.

TeamViewer Confirms It Was Hacked in 2016
2019-05-20 12:51

Remote control and support solutions provider TeamViewer has confirmed that hackers likely operating out of China breached its systems back in 2016, but the company decided not to disclose the...

Account Hijacking Forum OGusers Hacked
2019-05-18 13:44

Ogusers[.]com -- a forum popular among people involved in hijacking online accounts and conducting SIM swapping attacks to seize control over victims' phone numbers -- has itself been hacked,...

CIA traitor spy thrown in the clink for selling secrets to China. Stack Overflow, TeamViewer admit: We were hacked...
2019-05-18 10:01

...And more from the world of infosec this week Roundup Here's a quick catch-up of all things infosec beyond what we've already reported this week.…

Red Cross Website Hacked in Latest Singapore Cyber Attack
2019-05-16 11:37

The Singapore Red Cross said Thursday its website had been hacked and the personal data of more than 4,000 potential blood donors compromised in the latest cyber attack on the city-state. read more

The radio-navigation planes use to land safely is insecure and can be hacked
2019-05-15 10:00

Radios that sell for $600 can spoof signals planes use to find runways.

White label SOS panic buttons can be hacked via SMS
2019-05-14 10:44

A Chinese white-label panic alarm used by elderly and vulnerable people can be remotely controlled by sending it simple SMS commands.

The lurking danger of hacked email reply chains
2019-05-14 05:00

Although phishing has been around in various forms since the 1990s, recent news has shown that it continues to evolve – and remains a major threat. These days, phishing tactics are so...