Security News

Oh Smeg! Hacked white goods maker resurfaces after system shutdown
2018-09-18 12:41

'No reason to believe' customer deets compromised The Brit limb of unfortunately named and reassuringly expensive domestic appliance maker Smeg is up on its feet again after being hacked.…

How To Check If Your Twitter Account Has Been Hacked
2018-09-13 13:33

Did you ever wonder if your Twitter account has been hacked and who had managed to gain access and when it happened? Twitter now lets you know this. After Google and Facebook, Twitter now lets you...

Card-stealing code that pwned British Airways, Ticketmaster pops up on more sites via hacked JS
2018-09-12 20:34

Feedify's whack-a-mole with MageCart malware miscreants A Javascript library hosted by Feedify and used by e-commerce websites globally has been repeatedly infected this week to potentially siphon...

Generally Disclosing Pretty Rapidly: GDPR strapped a jet engine on hacked British Airways
2018-09-12 07:27

Suddenly, corps in a rush to fess up to e-break-ins Analysis If Equifax's mother-of-all-security-disasters last year underlined one thing, it was that big companies think they can weather just...

Using Hacked IoT Devices to Disrupt the Power Grid
2018-09-11 11:25

This is really interesting research: "BlackIoT: IoT Botnet of High Wattage Devices Can Disrupt the Power Grid": Abstract: We demonstrate that an Internet of Things (IoT) botnet of high wattage...

British Airways Hacked – 380,000 Payment Cards Compromised
2018-09-07 07:33

British Airways, who describes itself as "The World's Favorite Airline," has confirmed a data breach that exposed personal details and credit-card numbers of up to 380,000 customers and lasted for...

How you can get low-tech hacked
2018-09-06 20:43

Don't assume all hacking is high tech, says Frances Zelazny, VP at BioCatch. Low-tech hacking is still being used, and is also still working.

'World's favorite airline' favorite among hackers: British Airways site, app hacked for two weeks
2018-09-06 19:06

380,000 payment cards, personal info slurped by crooks British Airways on Thursday said it is investigating the theft of customer data from its website and mobile app servers.…

British Airways Hacked With Details of 380,000 Cards Stolen
2018-09-06 18:43

British Airways said Thursday that the personal and financial details of customers making bookings between August 21 and September 5 were stolen in a data breach involving 380,000 payment cards. read more

MEGA secure upload service gets its Chrome extension hacked
2018-09-05 17:07

A password-stealing version of MEGA's Chrome extension was served up on Google's webstore for about four hours - here's what to do.