Security News

DomainFactory Hacked—Hosting Provider Asks All Users to Change Passwords
2018-07-09 12:48

Besides Timehop, another data breach was discovered last week that affects users of one of the largest web hosting companies in Germany, DomainFactory, owned by GoDaddy. The breach initially...

Timehop Hacked — Hackers Stole Personal Data Of All 21 Million Users
2018-07-09 10:33

And the hacks just keep on coming. Timehop social media app has been hit by a major data breach on July 4th that compromised the personal data of its more than 21 million users. Timehop is a...

CoinHive URL Shortener Abused to Secretly Mine Cryptocurrency Using Hacked Sites
2018-07-04 08:18

Security researchers have been warning about a new malicious campaign that leverages an alternative scheme to mine cryptocurrencies without directly injecting the infamous CoinHive JavaScript into...

Linux distro hacked on GitHub, “all code considered compromised”
2018-06-29 11:09

Gentoo Linux has been hacked, with "all code considered compromised" on GitHub - fortunately, the master repository is safe.

Github Account of Gentoo Linux Hacked, Code Replaced With Malware
2018-06-29 09:03

Downloaded anything from Gentoo's GitHub account yesterday? Consider those files compromised and dump them now—as an unknown group of hackers or an individual managed to gain access to the GitHub...

FireEye hacked off at claim it hacked Chinese military's hackers
2018-06-27 04:14

Allegation in book mistook RDP recording for real world action, company asserts US security company FireEye has denied a claim aired in a new book that it hacked into laptops owned by Chinese...

Don't panic, but your baby monitor can be hacked into a spycam
2018-06-22 06:30

Researchers confirm hardware vulnerable to remote attacks Security researchers say they can back up a mother's claim that her baby monitor had been remotely hacked and used to spy on her family.…

Trial of two men accused of $20m hacked press release fraud begins
2018-06-14 12:13

This is reportedly the first time criminal charges have been brought for a securities fraud scheme involving hacked inside information.

Coinrail Cryptocurrency Exchange in South Korea Hacked
2018-06-11 12:48

$50 Million Believed Stolen as Exchange Attacks ContinueSouth Korean cryptocurrency exchange Coinrail says hackers stole 30 percent of all of the cryptocurrency tokens it was storing, but many...

Report: Nearly half of all enterprises were hacked in the last 12 months
2018-06-05 19:23

The survey found that organizations that did report a breach in the last year had been hacked an average of 30 times.