Security News

You leak our secrets? We'll leak your book sales, speech fees – into our coffers: Uncle Sam wins royalties fight against Edward Snowden
2019-12-18 20:33

Merry Christmas! A federal judge has ruled that the US government can collect royalties from the sale of ex-NSA contractor Edward Snowden's memoir Permanent Record and any fees from related public...

Valuable personal info leaks from Facebook – not Zuck selling it, someone stealing hard drive of staff data
2019-12-13 20:39

Car smash-and-grab ends with loss of payroll details for 20,000 employees Facebook has lost a copy of the personal details of more than 20,000 of its employees after a hard drive containing...

GE, Dunkin’, Forever 21 Caught Up in Broad Internal Document Leak
2019-12-09 15:28

A PR and marketing provider exposed sensitive data for a raft of big-name companies.

Key security priorities for financial services: Preventing fraud and data leaks
2019-12-09 05:30

The banking and financial services sector is struggling with a skills shortage along with the sheer volume of threats and alerts as it continues its ongoing battle against cybercrime, according to...

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.…

Ransomware Attackers Leak Stolen Data
2019-11-22 17:18

Maze Crew Reportedly Threatens to Release More of Allied Universal's Data Unless Ransom PaidRansomware attacks have taken an unwelcome turn: The Maze gang reportedly has begun leaking a victim's...

Data-Enriched Profiles on 1.2B People Exposed in Gigantic Leak
2019-11-22 16:54

Although the data was legitimately scraped by legally operating firms, the security and privacy implications are numerous.

Plugging the Data Leak in Manufacturing
2019-11-12 21:11

IIoT-generated data – calibrations, measurements and other parameters – still need to be stored, managed and shared securely.

Don't trust the Trusted Platform Module – it may leak your VPN server's private key (depending on your configuration)
2019-11-12 19:43

You know what they say: Timing is... everything Trusted Platform Modules, specialized processors or firmware that protect the cryptographic keys used to secure operating systems, are not entirely...

Morrisons is to blame for 100k payroll theft and leak, say 9,000 workers
2019-11-08 16:00

Supreme Court wraps up legal submissions from supermarket and breach victims "Cutting to the chase, it's not a case where the office cleaner finds a thumb drive, picks it up and takes the...