Security News

Data Exposed in OXO, Amazon and MongoDB Leaks
2019-01-14 14:18

Dual data exposures and a wide-scale data leak due to a vulnerable MongoDB database have kicked off 2019 so far.

Germany's Mega-Leak Takeaway: Noisy Young Hacker Got Caught
2019-01-10 14:18

But Quiet Nation-State Hackers and Cybercrime Gangs Can Exploit the Same FlawsPolice in Germany say a 20-year-old student has confessed to stealing and leaking personal details from 1,000 German...

German Police Identify Suspect Behind Massive Data Leak
2019-01-09 13:48

Anger at Politicians and Public Figures Allegedly Motivated 20-Year-Old SuspectGerman police arrested a 20-year-old student - living at home with his parents - who they say confessed to leaking...

20-Year-Old Man Arrested For Carrying Out Germany's Biggest Data Leak
2019-01-08 17:18

German federal police have arrested a 20-year-old local student for stealing and publishing a massive trove of personal data of hundreds of politicians, journalists and other public figures last...

Linus Torvalds opts for the scream test: Linux kernel syscall tweaked to shut data-leak hole – anyone upset, yell now
2019-01-08 08:03

And he did it without swearing... folks with broken programs may act otherwise The Linux kernel will be tweaked to mitigate data-stealing attacks that exploit system page caches.…

Industry Reactions to Massive Data Leak in Germany
2019-01-07 07:48

The German government revealed last week that information on hundreds of politicians and celebrities was leaked online via Twitter. read more

New side-channel leak: Boffins bash operating system page caches until they spill secrets
2019-01-05 01:30

Novel data-siphoning attack is hardware agnostic Some of the computer security boffins who revealed last year's data-leaking speculative-execution holes have identified yet another side-channel...

Hackers Leak Hundreds of German Politicians' Personal Data
2019-01-04 18:18

Chancellor Angela Merkel Among the Victims of Massive Hack Attack and Data LeakHundreds of members of the German parliament, including the country's chancellor, Angela Merkel, as well as multiple...

Hackers Leak Personal Data from Hundreds of German Politicians On Twitter
2019-01-04 14:03

Germany has been hit with the biggest hack in its history. A group of unknown hackers has leaked highly-sensitive personal data from more than 100 German politicians, including German Chancellor...

Massive Data Leak Targets German Officials Including Merkel
2019-01-04 12:30

Hundreds of German politicians, including Chancellor Angela Merkel, have fallen victim to a massive online leak of private data, the government said Friday. "Personal data and documents belonging...