Security News

Yet another mega-leak: 100 million Quora accounts compromised by system invaders
2018-12-04 07:01

Passwords should be safe, but reset just in case Someone's taken a wander through the systems of question-and-answer website Quora, pilfering account details of 100 million users.…

Jared, Kay Jewelers Parent Fixes Data Leak
2018-12-03 17:25

The parent firm of bling retailers Jared and Kay Jewelers has fixed a bug in the Web sites of both companies that exposed the order information for all of their online customers.

USPS, Amazon Data Leaks Showcase API Weaknesses
2018-11-26 18:46

The incidents affected millions, just as Black Friday, Cyber Monday and the holiday shopping season kicked off.

New security feature to prevent Amazon S3 bucket misconfiguration and data leaks
2018-11-19 12:36

Hardly a week goes by that we don’t hear about an organization leaving sensitive data exposed on the Internet because they failed to properly configure their Amazon S3 buckets. Amazon Web...

SMS 2FA database leak drama, MageCart mishaps, Black Friday badware, and more
2018-11-17 13:47

Plus, why is Kaspersky Lab getting into chess? Roundup What a week it has been: we had the creation of a new government agency, a meltdown flashback, and of course, Patch Tuesday.…

AWS Adds New Feature for Preventing Data Leaks
2018-11-16 18:09

Amazon announced this week that a new feature designed to prevent data leaks has been added to Amazon Web Services (AWS). read more

Google Services Inaccessible Due to BGP Leak
2018-11-13 06:45

Important Google services were inaccessible for some users on Monday due to a BGP leak that caused traffic to be directed through Russia, China and Nigeria. It’s unclear if the incident was caused...

New Side-Channel Vulnerability Leaks Sensitive Data From Intel Chips
2018-11-05 18:20

A newly revealed side-channel attack can leak encrypted data from Intel microprocessors that use a Simultaneous Multithreading (SMT) architecture. read more

Feds Accuse Ex-CIA Employee of Continuing Leaks From Prison
2018-11-02 11:36

Federal prosecutors beefed up charges against a former CIA employee Wednesday, saying he has leaked classified national defense materials while incarcerated. read more

Questions Mount Over Delay After Cathay Pacific Admits Huge Data Leak
2018-10-25 14:29

Hong Kong carrier Cathay Pacific came under pressure Thursday to explain why it had taken five months to admit it had been hacked and compromised the data of 9.4 million customers, including...