Security News

Google now minus Google Plus: Social mini-network faces axe in data leak bug drama
2018-10-08 22:22

Project Zero would have been all over this – yet it remained under wraps Google has surprised Google+ users – all two of them – by shuttering the service over the next ten months in the wake of a...

Telegram Leaks User IP Addresses
2018-10-01 12:51

A vulnerability in Telegram Desktop results in the end-user public and private IP addresses being leaked during a call, a security researcher has discovered. read more

Telegram Calling Feature Leaks Your IP Addresses—Patch Released
2018-10-01 09:03

The desktop version of the security and privacy-focused, end-to-end encrypted messaging app, Telegram, has been found leaking both users' private and public IP addresses by default during voice...

Vulnerabilities in PureVPN Client Leak User Credentials
2018-09-28 17:54

The PureVPN client for Windows is impacted by two vulnerabilities that result in user credential leak, a Trustwave security researcher has discovered. read more

Ex-NSA Hacker Sentenced to Jail Over Kaspersky Leak
2018-09-25 23:26

A former National Security Agency hacker whose leak of extremely top secret online spying materials led to the US government ban on Kaspersky software was sentenced to 66 months in prison Tuesday....

China Arrests Suspect for Customer Data Leak at Accor Partner
2018-09-20 10:19

Shanghai police have arrested a man in connection with a data leak at NASDAQ-listed Chinese hotelier Huazhu Group after the suspect failed to sell the information online. read more

NSA Leak Fuels Rise in Hacking for Crypto Mining: Report
2018-09-19 15:40

Illicit cryptocurrency mining has been surging over the past year, in part due to a leaked software tool from the US National Security Agency, researchers said Wednesday. read more

Perth Mint leaks 13 accounts in data breach. No, make that 3,200
2018-09-18 00:37

Unnamed third-party provider spaffed customer data A data breach at Perth Mint first thought to have affected 13 customers turned out to be more widespread, with more than 3,000 customers breached.…

GovPayNow.com Leaks 14M+ Records
2018-09-17 21:57

Government Payment Service Inc. — a company used by thousands of U.S. state and local governments to accept online payments for everything from traffic citations and licensing fees to bail...

Amazon Probing Staff Data Leaks
2018-09-17 13:19

Amazon is investigating allegations that some of its staff sold confidential customer data to third party companies particularly in China, the online giant confirmed on Sunday. read more