Security News

Death by Leaks: Russian Hacking Helped Sink Clinton 2016 Campaign
2018-07-16 07:44

In September 2015 an FBI cybersecurity agent called up the Democratic National Committee, just gearing up for the coming presidential election, to report that Russia-linked hackers had penetrated...

Facebook Faces £500,000 Fine in U.K. Over Cambridge Analytica Leak
2018-07-11 15:48

Facebook has been fined £500,000 ($664,000) in the U.K. after the country's data protection watchdog concluded that its data-sharing scandal broke the law, making it as the social network's first...

Reality Winner, N.S.A. Contractor, Sentenced to 5+ Years in Leak Case
2018-06-28 13:02

A former National Security Agency contractor pleaded guilty Tuesday to espionage, becoming the first person to be prosecuted under the Trump administration for leaking classified information.

Former NSA Contractor Pleads Guilty to 'Top Secret' Leak
2018-06-27 10:18

Plea Deal Calls For Reality Winner to Serve 63-Month SentenceReality Leigh Winner, 26, a former contractor for the NSA, has pleaded guilty to leaking a "top secret" five page document that...

TLBleed: a new way to leak crypto keys on hyperthreaded processors
2018-06-25 22:18

A new attack prompted OpenBSD's developers to disable hyperthreading by default.

macOS' Quick Look Cache May Leak Encrypted Data
2018-06-20 16:10

The Quick Look mechanism on macOS, which allows users to check file contents without actually opening the files, may leak information on cached files, even if they reside on encrypted drives or if...

macOS’ Quick Look Cache May Leak Encrypted Data
2018-06-20 16:10

The Quick Look mechanism on macOS, which allows users to check file contents without actually opening the files, may leak information on cached files, even if they reside on encrypted drives or if...

Thousands of Mobile Apps Leak Data from Firebase Databases
2018-06-20 15:56

Thousands of mobile applications running on iOS and Android have exposed over 113 gigabytes of data from 2,300 unsecured Firebase databases, enterprise mobile security firm Appthority says in a...

Google Chromecast and Home Speaker can leak location data to websites
2018-06-20 15:16

Two Google products have a design weakness that could reveal their users' locations.