Security News

Google Devices Leak Precise Physical Locations: Researcher
2018-06-20 11:55

A newly discovered attack against Google Home and Chromecast devices can reveal a user’s precise physical location, a security researcher has discovered. read more

Massive CIA Hacking Tool Leak: Ex-Agency Employee Charged
2018-06-19 13:18

Lead Suspect Joshua A. Schulte Already Detained on Child Pornography ChargesThe U.S. Department of Justice has charged a former CIA officer, 29-year-old Joshua A. Schulte, with providing 8,000...

Google Home, Chromecast Leak Location Information
2018-06-18 20:38

The devices don’t require authentication for connections received on a local network; and, HTTP is used to configure or control embedded devices.

macOS QuickLook Feature Leaks Data Despite Encrypted Drive
2018-06-18 17:57

Researchers demonstrate how an encrypted macOS hard drive can still leak unprotected data via the operating system’s Finder and QuickLook feature.

Google to Fix Location Data Leak in Google Home, Chromecast
2018-06-18 14:04

Google in the coming weeks is expected to fix a location privacy leak in two of its most popular consumer products. New research shows that Web sites can run a simple script in the background that...

French company fined 250,000 euros for a data leak
2018-06-12 14:59

CNIL, the French data protection authority, has decided to impose a 250,000 euro fine on Optical Center, a French company selling eye and hearing aids, because it failed to secure the data of...

DNA Testing Service MyHeritage Leaks User Data of 92 Million Customers
2018-06-05 21:12

An unspecified "private" server was found with the account data of users who signed up for the service, in the largest breach since Equifax last year.

TeenSafe phone monitoring app leaks teens’ iCloud logins in plaintext
2018-05-22 14:44

The "secure" monitoring app is used by over a million parents.

CIA’s “Vault 7” mega-leak was an inside job, claims FBI
2018-05-17 11:46

The suspect worked for a CIA group that designed hacking tools at the time the cyber-spying arsenal was given to WikiLeaks.

Ex-CIA Employee Suspected in WikiLeaks 'Vault7' Leak
2018-05-16 09:59

A former employee of the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) is believed to have provided WikiLeaks the files made public by the whistleblower organization as part of its ‘Vault 7’ leak, which...