Security News

Cryptocurrency Heist: BGP Leak Masks Ether Theft
2018-04-25 12:03

Essential Internet Infrastructure - DNS, BGP - Remains Vulnerable, Experts WarnAn attack spoofed internet routing information, resulting in anyone who visited MyEtherWallet.com - a free, open...

LinkedIn patches serious leak in its AutoFill plugin
2018-04-23 12:21

Anyone could have drained their users' LinkedIn profile data

LinkedIn AutoFill bug could leak personal data to third parties and attackers
2018-04-20 20:08

LinkedIn's AutoFill button is supposed to only work on approved websites, but any website could have tricked users into providing personal data with just one click anywhere on their screen.

Podcast: How Millions of Apps Leak Private Data
2018-04-20 15:24

Threatpost's Tom Spring talked to Roman Unuchek, senior malware analyst at Kaspersky Lab, about his discoveries this week at the RSA Conference.

Chris Vickery Discusses Data Leak of 48 Million Users by Private Intelligence Firm
2018-04-19 13:44

Private intelligence gathering firm LocalBlox leaked data on 48 million users that was scraped from Facebook, LinkedIn, Zillow and other sites.

Popular Android Apps Leak User Data via Third-Party SDKs
2018-04-19 01:04

Popular mobile applications that use third-party, ready-to-go advertising Software Development Kits (SDKs) expose user data by transmitting it over the insecure HTTP protocol, Kaspersky Lab warns....

Millions of Apps Leak Private User Data Via Leaky Ad SDKs
2018-04-17 09:15

Mobile apps leak personal data via insecure ads that transmit ad-targeting data insecurely.

Facebook Offering $40,000 Bounty If You Find Evidence Of Data Leaks
2018-04-10 20:26

Facebook pays millions of dollars every year to researchers and bug hunters to stamp out security holes in its products and infrastructure, but following Cambridge Analytica scandal, the company...

Sears Holdings, Delta and others leak credit cards in “multibreach”
2018-04-05 22:12

If a third party leaks credit card numbers they were holding on your behalf... it's still your neck on the block.

Panera Bread Slammed After Keeping Massive Data Leak Quiet For Eight Months
2018-04-03 15:21

Panera is in hot water after sitting on a massive data leak for eight months on its website - and then trying to downplay the amount of customers impacted by the leak.