Security News

Facebook Attempts to Explain Data Leak, Denies 'Breach'
2018-03-19 10:33

Political Data-Mining Firm Reportedly Obtained 50 Million Users' Private DetailsFacebook is under fire after reports suggested data-mining firm Cambridge Analytica obtained private information for...

Leak of 23,000 Private Keys Triggers Security Scramble
2018-03-01 11:48

Digital Certificate Revocation Blame Game: Trustico Swaps Blows With DigiCertDigital certificate vendor Trustico is sparring with DigiCert, which recently took over Symantec's digital certificate...

Apple Downplays Impact of iBoot Source Code Leak
2018-02-08 22:26

Apple said the leak of its iBoot source code will have little to no impact on iOS device security.

Misconfigured Jenkins Servers Leak Sensitive Data
2018-01-19 16:20

A researcher has conducted an analysis of Jenkins servers and found that many of them leak sensitive information, including ones belonging to high-profile companies. London-based researcher Mikail...

Canadian Man Charged Over Leak of Three Billion Hacked Accounts
2018-01-16 03:29

An Ontario man made his first court appearance Monday to answer charges of running a website that collected personal and password data from some three billion accounts, and sold them for profit. read more

Hackers Leak Olympic Committee Emails in Response to Russia Ban
2018-01-11 12:31

A group of hackers linked to Russia has leaked several emails apparently exchanged between officials of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and other individuals involved with the Olympics....

NSA Contractor Pleads Guilty in Embarrassing Leak Case
2018-01-07 15:47

A former contractor for the US National Security Agency's elite hacking group has agreed to plead guilty to removing classified documents in a case that highlighted a series of disastrous leaks of...

Internet-connected Sonos Speakers Leak User Information
2018-01-02 19:05

A vulnerability found in Internet-connected Sonos Play:1 speakers can be abused to access information on users, Trend Micro has discovered. read more

Microsoft Says ERP Product Private Key Leak Posed Little Risk
2017-12-11 10:48

It took Microsoft more than 100 days to address a problem related to the use of the same digital certificate for all installations of its Dynamics 365 enterprise resource planning (ERP) product,...

NSA "Red Disk" Data Leak
2017-11-30 12:44

ZDNet is reporting about another data leak, this one from US Army's Intelligence and Security Command (INSCOM), which is also within to the NSA. The disk image, when unpacked and loaded, is a...