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Sextortion scum armed with leaked credentials are persistent pests
2018-09-10 11:29

If you're going to batter 8,497 folk with over 60,000 threats, odds are someone will crack Persistence pays off for crooks when it comes to sextortion-based phishing scams, research into its...

Wannabe Supreme Brett Kavanaugh red-faced after leaked emails contradict spy testimony
2018-09-06 22:48

Who knew what on warrantless state snooping? Analysis Despite repeated denials, some under oath, US Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh appears to have known – and may even have pushed for – the...

Hacker Who Leaked Celebrities' Naked Photos Gets 8 Months in Prison
2018-08-31 09:02

George Garofano (left) The fourth celebrity hacker—who was charged earlier this year with hacking into over 250 Apple iCloud accounts belonged to Jennifer Lawrence and other Hollywood...

Kaspersky VPN Bug Leaked DNS Lookups
2018-08-13 10:15

A recently patched security vulnerability in the Kaspersky VPN application for Android resulted in DNS queries being exposed even after the user connected to a virtual server. read more

Leaked GitHub API Token Exposed Homebrew Software Repositories
2018-08-09 13:50

A GitHub API token leaked from Homebrew’s Jenkins provided a security researcher with access to core Homebrew software repositories (repos). read more

Snapchat source code leaked on GitHub – but no one knows why
2018-08-08 15:38

What just befell a "small" piece of SnapChat’s source code, and should users be concerned?

Snapchat Hack — Hacker Leaked Snapchat Source Code On GitHub
2018-08-08 10:48

The source code of the popular social media app Snapchat was recently surfaced online after a hacker leaked and posted it on the Microsoft-owned code repository GitHub. A GitHub account under the...

Snapchat Source Code Leaked
2018-08-08 05:33

iOS Update Led to Snapchat Source Code Leak Hackers obtained some source code for the popular messaging application Snapchat and made it public on GitHub, claiming that they were ignored by the...

Credit Card Issuer TCM Bank Leaked Applicant Data for 16 Months
2018-08-03 15:48

TCM Bank, a company that helps more than 750 small and community U.S. banks issue credit cards to their account holders, said a Web site misconfiguration exposed the names, addresses, dates of...

Leaked Chats Show Alleged Russian Spy Seeking Hacking Tools
2018-08-01 15:16

MOSCOW (AP) — Six years ago, a Russian-speaking cybersecurity researcher received an unsolicited email from Kate S. Milton. read more