Security News

New Spectre attack enables secrets to be leaked over a network
2018-07-26 21:40

It's no longer necessary to run attacker code on the victim system.

Thousands of U.S. Voter Personal Records Leaked by Robocall Firm
2018-07-18 19:03

The information was exposed on a public Amazon S3 bucket by a Virginia-based political campaign and robocalling company.

Indictment bombshell: 'Kremlin intel agents' hacked, leaked Hillary's emails same day Trump asked Russia for help
2018-07-13 19:13

Charges filed against dozen suspected Russian spies American prosecutors have accused 12 suspected Russian spies of hacking Democrat and Hillary Clinton campaign officials to leak their sensitive...

Fraudster admits she was OPM dealer: Leaked US govt staff files used to bag cash, car loans
2018-06-19 00:16

Woman cops to using stolen records to open bank accounts A woman has fessed up to using people's personal information, leaked online from the US government's Office of Personnel Management...

Geneology Service MyHeritage Leaked 92 Million Credentials
2018-06-06 13:17

Company Says No Indications Data Family Trees, DNA Results AffectedThe geneology service MyHeritage says a security researcher found 92 million email addresses and hashed passwords for its users...

Ticketfly got hacked, user data was leaked
2018-06-01 20:41

Ticketfly, a ticket distribution service owned by event management and ticketing pioneer Eventbrite, appears to have been hacked. The service’s site is showing a simple message saying that...

Comcast Patches Router Bug That Leaked Some Wi-Fi Passwords
2018-05-22 16:09

A bug in Comcast’s activation website for its Xfinity routers leaked sensitive customer data.

Greenwich uni fined £120k: Hole in computing school site leaked 20k people's data
2018-05-21 12:36

Insecure 12-year old microsite handed attackers key The Information Commissioner has slapped a £120,000 fine on the University of Greenwich in the UK after a security cockup by its computing and...

Real-time cellphone location data leaked for all major US carriers
2018-05-21 11:43

From the carriers to LocationSmart to 3Cinteractive to Securus: there appears to be a chain pockmarked with lack of authentication and data lost to hackers.

Tracking Firm LocationSmart Leaked Location Data for Customers of All Major U.S. Mobile Carriers in Real Time Via Its Web Site
2018-05-17 18:29

LocationSmart, a U.S. based company that acts as an aggregator of real-time data about the precise location of mobile phone devices, has been leaking this information to anyone via a buggy...