Security News

Wacom says crooks probably swiped customer credit cards from its online checkout
2025-01-30 01:11

Digital canvas slinger indicates dot-com was skimmed for over a month Graphics tablet maker Wacom has warned customers their credit card details may well have been stolen by miscreants while they...

'Bro delete the chat': Feel the panic shortly before cops bust major online fraud ring
2025-01-29 12:31

Mastermind begs colluders to bury evidence later used to imprison him In announcing the sentencing of three Brits who ran OTP Agency, an account-takeover business, the National Crime Agency (NCA)...

FortiGate config leaks: Victims' email addresses published online
2025-01-23 14:45

Experts warn not to take leaks lightly as years-long compromises could remain undetected Thousands of email addresses included in the Belsen Group's dump of FortiGate configs last week are now...

It's not just Big Tech: The UK's Online Safety Act applies across the board
2025-01-14 12:15

That niche forum running for 20 years – get ready, there's work to do Analysis A little more than two months out from its first legal deadline, the UK’s Online Safety Act is causing concern among...

Green Bay Packers' online store hacked to steal credit cards
2025-01-07 14:00

The Green Bay Packers American football team is notifying fans that a threat actor hacked its official online retail store in October and injected a card skimmer script to steal customers'...

Telemetry data from 800K VW Group EVs exposed online
2025-01-06 01:24

PLUS: DoJ bans data sale to enemy nations; Do Kwon extradited to US; Tenable CEO passes away; and more Infosec in Brief Welcome to 2025: hopefully you enjoyed a pleasant holiday season and...

Customer data from 800,000 electric cars and owners exposed online
2024-12-28 15:16

Volkswagen's automotive software company, Cariad, exposed data collected from around 800,000 electric cars. The info could be linked to drivers' names and reveal precise vehicle locations. [...]

FTC warns of online task job scams hooking victims like gambling
2024-12-13 19:51

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) warns about a significant rise in gambling-like online job scams, known as "task scams," that draw people into earning cash through repetitive tasks, with the...

CISA warns water facilities to secure HMI systems exposed online
2024-12-13 19:34

CISA and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) warned water facilities today to secure Internet-exposed Human Machine Interfaces (HMIs) from cyberattacks. [...]

Over 300K Prometheus Instances Exposed: Credentials and API Keys Leaking Online
2024-12-12 14:24

Cybersecurity researchers are warning that thousands of servers hosting the Prometheus monitoring and alerting toolkit are at risk of information leakage and exposure to denial-of-service (DoS) as...