Security News

198 Million Car-Buyer Records Exposed Online for All to See
2019-09-11 14:37

An Elastica DB belonging to Dealer Leads exposed a raft of information collected by "research" websites aimed at prospective car buyers.

RocketBroadband’s SD-WAN solution allows businesses to keep critical apps online
2019-09-10 02:30

RocketBroadband has released RocketSD, a fully managed SD-WAN solution which incorporates multi-carrier 4G/5G connectivity, distributed network monitoring, SD-WAN FlowTracking, AI-based analysis,...

YouTube fined $170m for covertly tracking kids online
2019-09-06 12:43

YouTube can't track kids online anymore without their parents' permission, says the FTC, as it fined the Google-subsidiary $170m.

U.S. Charges 80 in Massive Online Fraud Scheme
2019-08-23 15:52

The United States Department of Justice this week unsealed an indictment that charges 80 defendants, most of them Nigerians, for their roles in a massive fraud and money laundering scheme.  read more

Webcam woes – world’s oldest online camera struggles with security
2019-08-21 14:19

Webcams are older than you think - but the oldest one still running won't be around much longer.

Kaspersky Antivirus Flaw Exposed Users to Cross-Site Tracking Online
2019-08-15 10:48

In this digital era, the success of almost every marketing, advertising, and analytics company drives through tracking users across the Internet to identify them and learn their interests to...

A new online tool monitors the state of internet routing security
2019-08-13 09:40

The Mutually Agreed Norms for Routing Security (MANRS) initiative announced the launch of the MANRS Observatory, a new online tool that measures the level of networks’ compliance to MANRS, a key...

1 Million South Korean Credit Card Records Found Online
2019-08-08 09:54

Over 1 million South Korea-issued Card Present records have been posted for sale on the dark web since the end of May.

49% of all risky online transactions come from mobile devices
2019-08-07 08:09

About half of all risky online transactions appear to be coming from a mobile device, according to iovation. Specifically, in the first half of 2019 49% of all risky transactions came from mobile...

Online skimming: An emerging threat that requires urgent awareness and attention
2019-08-06 05:00

A growing threat that all merchants and service providers should be aware of is web-based or online skimming. These attacks infect e-commerce websites with malicious code, known as sniffers or...