Security News

Belgian city slurps mobile data to track visitors – report
2019-10-31 11:52

Local regulator says it hasn't approved scheme. Meanwhile, Spain up to similar tricks The Belgian city of Kortrijk in West Flanders is reportedly using data provided by a mobile phone company to...

42 Phony Google Play Apps Delivered Adware: Report
2019-10-25 20:18

Fake Apps Downloaded More Than 8 Million Times, ESET Researchers SaySome 42 apps that were available in the Google Play store had been delivering adware to Android devices for about a year,...

Antivirus hid more than 9,000 'cybercrime' reports from UK cops, says watchdog
2019-10-24 16:18

Detailed info wound up in quarantine Just one of Britain's 43 police forces treats online crime as a priority – while the Action Fraud organisation managed to withhold 9,000 so-called cyber-crime...

Report: Billtrust Recovering From Ransomware Attack
2019-10-23 21:18

A Customer of Cloud-Based Payment Provider Provides Some DetailsBilltrust, a cloud-based, business-to-business payment provider, reportedly is continuing to recover from a ransomware attack that...

Unsecure Database Exposed US Military Personnel Data: Report
2019-10-22 19:18

Exposed Database Owned by AutoClerk Hotel Reservation Management SystemAn unsecure database belonging to a company that provides hotel reservation management technology exposed about 179 GB of...

Outdated OSs Still Present in Many Industrial Organizations: Report
2019-10-22 10:10

ATLANTA — SECURITYWEEK 2019 ICS CYBER SECURITY CONFERENCE — Outdated and unsupported operating systems are still present and they still pose a serious risk in many industrial organizations,...

TorGuard, NordVPN Respond to Breach Reports
2019-10-21 18:39

VPN providers TorGuard and NordVPN have responded to reports that their systems have been breached, and both blame the incident on a third-party service provider. Hackers have leaked private RSA...

Phony Company Used to Plant macOS Malware: Report
2019-10-16 21:03

Malware Designed to Infect Devices of Cryptocurrency Exchange EmployeesSecurity researchers have found that a hacking group, which may have North Korean ties, recently created a phony company...

Galaxy S10 Fingerprint Sensor Thwarted With Screen Protector: Report
2019-10-16 12:27

A U.K. woman alleged that her husband was able to bypass her Samsung Galaxy S10 smartphone's fingerprint reader when the phone was encased by a third-party screen protector.