Security News

Airbus Data Takes Flight: Billions of Credentials Dumped on Dark Web
2019-01-31 18:16

A cyberattack lifts employee data at the French aerospace giant as news hits of "Collections 2-5" being passed around the underground.

Feds Dismantle Dark Web Credentials Market
2019-01-29 17:43

Meanwhile, authorities are aggressively going after former users of the Webstresser DDoS-for-hire service.

Mozilla security policy cracks down on creepy web trackers, holds supercookies over fire
2019-01-29 12:15

Firefox makers sets out dodgy practices the browser will block The Mozilla Foundation has announced its intent to reduce the ability of websites and other online services to track users of its...

Wow, fancy that. Web ad giant Google to block ad-blockers in Chrome. For safety, apparently
2019-01-22 22:27

How many ad blocks could an ad slinger block if an ad slinger could block blocks? Google software engineers have proposed changes to the open-source Chromium browser code that will break...

How Web Apps Can Turn Browser Extensions Into Backdoors
2019-01-22 18:45

Researchers show how rogue web applications can be used to attack vulnerable browser extensions in a hack that gives adversaries access to private user data.

Hackers turn to data theft and resale on the Dark Web for higher payouts
2019-01-22 16:10

Selling personal information and compromised accounts of popular Instragram users has become more lucrative than ransomware and cryptojacking campaigns.

Amazon Web Services announces AWS Backup
2019-01-18 03:30

Amazon Web Services released AWS Backup, a backup service that makes it faster and simpler for customers to back up their data across AWS services and on-premises, helping customers meet their...

Cyber-Jackpot: 773M Credentials Dumped on the Dark Web
2019-01-17 15:41

Thousands of individual breaches make up the database, one of the largest troves of stolen credentials ever seen.

5 Popular Web Hosting Services Found Vulnerable to Multiple Flaws
2019-01-16 07:18

A security researcher has discovered multiple one-click client-side vulnerabilities in the some of the world's most popular and widely-used web hosting companies that could have put millions of...

'It's like they took a rug and covered it'... Flight booking web app used by scores of airlines still vuln to attack – claim
2019-01-15 22:26

Security hole can be exploited to tamper with journeys A security hole in a widely used airline reservation system remains open to exploit, allowing miscreants to edit strangers' travel details...