Security News

Stolen Yahoo Data Sold to Spammers, One Government Client (Threatpost)
2016-12-19 18:42

Experts at InfoArmor said the stolen database of 1 billion Yahoo accounts has been sold multiple times for at least $300,000 each time.

Week in review: Yahoo breach, malvertising targeting routers, the economics of ransomware (Help Net Security)
2016-12-18 12:10

Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news and articles: Malvertising campaign compromises routers instead of computers The attackers current main goal is to change DNS...

One billion users affected in newly revealed Yahoo hack (Help Net Security)
2016-12-15 14:22

Yahoo has revealed that it’s been the victim of another hack and massive data breach that resulted in the compromise of information of a billion users! What happened? Outside forensic experts that...

Yahoo Discloses Data From 1 Billion Accounts Stolen in 2013 (Threatpost)
2016-12-15 00:16

Yahoo disclosed today that attackers in 2013 stole data associated with more than 1 billion accounts. CISO Bob Lord said this incident is "distinct" from a 2014 attack in which 500 million...

Yahoo Mail XSS Bug Worth Another $10K to Researcher (Threatpost)
2016-12-09 13:00

Finnish security researcher Jouko Pynnonen found a second stored cross-site scripting vulnerability in Yahoo Mail in less than a year, both of which earned him $10,000 bug bounties.

Yahoo Tells SEC It Knew About Data Breach in 2014 (Threatpost)
2016-11-10 16:50

Yahoo's latest SEC filing includes confirmation that it knew attackers were on its network in 2014 and stole information on 500 million accounts.