Security News

More phishing attacks on Yahoo and Gmail SMS 2FA authentication
2018-12-21 17:17

The second report in a week has analysed phishing attacks that are attempting – and probably succeeding – in bypassing older forms of two-factor authentication (2FA).

Yahoo! $50m! hack! damages! bill!, Russian trolls menaced by Uncle Sam inaction, computer voting-machine UI confusion, and more
2018-10-27 13:19

Plus, GSA shamed for glacial notification pace Roundup This week's headlines included buggy cranes, WebEx cockups, and DNS drama.…

Yahoo to Pay $50M, Other Costs for Massive Security Breach
2018-10-24 14:58

Yahoo has agreed to pay $50 million in damages and provide two years of free credit-monitoring services to 200 million people whose email addresses and other personal information were stolen as...

Yahoo Class-Action Settlement: A $50 Million-Plus Sting
2018-10-24 08:33

Victims Would Get Credit Monitoring, Reimbursement For ID TheftA proposed agreement that would end a class-action suit against Yahoo over devastating data breaches could see the company pay as...

Biz! Formerly! Known! As! Yahoo! Settles! Data! Breach! Cases! To! The! Tune! Of! $47m!
2018-09-18 15:05

Didja think we'd get rid of the exclaims just 'cos you're Altaba now? The company formerly known as Yahoo! is close to settling cases related to the mammoth data security breach it covered up...

Yahoo's Mega-Breaches: Altaba Moves to Settle Lawsuits
2018-09-18 12:18

$47 Million Settlement Agreement to be Submitted to Court in Next 45 DaysLawsuits sparked by massive data breaches at Yahoo - and the company's failure to report those breaches to investors in a...

Altaba Settles Yahoo Breach Lawsuits for $47 Million
2018-09-18 05:08

Altaba, the investment company that resulted from Verizon’s $4.5 billion acquisition of Yahoo’s Internet business last year, has agreed to settle consumer class action lawsuits triggered by the...

Yahoo woos advertisers with email scanning for targeted ad delivery
2018-08-30 19:49

While most tech companies that offer free email services are moving away from email scanning as a source of information for advertisers to target users more efficiently, Oath – the Verizon...

Why Yahoo scanning user email is no cause for panic
2018-08-30 12:26

The Wall Street Journal yesterday published an unsettling report that the owner of Yahoo, Verizon subsidiary Oath, has been quietly analysing the emails of its 200 million users to sell to advertisers.

Yahoo Persists in Scanning Emails for In-Depth Ad-Targeting
2018-08-29 20:47

The service gleans information from receipts, travel itineraries, trade confirmations for online brokerages, Uber messages, auto-loan confirmation and promotions.