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Hackers leak customer data after firm refuses to pay ransom
Hacking collective “Rex Mundi” has leaked a batch of personal and financial information belonging to individuals who have applied for loans with online loan …
Zitmo Trojan masquerades as security app
Zeus-in-the-mobile (“Zitmo”) for Android users is back, pretending to be a security solution for the mobile operating platform. It masquerades as “Android …
The effect of data breaches on consumers
Commenting on a Ponemon Report showing that 72 per cent of consumers who have been notified of a data breach at a company they had dealt were dissatisfied with the …
Last.fm confirms password leak
And Last.fm makes three. Following the revelations that the data leaked by an unknown individual on a Russian forum contained user passwords for business social network …
The ramifications of the LinkedIn password leak
LinkedIn has finally confirmed that some of the passwords that were leaked yesterday correspond to LinkedIn accounts, and has issued a list of steps that they are taking in …
eHarmony confirms leak of their users’ passwords
News that an unknown individual leaked what appeared to be a batch of 6.5 million LinkedIn passwords on a Russian forum and asked for help in decrypting them spread like fire …
6.5 million LinkedIn passwords apparently leaked
It has been a tough 24 hours for LinkedIn. First they were accused of storing users’ potentially confidential private and business information on the company servers …
Flame’s massive C&C infrastructure revealed
Day after day, new details are discovered by security researchers that seem to prove the talent and the apparently unlimited resources that the authors of the Flame toolkit …
Consumers confused about data breaches
A business’s ability to protect personal information and communicate the circumstances of a data breach can impact customer loyalty and an organization’s …
Ex MI5 chief gets her laptop stolen at airport
The former Director-General of UK’s internal security service MI5 has had her laptop stolen at London’s Heathrow airport on Tuesday. Dame Stella Rimington, who …
Could security breaches cost lives?
Over a quarter of companies believe that if their sites go down or they suffer a major security breach it could potentially cost customers’ their lives, according to …
New cyber weapon targets systems in the Middle East
A new sophisticated piece of malware dubbed “Flame” has been discovered in systems belonging to users in many Middle Eastern countries and is though to have been …
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