data theft

Sensitive data about nearly 5 million patients has been compromised following the theft of backup tapes from an electronic healthcare app used in the military health system, …

27 of a 100 tested Google Chrome extensions have been found vulnerable to data (passwords, history, etc.) extraction attacks though specially crafted malicious websites or by …

An Alureon Trojan variant designed to extract the location of backup C&C centers from images disseminated across the Web has been discovered by a Microsoft researcher. …

Three more alleged LulzSec and Anonymous members have been arrested by the FBI and/or indicted for their misdeeds, reports CNet. 23-year-old Cody Andrew Kretsinger (aka …

Two security researchers have found a way of breaking the SSL/TLS encryption that allows the information that passes from browser/user to server and back be reliable and, …

After having its SSL and EVSSL certificates deemed untrustworthy by the most popular browsers, VASCO announced that DigiNotar, filed a voluntary bankruptcy petition and was …

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries has revealed that its networks have been breached in what is considered the first cyber attack to hit Japan’s defense industry. According to …

A new study of 3,765 publicly disclosed breach incidents shows they resulted in financial losses of more than $156 billion. Published by the Digital Forensics Association, the …

Credit and debit card data of some 40,000 people who visited the Wilderness Resorts water parks in Wisconsin and Tennessee from December 12, 2008 to May 25, 2011 has been …

A group of security researchers has developed a proof-of-concept Java-based tool that could allow malicious individuals to automatize the syphoning of information from a …

Humans have many impulses and fears, and cyber crooks can be counted on exploiting each and every one of them for achieving their purposes. The latest example of this has been …

A former Akamai employee has been accused of and has pleaded guilty to having passed on confidential information regarding the company to a man he believed was a Israeli …