Data breaches drive identity theft and fraud
Data breaches are affecting consumers nationwide and residents in and around Washington, D.C. are not immune to the consequences. According to a survey by Experian, 57 percent …
Slack hacked, user database compromised
Slack, the company behind the popular multi-platform enterprise collaboration app of the same name, has announced that they have suffered a data breach in February. …
British Airways freezes some frequent-flyer accounts in wake of hack
Tens of thousands of British Airways customers have had their frequent-flyer accounts temporarily frozen in the wake of a security breach. “British Airways has become …
Week in review: Hacking air-gapped computers using heat, car hacking, malware threat to virtual currencies
Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news, interviews, articles and reviews: New PoS malware family comes with keylogger component Dubbed …
Critical flaw in WiFi routers puts hotels and millions of guests at risk
A critical vulnerability in ANTlabs InnGate devices, a popular Internet gateway for visitor-based networks and commonly installed in hotels and convention centers, has been …
Car hacking made cheaper and easier
Fiddling with your car’s innards will soon become easier and cheaper than ever before, as Eric Evenchick has created and made available hardware and software design …
US tech giants urge Congress to curb mass digital surveillance
As the date of the expiry of Section 215 of the USA PATRIOT Act draws near, a wide range of tech companies, privacy advocates, and trade associations have asked the US …
“Free $20 Steam codes” offer leads to online surveys
Users of Steam, Valve Corporation’s popular gaming platform, are the targets of a new survey scam that dangles the opportunity to get $20 Steam codes for free in front …
Researchers identify malware threat to virtual currencies
INTERPOL and Kaspersky Lab have identified a threat to the blockchain in virtual transactions that could result in them being embedded with malware or other illegal data. …
Amazon Cloud Drive now with unlimited cloud storage
Amazon announced unlimited cloud storage with Amazon Cloud Drive—two new storage plans for customers to securely store their existing content collections and automatically …
Apple-themed “Your account has been limited” phishing emails doing rounds
Apple users are once again targeted with phishing emails, warns Bitdefender, and the latest variant of the scheme is impersonating Apple Support claiming that their account …
Xtube visitors redirected to exploit kit landing page
Popular adult site Xtube has been compromised to redirect visitors to sites hosting an exploit kit. “Unlike other attacks we have seen in recent times, this one does not …
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