All posts tagged "cybersecurity"
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4.6KIncidentsPersonal information of 15,000 Detroit government employees hacked
Another day, another incident related to data protection. The Detroit city government offered more than 15,000 public employees a free credit monitoring...
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Ransomware shuts down a 100-year-old car parts manufacturer; more than 4,000 jobs lost
A new ransomware incident has harshly affected a major automotive company. Gedia Automotive Group, a German car parts manufacturer with nearly 5,000...
- 1.4KMalware
New Mac malware detected. Thousands of Apple users infected each day
During 2019, network security specialists from Kaspersky issued reports on thousands of infections of Shlayer, a new Trojan family, managing to prevent...
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New ransomware is hacking plastic surgeons to blackmail them to publish before and after pics of clients
A few days ago a clinic specializing in cosmetic surgeries revealed that it was the victim of a ransomware incident. These attacks...
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CEO of a cybersecurity company arrested of hacking clients to sell his services
As in any other context, blind trusting someone can be a bad idea in terms of cybersecurity. An individual originally from Georgia,...
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Russian bank suffers the largest DDoS attack by IOT devices of history
The information security team at Sberbank, Russia’s largest bank and one of the most important financial institutions in Europe has just repelled...
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Co-working company Regus suffers massive data breach
Incredible as it may seem, human factor oversights remain the leading cause of incidents related to company’s employees and clients data protection...
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Mitsubishi Electric has been hacked. Internal networks and data exposed
Information security specialists reported a massive cyberattack against Mitsubishi Electric. Apparently, corporate networks were compromised, as were multiple details about government agencies...
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Google, Yahoo, Microsoft, Intel, IBM, Sony, Honda, Toyota, among others, affected by critical vulnerabilities in OpenCV
Security flaws in the most commonly used technologies can have disastrous consequences for multiple developers or different companies. A Cisco Talos vulnerability...
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Ransomware virus shuts down a hospital for 5 days. All surgeries computers blocked
Over the past year there has been a significant increase in the number of ransomware attacks against hospitals and clinical laboratories in...
- 2.2KVulnerabilities
Patch your Citrix servers before hackers install a patch that works as a backdoor
According to network security experts, attacks against Citrix deployments have grown considerably over the past few weeks, with corporate networks of major...
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Over 70k women personal photos were leaked by Tinder
Cybersecurity and ethical hacking firm Gizmodo has published a report mentioning that around 70,000 photos of Tinder female users have been leaked...
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Billboards hacked at a subway station to display porn
A new hacking incident in electronic billboards has been reported by information security specialists. Last Thursday, during the maintenance of an interactive...
- 1.1KData Security
What is “locked computer”? The new attack technique used by hackers
Despite current technological advances, many cybercriminal groups keep resorting to old tricks to scam their victims, simply adding some variants to their...
- 4.4KData Security
Google plans measures to block the use of third-party cookies
Google has announced its plan to limit the number of advertising third-party cookies on websites visited through Chrome as a privacy and...
- 1.5KVulnerabilities
6 vulnerable WordPress plugins you should delete immediately if no update is available
Jenkins, the open source automation server, has issued a security alert regarding a number of vulnerabilities found in some of the most...
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334 vulnerabilities found in Oracle; security patches already available
On a regular basis, technology companies’ vulnerability testing teams release updates to their systems, ensuring the proper functioning of their developments, as...
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Banks cancel 15,000 payment cards due to the hacking of a travel website
In an unprecedented event, executives at Greece’s four largest banks have decided to cancel and replace about 15,000 payment cards (credit and...
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Australian bank P&N leaked its customers’ personal information
Network security specialists report that P&N Bank, a banking institution operating in Western Australia, has fallen victim of a data breach that...
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Couple sentenced to 5 years in prison for hacking 700 banking and mobile phone accounts
Thanks to an investigation by the UK Cybercrime Unit, in collaboration with ethical hacking experts, a couple was arrested and sentenced to...
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Adult sites ImLive, Sexier.com, FetishGalaxy, Supermen.com, Shemale.com, sex.sex, and more leaked personal information from all their porn stars
Information security firm vpnMentor has released a report about a leak of nearly 20 GB of information stored by PussyCash and the...
