Facebook pulls its VPN from the iOS App Store after data-harvesting accusations
Facebook has withdrawn its Onavo Protect VPN app from the iOS App Store after Apple determined that it was breaking…
Chinese company exposes data of 50.5 million users, mostly children
The Chinese global mobile app and mobile platform development firm, Sungy Mobile, aka GOMO, may have leaked the data of…
NIST Small Business Cybersecurity Act passed into law
US president Donald Trump signed the NIST Small Business Cybersecurity Act last week, a law that will help small businesses…
Apple hacked by 16-year-old who “dreamed” of working for firm
An Australian teenager has admitted hacking into Apple’s internal network and stealing 90 GB worth of files. The 16-year-old, who…
Florida man arrested as cops bring down SIM swap scam ring
A cyber fraud ring operating across multiple states was detected by US law enforcement in February 2018, after the mother…
Middle Eastern energy sector at risk, top target of Iranian hackers
Iranian hackers might be the next criminal group to be worried about, after the country has joined the ranks of…
0-day flaw in macOS High Sierra lets hackers dump all passwords from keychain
Apple prides itself on the airtight security offered by its family of products, including the Mac operating system, macOS. But…
DeepLocker: new breed of malware that uses AI to fly under the radar
IBM researchers are seeking to raise awareness that AI-powered threats are coming our way soon. To that end, they’ve created…
Tibetan activists, diaspora hit by resurfacing malware in cyberespionage operation
The Tibetan diaspora has once again fallen victim to a sophisticated malware campaign similar to one detected in 2016, reports…
Hackers phish Butlin’s holiday camp chain, access customers’ personal data
Fabled British holiday camp chain Butlin’s has admitted that it has suffered a data breach that may have exposed details…
UK government worried Huawei software could facilitate cyberespionage
Huawei Technologies, the Chinese ICT infrastructure and smart device manufacturer, is now on UK’s security blacklist following technical “shortcomings” in…
Professional Golfers’ Association hit by ransomware days before championship
Mere days before the Professional Golfers’ Association Championship at the Bellerive Country Club this week, hackers took control of the…
Researchers aim to befuddle cybercriminals with defensive WWII fighter pilot trick
Most ethical hackers prefer to lend their services to eliminate potentially harmful bugs. But one team of white hats wants…
No cryptocurrency exchange can fully guarantee security, researchers say
2017 saw many risk-takers rack up small fortunes by riding the Bitcoin wave, but some ended up in tears —…
Snapchat’s source code leaked out, and was published on GitHub
Snap, the parent company of SnapChat, has revealed that an update earlier this year to the social media app accidentally…
At $17 million, Atlanta network recovery six times more expensive than estimated
The SamSam ransomware attack on the city of Atlanta in March is probably one of the most expensive security incidents,…
US Treasury releases guidelines to improve financial regulation, foster tech innovation
On July 31, the US Department of the Treasury called for increased consumer data protection and notification guidelines for national…
Update your InkJet printer now! HP reports critical vulnerabilities in several product lines
Hardware vendor Hewlett Packard is sounding the alarm over two vulnerabilities in some of its popular printers, urging customers to…
Clever cryptojacking campaign targets MicroTik routers. If you own one, patch now!
Hackers are conducting several malware campaigns involving cryptojacking tools and vulnerable MikroTik routers. Their clever technique eliminates the need to…
Hacker demands nothing after infecting Hong Kong Department of Health with ransomware
An incident that can only be described as strange occurred in Hong Kong last month when an unknown attacker used…
Reddit hacked – but don’t give up on 2FA just yet
As you’ve probably heard in the news, Reddit has been hacked. The immensely popular website says that it discovered a…
US Department of Justice creates software blacklist to prevent foreign attacks
The US Department of Justice wants to educate its contractors and military software buyers about malicious software that could infiltrate…
Multi-vector ransomware attack shuts down Alaskan suburbs
BitPaymer ransomware, a component of Crypto Locker ransomware, infected the Borough of Matanuska-Susitna (Mat-Su) and City of Valdez in Alaska,…
Steam game Abstractism pulled after cryptomining accusations
Valve has pulled a game from its online Steam store after allegations were made that it was exploiting players’ computer…
Prison inmates hacked tablets to earn $225,000 in credits
364 inmates in five of Idaho’s state prisons have exploited vulnerabilities in the JPay tablets they use to read email…
Google Play Store no longer accepts crypto-mining apps
Taking a leaf from Apple’s rulebook regarding cryptocurrency mining, Google has updated its Play Store guidelines to keep shady financial…
GDPR directly impacts Facebook, 1 million European users lost
It was likely that GDPR would have consequences on all companies whose business affects Europeans, but Facebook appears to be…
‘Password Check Required Immediately’ – most effective phishing line
Leveraging a key human trait that machines would not fall for, cybercriminals can easily manipulate or fool humans using social…
Virginia Bank falls victim to two phishing scams, loses $2 million
No matter how hard security companies work on improving detection and teaching employees about insider threats and risks, corporate environments…
Russia analyzes Fake News Bill to allegedly stop proliferation of deceitful content
The deliberate spread of false information through websites and social media, also known as fake news campaigns, has increased in…
Google marks all HTTP sites ‘not secure’ starting today
With the release of Google Chrome 68 today, technology behemoth Google is labeling all HTTP sites as “not secure,” in…
US clinical lab recovers within 50 minutes of getting hit by SamSam ransomware
LabCorp, a clinical lab based in Burlington, North Carolina, fell victim to a ransomware attack last week, in the latest…
Microsoft offers up to $100,000 to identity bug finders
Want to earn $100,000? You could win as much as that if you manage to uncover a serious vulnerability in…
Silk Road administrator extradited to the US to face trial
The Silk Road investigation has led to another, and final, major arrest, that of 30-year-old Irish citizen Gary Davis, also…
Trump casts doubt on Justice Department investigation; wants joint cybersecurity team with Russia
Not long ago, an official from the former Obama administration warned that the US is the most vulnerable nation to…
Ticketmaster falls victim to worldwide digital card skimming attack
At the end of June, online ticket company Ticketmaster confirmed that Inbenta, a third-party website supplier, suffered a security incident.…
Missouri hospital forced to divert patients after ransomware attack
A Harrisonville, Missouri-based hospital has been forced to shut down some operations and divert patients after a ransomware attack on…
Vengeful hacker exposes DomainFactory customer banking data and passwords
A German web-hosting firm has suffered a severe data breach because one of its customers reportedly owed money to the…
New iOS security feature can be defeated by a $39 adapter… sold by Apple
Yesterday Apple released a brace of updates for its software – fixing bugs and patching security holes in the likes…
Apple to terminate developers who collect, sell user data without consent
Apple has updated the Legal section of its App Store rulebook to include new guidelines for members of the iOS…
Patch your Flash Player now! Zero-day actively exploited in the wild
Adobe has released patches for all users running Flash Player 29.0.0.171 and earlier versions, addressing critical flaws in its trouble-plagued…
Australia to force tech companies to allow government access to encrypted messages
The Australian government has drafted laws to gain access to encrypted messages from messaging apps, but tech companies fear this…
Apple users can download all the data the company has on them
Unless you’ve been living under a rock this entire time, you’ve probably heard and already been blasted with emails related…
Russian hacker gets 35 years in prison for running counter-AV service
A citizen of the former USSR who had been living in Riga, Latvia faces three charges related to his operation…
Security experts say government regulation is a lousy option – but may still be the best
A survey of over 500 security professionals has revealed, rather disconcertingly, that most believe governments should regulate the way social…
Text bombs and “Black Dots of Death” plague WhatsApp and iMessage users
If you believed all the headlines you would think the problem is more serious than it really is. “Beware the…
IBM bans all staff from using USB drives out of security concern
IBM is banning all removable storage, company-wide, in a new policy that seeks to avoid financial and reputational damage stemming…
Blockchain-powered e-commerce startup leaks personal information of 25,000 early investors
A misconfigured MongoDB database has led to the leak of names, email and physical addresses, wallet information, encrypted passwords, and…
Flawed routers with hardcoded passwords were manufactured by firm that posed “national security risk” to UK
Earlier this month the UK’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) issued a warning to telecoms firms about the potential risks…
