Panasonic Network Has Been Hacked
The Japanese company Panasonic said that its network was illegally accessed by a third party on November 11 and that some data on a file server had been accessed during the intrusion.
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Robinhood revealed that a data breach last week exposed millions of customers’ emails and other personal information
Robinhood said that hackers obtained around 5 million email addresses and full names for different group of approximately two million people.
United Nations Breached by Hackers
Hackers breached the United Nations' computer networks earlier this year and made off with a trove of data that could be used to target agencies within the intergovernmental organization.
Microsoft Released Mitigations on Recently Discovered Attack Method
PetitPotam takes advantage of servers where the Active Directory Certificate Services (AD CS) is not configured with protections for NTLM
IBM Announces Cybersecurity Grants for Public Schools
IBM announced that it would be introducing in-kind grants to six school districts valued at $3 million to boost cybersecurity in schools.
How much are your details worth on the dark web?
Researchers from Comparitech, a UK-based online security firm, analyzed more than 40 dark web marketplaces to see how much identities and bundles of full user
Apple iOS 14 Introduces “BlastDoor” to Prevent Execution of Malicious Code
Apple introduces new security mechanism to iMessage, called BlastDoor. What does it do?
Even the smartest people get hacked
Mensa UK , the "high IQ society" organization had failed to secure the data of its 18,000 members properly.
U.S. Wireless Carrier with 4.9 Million Customers Hacked
Retail store's employee were scammed into downloading software on a computer which allowed an attacker to access the computer remotely. The hacker gained access to the company's CRM records since the employee was already logged in to the system.
Famous mobile apps are spying on you!
During the last few weeks there have been several occasions where famous and widely used mobile applications have been caught on spying on your device's
US Secret Service: Rise in hacks of managed service providers (MSPs)
The US Secret Service sent out a security alert last month to the US private sector and government organizations warning about an increase in hacks of managed service providers (MSPs).
Hackers extorted $1.14m from University of California, San Francisco
A leading medical-research institution working on a cure for Covid-19 has admitted it paid hackers a $1.14m (£910,000) ransom after a covert negotiation
Indian government hack exposes 80,000 coronavirus patients’ data
Indian hackers claim to have accessed more than 80,000 coronavirus patients' healthcare records that were insecurely stored on government servers.
South African bank to replace 12m cards after employees stole the master key
The Sunday Times of South Africa, which revealed the story, said the incident took place in December 2018 when someone printed the bank's master key on a
Google faces $5 billion lawsuit for tracking people in incognito mode
Google faces a lawsuit that accuses the company of invading people's privacy and tracking internet use even when browsers are set to "private" mode.
Malware Opens RDP Ports for Future Access
The Sarwent malware is a lesser-known backdoor trojan that has been around since 2018. In a recent campaign it received two critical updates.
Microsoft Confirms Serious Vulnerability
Microsoft has confirmed the risk that "an attacker with physical access to a system can use Thunderspy to read and copy data even from systems
Cloud Threat Report 2020
The "Cloud Threat and Security Report 2020" which identifies the key risks and challenges that organizations face as they implement and maintain cloud solutions