Data Breaches Billions of records exposed: 2019 on track to be worst year ever for data breachesUSA TODAY Money - Paul AusickThe number of data breaches resulting in exposed records is up by 54% year over year in the first half of 2019, and the number of records exposed in those breaches is up by 52%. More than 3,800 data breaches
Branding Apple: 'We'll treat sites like malware if they break ad tracking rules'thedrum.com - Rebecca Stewart Months after updating Safari's anti-tracking feature, Intelligent Tracking Prevention (ITP), Apple has detailed a further set of anti-tracking …
Corellium Apple Sues Cybersecurity Startup For ‘Illegally Replicating’ iPhone iOSForbes - Thomas BrewsterApple has filed a lawsuit against a security startup for what the Cupertino company claims is illegal replication of the iPhone operating system, iOS. The startup is Corellium, first revealed by Forbes
Play buttonAutos Keyless Car Security Vulnerabilities Testedmotor1.com - Dominik Wilde Keyless cars provide huge convenience for owners and drivers alike, however, they also make stealing cars considerably easier as well. In a matter of …
Ransomware Ransomware attack cripples at least 20 local Texas agencies, state government saysFox News - Melissa LeonAt least 20 local government entities across Texas have been taken hostage by a coordinated ransomware attack, the Texas Department of Information Resources announced Friday. The specific agencies and
Technology 700,000 Choice Hotels records leaked in data breach, ransom demandedZDNet - Charlie Osborne Researchers found the unsecured database, but hackers got there first. 700,000 records belonging to Choice Hotels have reportedly been stolen with …
AWS Lambda The Truth About Privileged Access Security On AWS and Other Public CloudsForbes - Louis ColumbusBottom Line: Amazon’s Identity and Access Management (IAM) centralizes identity roles, policies and Config Rules yet doesn’t go far enough to provide a Zero Trust-based approach to Privileged Access Management
Computers 1.5% of Chrome users’ passwords are known to be compromised, according to GoogleDigital Trends - Georgina Torbet 1.5% of passwords used in Chrome are unsafe and have been released in data breaches, according to new information from Google. In February, a new …
Microsoft Office Microsoft Confirms Update Warning For Windows 10, Windows 8.1 And Windows 7 UsersForbes - Davey WinderThe latest Patch Tuesday update from Microsoft included several critical security fixes. Unfortunately, as Microsoft has now confirmed, it also borked some things. If you haven't applied that August 13
Michigan Health information of 5,500 Michigan Medicine patients exposed in data breachmlive.com - Martin Slagter ANN ARBOR, Mich. — Approximately 5,500 Michigan Medicine patients may have had their health records exposed in a phishing scam, exposing everything …
Technology We Asked Def Con Attendees Why People Are Still Getting HackedVICE - Lorenzo Franceshi-BicchieraiThis year's Def Con—the world's biggest hacking conference—was more sprawling than ever. Held annually in Las Vegas, the conference has grown over the last 27 years from a small gathering of hackers huddled
Internet of Things Growing adoption of IoT devices is the largest cyber security risk - IoT Now - How to run an IoT enabled businessiot-now.com - Posted by Anasia D'mello Crimes of opportunity depend on vulnerabilities. Fast advances in technology and the Internet of Things (IoT) create vulnerabilities. You would be …
Technology Delta Sues Chatbot Provider Over 2017 BreachThe Wall Street Journal. - Catherine StuppDelta Air Lines Inc. is suing an artificial-intelligence company that powered a chatbot on the carrier’s website, accusing it of lax cybersecurity that caused a 2017 data breach. The unusual lawsuit highlights
Startups (India) South Korean Biometrics Security Platform Breached, Leaks ‘Millions’ Of Fingerprintsinc42.com - Yatti Soni A web privacy research group, vpnMentor has discovered a security loophole in the biometric database of a security platform BioStar 2, which is built …
Mobile Technology Google study says people are still using old passwords after being compromisedTNW - Ravie LakshmananMore than 300,000 users continue to utilize credentials that have been previously compromised, with people visiting entertainment and porn websites most at fault. That’s according to a new study by Google,
Capital One Some Capital One staff raised concerns before hack - WSJSeeking Alpha - Liz Kiesche Before a massive data breach at Capital One Financial (COF +2%), some employees flagged concerns about cybersecurity unit staffing issues and other …
Technology 8 million Android users tricked into downloading 85 adware apps from Google PlayTechCrunch - Zack WhittakerDozens of Android adware apps disguised as photo-editing apps and games have been caught serving ads that would take over users’ screens as part of a fraudulent money-making scheme. Security firm Trend
Kaspersky Lab Kaspersky AV injected unique ID that allowed sites to track users, even in incognito modeArs Technica - Dan Goodin Feature Kaspersky added in 2015 also made it possible to be ID'd across different browsers. Antivirus software is something that can help people be …
Bluetooth Serious Bluetooth security flaw officially acknowledged; now patched by Apple9to5Mac - Ben LovejoyA serious Bluetooth security flaw has been acknowledged by Bluetooth SIG, the official body in charge of standards for the wireless communications technology. It is sufficiently dangerous that the official
Cybersecurity Google Finds 316,000 Accounts Using Logins From Past BreachesPCMag - Michael Kan Google's findings are based on a free Chrome extension it released in February called Password Checkup, which will alert you when your password …
Politics Kentucky official says counties can't upgrade cybersecurity because they're 'severely under resourced'CNN - By Kevin Collier, CNNSilver Spring, Maryland (CNN) — A top Kentucky election official said Thursday that counties there are "severely under resourced," affecting their abilities to provide adequate cybersecurity. "Most of
European Central Bank European Central Bank Breach: ECB Confirms Hack And Shuts Down WebsiteForbes - Davey WinderThe European Central Bank (ECB) has confirmed that it has suffered a breach that involved attackers injecting malware and led to a potential loss of data. In a statement published August 15, the ECB confirmed
Paypal FBI used PayPal verification history to track cybercriminalQuartz - Justin RohrlichAt the beginning of May, a San Francisco-based tech firm called Scale AI contacted the FBI after discovering its internal computer network had been hacked. Roughly $40,000 had been drained out of its $140
Kaspersky Lab Kaspersky Antivirus Software Exposed Millions to Web TrackingTom's Guide - Paul Wagenseil Kaspersky antivirus software let websites track users for years, a German journalist revealed today (Aug. 15). Ronald Eikenberg of c't magazine …
Business Technology Formjacking dominates web-related data breachescomputerweekly.com - Warwick Ashford Decentralisation of web content and services is widening the attack surface, leaving businesses and consumers increasingly exposed to password and …
Microsoft warns of Windows 10 vulnerabilities, urges users to updateTODAY - TODAY.com Microsoft says its Windows 10 program has two critical vulnerabilities and affected computers could spread viruses and malware. The company is urging users to update the system immediately.
Cybersecurity The Mainframe Is Seeing a Resurgence. Is Security Keeping Pace?darkreading.com The old-school technology is experiencing new popularity, but too many people assume mainframes are inherently secure. By all accounts, a mainframe …
Data Breaches 2019 set to be another record year for data breachescomputerweekly.com - Warwick Ashford half of the year compared with the same period in 2018, with the business sector most affected, a report reveals. A total of 3,813 breaches were …
Capital One Feds say Capital One suspect may have hacked 30-plus companiesNBC News - Associated PressPaige Thompson, of Seattle, was arrested last month after the FBI said she obtained personal information from more than 100 million Capital One credit applications. Federal prosecutors say a woman charged
Bluetooth Critical Bluetooth Flaw Leaves Millions Open to AttackLaptop Mag - Phillip Tracy Think twice before connecting a Bluetooth device to your laptop or smartphone --- someone might be listening. Security researchers recently discovered …
