Tag: data breach
Henry County’s Malware Attack Dents Administrative Pockets
To restore parity from a malware attack and a corresponding data breach, Henry County, a county located in north-central Georgia, ended-up paying more than...
Thief Stole Payroll Data of 29,000 Facebook Employees
Some tens of thousands of current and former Facebook employees are impacted after a thief stole corporate hard drives from an employee’s car. According...
How to Recover from a Data Breach With ID Assist
By ID Assist
As businesses continue to welcome digital transformation with open arms, the challenges they face are increasing. Electronic data is being widely used...
Why CDNs Should be Staple for Web and Apps
By Joshua Blackborne
The world is going mobile. Statista reports that mobiles account for more than half of the global online traffic including 48 percent of...
2.7 Billion Email Addresses Exposed Online
Researchers noticed a huge database containing email addresses and passwords left online without password protection.
A joint investigation by cybersecurity firm Comparitech and security researcher...
APT Hacker Group Targets BMW and Hyundai Networks
A notorious APT hacker group “OceanLotus” compromised the network systems of automobile giant BMW and installed a hacking tool known as “Cobalt Strike” to...
Contractor Leaks Personal Data of AT&T, T-Mobile, and Verizon Subscribers
An error from a third-party contractor has led to a massive data breach where personal information of hundreds of thousands of AT&T, Verizon, and T-Mobile subscribers...
Microsoft says 44 Million Users Reused Passwords in Q1 of 2019
Using a common password for various accounts might seem convenient, but it could be a potential threat for other accounts if an attacker breaks...
TrueDialog Database Exposes Tens of Millions of SMS Data
Around ten million text messages were exposed by an unprotected database run by an American-based communications company, TrueDialog.
Security experts Noam Rotem and Ran Locar...
FBI Defines FaceApp as Counterintelligence Threat
FaceApp, the AI-powered photo-morphing app that took the internet by storm for its unique features and controversial privacy policy has hit the headlines again.
The FBI recently...
