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A Mysterious Data Breach Exposed over 1 Million Payment Cards in South Korea in Just Two Months
Stolen personal data gets bought and sold on the dark web every single day. Monitoring these illegal markets and the trends that emerge on them is high on security companies' priority lists. This way, they can see... Read more
What Does Nation-Sponsored Hacking Entail and Should You Be Worried About It?
In theory, probably everyone can imagine what a hacking process looks like. We might not know all the details, but we know that it is a malicious deed that can render the victims penniless and file-less. Worse, cyber... Read more
Here's All You Need to Know About DataSpii and the 8 Extensions That Could Leak Information About You
We don't pay nearly as much attention as we should to our browsers. A web browser is our gateway to the online world, and often, going about our everyday lives without it is impossible. Because it's such an... Read more
An iOS 13 Bug Allows Unauthorized Access to the Data in 'Website & App Passwords' Settings
Ask any fan of Apple products what makes their devices better than the rest, and one of the arguments that will inevitably crop up is the steady stream of software updates. Indeed, cold, hard statistics show that... Read more
Hackers Put a Backdoor in a Ruby Password Strength Checking Library
Password strength meters were created for all the best reasons. Their idea is to alert people to the danger of weak passwords and to encourage them to better protect their data. Unfortunately, they are not perfect. In... Read more
A Chinese IoT Company Exposes More Than 2 Billion Records in an Insecure Database
Several months ago, VPN review website vpnMentor gathered together a group of security researchers and organized a web-mapping project. The team is headed by Noam Rotem and Ran Locar, and their task is to scan blocks... Read more
Capital One Was Hit by a Massive Data Breach - Here's What You Need to Know
If you've applied for a credit card at Capital One between 2005 and 2019, you are very likely to be affected by the data breach the US bank announced yesterday. Capital One admitted that a hacker has accessed copious... Read more
Robinhood Accidentally Left Some of Its Users' Passwords in Plaintext
Robinhood Markets Inc. is a privately-owned financial services company that is best known for its commission-free stock trading app. It recently completed its latest round of financing and is now believed to be worth... Read more
Slack Started Resetting Passwords That Were Affected During the 2015 Data Breach
Can a data breach that happened and was remedied some four years ago impact people right now? Last week, popular work collaboration and instant messaging service Slack showed us that this is indeed possible. Let's... Read more
Hackers Could Have Broken into Any Instagram Account Through a Flaw in the Password Reset System
Most Facebook users probably have no idea who Laxman Muthiyah is, which is a shame because they have no idea how much he has done to protect their privacy. Laxman Muthiyah is a web developer and security researcher... Read more
A Badly Designed Payment App Causes $500 Thousand in Damages for Japanese 7-Eleven Customers
As we all know, Japan is often among the first countries to embrace a new piece of technology and to implement it in people's everyday lives. In light of all this, many of you will probably be surprised to learn that... Read more
Scammers Use Instagram's 'Verified Account' Status to Steal Users' Credentials
What do the (usually) blue tick badges placed next to the names of some Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook profiles do? Technically, they indicate that the social network has verified the account owner, but for many... Read more
Private Data of 13,000 National Australia Bank Customers Was Exposed, but Passwords Were Spared
We keep saying that money isn't everything, but at the same time, there's little point in denying the fact that without money, our lives will be difficult. What's more, most of us work long and hard to earn our money,... Read more
Sky Customers Are Informed That Their Passwords Have Been Reset as a 'Safety Precaution'
What's worse than a cybersecurity incident? Poorly handled cybersecurity incident. British telecommunication provider Sky UK is trying to give everybody a pretty good understanding of what 'poorly handled... Read more
Did FaceApp Steal All Your Personal Photos? No, It Didn't!
Unfortunately, it looks like the only thing easier than accessing information in the 21st century is accessing information that is factually incorrect. Last week's viral spread of misinformation around popular mobile... Read more
FinSpy Malware Can Intercept Messages on FB Messenger, Skype, Signal, and Other Platforms
The homepage of a German company called Gamma Group claims that it provides 'turnkey telecommunications solutions, expertise, and consultancy'. But is this really all there is to it? Well, have a look at an archived... Read more
The Maker of a Gay Dating App Gets Fined After Leaking Private Photos
Should software developers and online service providers be held accountable when they fail to protect users' data? Of course they should. Is this happening in the real world? Well, Online Buddies, Inc. the maker of... Read more
New Steam Scam Promises a Free Game and Steals Users' Credentials
Most of you know very well that when you're offered something for nothing in the real world, you should be more than a little careful. Online, however, things are a bit different. Far too many people are used to the... Read more
