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Malware Discovered in NewEgg Skimming Credit Card Info
Credit Card Info Stolen As one of the largest PC hardware online retailer on the planet, millions of transactions go through NewEgg‘s website every month. In fact, they have 45 million unique monthly visitors and had a $2.65 billion revenue in 2016. Which is why the latest data breach of…
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Ticketmaster Admits Potential Credit Card Info Data Breach
Ticketmaster Admits Potentially Major Data Breach If there is a portal to hell anywhere on Earth, I suspect that it could be at the Ticketmaster office. At the very least it must be near where their automatic call centre is. Unfortunately, though, these days if you want a ticket to…
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Expedia Reveal Hack Exposing Nearly 1m Customers Data
Expedia reveal a major security breach With Spring (sort of) underway, many of us may be considering where we will take our Summer Holiday. To do this one of the more popular options is to use online websites to try and find the best deals. Of these Expedia is certainly one of…
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Supermarket Morrisons Found Legally Liable For Staff Data Breach
Supermarket Morrisons has been found legally liable for the 2015 data breach Morrisons, as a supermarket, prefers to be linked to low prices and affordable shopping. It is, after all, the remit of a supermarket. A landmark court ruling, however, has determined that Morrisons is now liable for a major…
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US Military Spying Archive Left Open in Amazon Web Service
Here’s a lesson why hiring the lowest bidder usually is not the brightest idea. The US military just got caught with their pants down, leaving terabytes of data wide open. Found on Amazon Web Service S3 buckets, the data contains social media spying archives and other sensitive data. These are…
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GameStop Investigating Data Breach That Leaked Credit Card Information
Over the past couple of years, major data breaches have grown from being the exception to the norm. It seems like companies are under a constant onslaught as black hats commit even more resources to seize their lucrative customer information. Over the weekend, a new data breach has emerged from…
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Predictable Passwords Remain Popular Despite Increased Security Breaches
Despite the increase of publicized data breaches and hacking, security researchers have found that most people’s online security habits remain relatively unchanged including their choice of passwords to access online services. Keeper Security has analyzed over 10 million passwords that have become public from these data breaches within 2016 alone…
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Yahoo Data Breach Compromises Over 500 Million Accounts
Earlier in the week, reports had begun circling about a rumoured Yahoo data breach. Now Yahoo Chief Information Security Officer Bob Lord has officially confirmed that the company had been the victim of a state-sponsored hacking operation. Most surprisingly is the breadth of the attack, with over 500 million accounts having their…
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Hackers Stole Account Information of Over 68 Million Dropbox Users
If you’re a long-time Dropbox user, you’ll have noticed that recently the company distributed an email to a large number of its users recently, urging (and in some cases forcing) them to change their passwords. Now the reason for this has come to light: Back in 2012, the cloud storage…
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Data on Thousands of Children Exposed in VTech Hack
It has come to light that earlier this month, popular children’s computer company VTech were the victims of an attack by an unnamed hacker. The hacker was able to gain access to around 5 million user’s credentials, including the 200,000 children whose data was stored by VTech’s Learning Lodge online service.…
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EA Denies Data Breach After User Details Leak to Pastebin
Electronic Arts has denied that it has suffered a data breach following user account details being leaked and briefly posted to Pastebin. According to EA, its servers have not been compromised in any way, but it will still assess the leaked data to determine if it is genuine, and secure…
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Stolen User Data Sells for as Little as $1 on the Dark Web
Online data breaches and stolen user details are becoming a sad reality of life on the internet. Whether it’s the infamous Ashley Madison hack or a phishing attack, it’s tough to stop your information from falling into the wrong hands. You might be surprised, however, how much your personal data…
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Three Spammers Accused of Largest Data Breach in History
The US Department of Justice has charged three men with what could be the biggest data breach in the history of the internet. The three spammers are accused of stealing billions of e-mail addresses from the databases of e-mail service providers. Two of the men, Giang Hoang Vu and Viet Quoc Nguyen,…
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Retailers Must Invest in New Security Procedures, or Major Breaches Could Accelerate
Companies struggle greatly to try to keep their networks safe, including ensuring employee and customer data remains secure. Major retailers are suffering data breaches that often lead to stolen customer debit and credit card data taken by hackers. Popular retailer Target was compromised late last year and 40 million customers…
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UK National Crime Agency Disrupts ‘Shylock’ Malware
Distribution of the “Shylock” malware has been disrupted by the UK National Crime Agency (NCA), in an effort to prevent a growing number of users from being compromised. The Shylock malware reportedly infected more than 30,000 PCs across the world, with a specific focus on targeting bank accounts of UK…
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