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Marriott Hit With $123M Fine For Massive 2018 Data Breach
The U.K.’s privacy watchdog is hitting Marriott International with a $123 million £99 million penalty stemming from its 2018 data breach of more than 383 million guest records. The Tuesday fine is issued by the Information Commissioner’s Office ICO and comes only a day after the organization...
A Zoom Flaw Gives Hackers Easy Access to Your Webcam
All it takes is one wrong click, and the popular video conferencing software will put you in a meeting with a stranger...
The most magnificent thing about Vulnerabilities and who is behind the magic
What I like the most about software vulnerabilities is how "vulnerability", as a quality of a real object and the computer program is real, literally appears from nothing. Let's say we have a fully updated server. We turn it off, lock it in a safe and forget about it for half a year. Six months...
Ransomware Recovery Firms Who Secretly Pay Hackers
ProPublica is reporting on companies that pretend to recover data locked up by ransomware, but just secretly pay the hackers and then mark up the cost to the victims...
Scammers Prey on Instagram Vanity and 'Verified Account' Status
UPDATE A new Instagram phishing scam circulating the internet lures victims in with promises of exclusive “verified account” status – and then makes away with their personal information. The scam centers around Instagram’s labeling of verified accounts, which indicates that the account user is a...
How Hackers Turn Microsoft Excel's Own Features Against It
A pair of recent findings show how hackers can compromise Excel users without any fancy exploits...
Hackers Are Poking at a MacOS Gatekeeper Flaw Apple Left Unfixed
The clock's ticking to fix a Gatekeeper bug that would let hackers slip malware onto your computer undetected...
Hackers using pirated software to spread new cryptomining Mac malware
By Waqas If you download pirated content from torrent platforms, you can be a victim of this Mac malware. There is a new variant of cryptomining malware that is specifically targeting Apple's Mac devices and those users who prefer downloading pirated software from torrent platforms. Dubbed Bird...
Hackers Used Two Firefox Zero Days to Hit a Crypto Exchange
A ransomware haul, a border security leak, and more of the week's top security news...
Hackers exploit Raspberry Pi device to hack NASA’s mission system
By Waqas According to the report, the hack took place back in 2018 after an unauthorized Raspberry Pi device connected to NASA's JPL servers was targeted by hackers Note: The headline of this article has been changed. The previous one stated that hackers used a Raspberry Pi device to hack into...
This Cryptomining Malware Launches Linux VMs On Windows and macOS
Cybersecurity researchers from at least two firms today unveiled details of a new strain of malware that targets Windows and macOS systems with a Linux-based cryptocurrency mining malware. It may sound strange, but it's true. Dubbed "LoudMiner" and also "Bird Miner," the attack leverages...
Iranian Hackers Launch a New US-Targeted Campaign as Tensions Mount
Three cybersecurity firms have identified phishing attacks stemming from Iran—that may lay the groundwork for something more destructive...
Actress Bella Thorne posts her nudes to tackle threats from hackers
By Uzair Amir Bella Throne will not be bullied by cybercriminals. Stealing private photographs of celebrities and threatening to post them online unless they give in to the demands of the hacker has become a common norm among cybercriminals for making quick bucks. But, not all the celebs could be...
Hackers Target US Power, Amazon Clones a Neighborhood, and More News
Catch up on the most important news from today in two minutes or less...
The Highly Dangerous 'Triton' Hackers Have Probed the US Grid
The same hackers behind a potentially lethal 2017 oil refinery cyberattack are now sniffing at US electrical utility targets...
Hackers Stole a Border Agency Database of Traveler Photos
In compromising a Customs and Border Protection subcontractor, hackers make off with photos of travelers and license plates...
WordPress Sites Worldwide Hit with 'Call-Girl' Search-Engine Pollution
A web spam campaign that targets Koreans is creating problems for site administrators all around the world. Hackers are compromising vulnerable Korean-language WordPress websites, but are also polluting search engine results for non-hacked sites globally. Researchers at Sucuri initially uncovered...
Cryptocurrency Company Hacks Itself Before Hackers Can Hack It
Microsoft deletes its facial recognition database, hackers hit health care, and more of the week's top security news...
The Growing Importance of Cyber Security Skills
By Bryan Davis Cyber attacks are on the rise and it isn’t just the large corporations who are targeted, anyone who does anything online is at risk of being exposed or hacked. The problem with digital crimes is that the culprit could be continents away. However, it isn’t just the hackers that you...