CVE-2023-26485 Quadratic complexity may lead to a denial of service in cmark-gfm

cmark-gfm is GitHub's fork of cmark, a CommonMark parsing and rendering library and program in C. A polynomial time complexity issue in cmark-gfm may lead to unbounded resource exhaustion and subsequent denial of service. This CVE covers quadratic complexity issues when parsing text which leads...

Experian Privacy Vulnerability

Brian Krebs is reporting on a vulnerability in Experians website: Identity thieves have been exploiting a glaring security weakness in the website of Experian, one of the big three consumer credit reporting bureaus. Normally, Experian requires that those seeking a copy of their credit report...

Neiman Marcus data breach affects millions

Millions of Neiman Marcus customers have had their personal and financial information exposed in a data breach. In a press release the company confirmed unauthorized access to customer online accounts. According to the press release 4.6 million customers of Neiman Marcus Group stores, specificall...

Experian South Africa Suffers Data Breach Affecting Millions; Attacker Identified

The South African arm of one of the world's largest credit check companies Experian yesterday announced a data breach incident that exposed personal information of millions of its customers. While Experian itself didn't mention the number of affect customers, in a report, the South African Bankin...

FTC Releases Alert on the Capital One Data Breach

The Federal Trade Commission FTC has released an alert on the Capital One data breach that exposed the personal information of 106 million Capital One credit card customers and applicants. FTC reminds users to check and monitor their credit report to protect against identify theft and to be aware...

Checked Your Credit Since the Equifax Hack?

A recent consumer survey suggests that half of all Americans still haven't checked their credit report since the Equifax breach last year exposed the Social Security numbers, dates of birth, addresses and other personal information on nearly 150 million people. If you're in that fifty percent,...

Equifax aftermath: How to protect against identity theft

Who here is scrambling around in the aftermath of the recent breach at Equifax to figure out if you've been compromised? Who here is wondering what to do about it if you are? If you're one of the 143 million Americans whose data was accessed by cybercriminals, then you probably raised your hand...

How to Freeze Credit Report To Protect Yourself Against Identity Theft

If your Social Security number gets hacked in any data breaches, including recently hacked T-Mobile, then there's a way to prevent hackers from misusing your identity i.e. identity theft. The solution here is that you can institute a security freeze at each of the three credit bureaus, Equifax,...

Experian Breach: 15 Million T-Mobile Customers' Data Hacked

If you applied for financing from T-Mobile anytime between 1 September 2013 and 16 September 2015, you have been HACKED! – even if you never had T-Mobile service. T-Mobile’s credit application processor Experian was hacked, potentially exposing the highly personal information of more than 15...

Threat Outbreak Alert: Fake Credit Report Email Messages on January 17, 2014

Medium Alert ID: 32476 First Published: 2014 January 17 16:42 GMT Version: 1 Summary Cisco Security has detected significant activity related to spam email messages that claim to contain a change to a credit report for the recipient. The text in the email message attempts to convince the recipien...

Thousands of DHS Personnel Notified of Data Breach

The Department of Homeland Security this week began notifying up to tens of thousands of employees, contractors and others with a DHS security clearance that their personal data may be at risk. The notifications began on Monday, according to an online statement, after officials learned of a...

Customer Credit Reports for Resale in Black market

Customer Credit Reports for Resale in Black market Internet security concerns grew the most, Approximately half of respondents said they were seriously concerned about viruses, spam, and the safety of online shopping. 70% of respondents said they were seriously concerned about identity theft, and...

MSNBC: Hackers Crack Credit Report Sites, Sell Profiles

Hackers are actively exploiting weak Web site security at leading credit rating agencies and stealing customer credit reports for resale on the black market, according to a report by MSNBC. Well trafficked websites like AnnualCreditReport.com, Equifax.com, or CreditReport.com are being hacked and...