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Web.com Hacked! Credit Card information of 93,000 Customers Compromised
Web.com, a Florida-based web hosting company with up to 3.3 Million customers, has suffered a data breach and may have compromised personal information and credit card data belonging to 93,000 of its clients. The company on Tuesday confirmed that some unknown hackers had breached one of its...
Web.com Data Breach
Update Florida-based web hosting company Web.com on Tuesday announced that it had suffered a data breach and payment card and personal information belonging to 93,000 customers was accessed. The company did not say in a statement or press release whether the stolen data was encrypted, nor how it...
Census Bureau Says Breach Didn't Compromise Sensitive Data
Officials at the United States Census Bureau say that the attackers who compromised one of the bureau’s databases last week did not get access to any confidential information, but only data such as names and phone numbers of organizations that submit information to the Federal Audit Clearinghouse...
The social security system, The exposed proximal 2 0 0 vulnerabilities, a hacker can obtain sensitive information-vulnerability warning-the black bar safety net
In recent years, because of the leakage of personal information causes of telecommunications fraud, crooks know of the victims unit, name, ID number, level of income. The social security system vulnerability to cause the leakage of personal information, may be one of the sources. 2 0 1 3 year to...
How Google Is Tracking Your Movie and Event Activities
No doubt, You must be aware that Google tracks you, but what you probably did not realize is how precisely and till what extent it tracks you. Well, Google knows which movies I watched where, when, at what time and with how many of my friends, and knows it so well — even my eyebrows raised slight...
OPM Warned About Vulnerabilities, Governance Weaknesses
It’s hardly a surprise that the U.S. Office of Personnel Management OPM was targeted by nation-state hackers, given the sensitivity of the personal information the office stored. It’s also no shocker that OPM has been successfully infiltrated more than once given the state of its information...
Google My Account Privacy and Security Settings
Less than a week after announcing some welcome changes that keep Android mobile app permissions in check, Google on Monday announced a new privacy and security settings tool. My Account walks users through their Google account’s privacy and security settings, points out potential shortcomings and...
Adult Friend Finder... Hacked & 3.5 Million Users' Database Leaked Online
Until now, hackers have targeted companies and websites that hold your credit card details or medical information, but now they are showing interest in your sex life instead. You heard it right. Adult Friend Finder, a casual dating website with the tagline "hookup, find sex or meet someone hot...
1.1 Million Affected by CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield Breach
CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield announced yesterday that attackers gained access to a single company database containing the sensitive and personal information of more than a million of its current and former health insurance customers. BlueCross BlueShield BCBS is a federation of health insurance...
ICBC Internet banking assistant and other security controls was traced to the presence of the“disaster-level”vulnerability-vulnerability warning-the black bar safety net
Recently, ICBC Internet banking assistant and other security controls was traced to the presence of the“disaster-level”vulnerability, the vulnerability can cause remote arbitrary code execution on the user computer, security caused great harm. Baidu security prompts the user as soon as possible o...
Researchers, FBI Warn of Nepal Earthquake Scams
The earthquake that hit Nepal late last month has caused untold damage in the region and kicked off a massive relief and aid effort. Attackers are loathe to let a chance like that go by, and they have concocted a number of schemes to deprive victims of their money and hope for relief funds. Aid...
MGASA-2015-0154 Updated wesnoth packages fix CVE-2015-0844
Updated wesnoth packages fix security vulnerability A severe security vulnerability in Battle of Wesnoth's game client was found which could allow a malicious user to obtain personal files and information from other players in networked multiplayer games using the built-in WML/Lua API on any...
Where is your social security number today?
As April 15 approaches, the "water cooler" talk revolves around all types of topics related to the tax season. However, due to the overwhelming number of security breaches reported this past year, several individuals are finding that fraudulent tax filings were created with voluntarily provided...
FBI Warns of Phony Sites Offering Government Services
Consumers looking for a replacement Social Security card or government-issued Employer Identification Number EIN are running into a slew of fraudulent search engine results and equally phony websites. The FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center today issued an advisory warning that consumer and...
Hilton Hotels Fix CSRF Vulnerability That Exposed All Accounts
A cross-site request forgery CSRF vulnerability in the website of hotel chain Hilton Worldwide could have inadvertently compromised much of its users’ personal information. Ironically the since-fixed issue stemmed from a promotion the chain was offering to users if they changed their passwords on...
Anthem Refuses Audit Following Massive Breach
UPDATED–Anthem has refused to undergo vulnerability scans and configuration compliance tests in the aftermath of a breach that may have ultimately leaked the personal information of nearly 100 million customers and non-customers. The health insurance giant reportedly turned down an audit of its...
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Twitter Changes Abuse Reporting Process to Address Doxing
Twitter has revised and simplified its rules and process for reporting abusive behavior on the service, and users now have the ability to report people who are posting their personal information. The change essentially gives Twitter users a method to combat doxing, which is the process of dumping...
Anthem Hack May Implicate 18 Million Non-Customers
In addition to roughly 80 million Anthem customers, nearly 20 million more individuals who aren’t customers of the health insurer could ultimately wind up implicated in this month’s massive data breach. The company disclosed yesterday that between 8.8 million and 18.8 million Blue Cross Blue Shie...
Researcher Tries to Get Ahead of CFAA Changes, Dumps 10M Sanitized Passwords
The Obama administration’s proposed changes to Computer Fraud and Abuse Act CFAA have security researchers on edge. The amendments, spurred on by 2014’s seemingly never-ending stream of data breaches, contain vagaries in their language that threaten legitimate research done in the name of improvi...