GitLab CE/EE Sensitive Information Plaintext Storage Vulnerability

GitLab is a set of open source applications developed using Ruby on Rails to implement a self-hosted Git version control system project repository, which has similar functionality to Github for accessing the contents of a project's files, commit history, bug lists, and more. A sensitive informati...

Humble Bundle alerts customers to subscription reveal bug

You’ll want to check your mailbox if you have a Humble Bundle account, as they’re notifying some customers of a bug used to gather subscriber information. Click to enlarge The mail reads as follows: Hello, Last week, we discovered someone using a bug in our code to access limited non-personal...

Quora hacked: Personal data of 100 million users stolen

By Waqas Quora hacked - Change your password now. Another day, another data breach - This time Quora, a question-and-answer website, has suffered a massive data breach in which personal data of 100 million registered users has been stolen, the company said on Tuesday, December 4th. In a blog post...

Quora Gets Hacked – 100 Million Users Data Stolen

The World's most popular question-and-answer website Quora has suffered a massive data breach with unknown hackers gaining unauthorized access to potentially sensitive personal information of about 100 million of its users. Quora announced the incident late Monday after its team last Friday...

What the Marriott Breach Says About Security

We don't yet know the root causes that forced Marriott this week to disclose a four-year-long breach involving the personal and financial information of 500 million guests of its Starwood hotel properties. But anytime we see such a colossal intrusion go undetected for so long, the ultimate cause ...

The Marriott Hack: How to Protect Yourself

Up to 500 people's personal information has been stolen in a Marriott hack that lasted four years, one of the biggest breaches yet...

Marriott: Data on 500 Million Guests Stolen in 4-Year Breach

Hospitality giant Marriott today disclosed a massive data breach exposing the personal and financial information on as many as a half billion customers who made reservations at any of its Starwood properties over the past four years. Marriott said the breach involved unauthorized access to a...

500 Million Marriott Guest Records Stolen in Starwood Data Breach

The world's biggest hotel chain Marriott International today disclosed that unknown hackers compromised guest reservation database its subsidiary Starwood hotels and walked away with personal details of about 500 million guests. Starwood Hotels and Resorts Worldwide was acquired by Marriott...

Protecting Against Identity Theft

As the holidays draw near, many consumers turn to the internet to shop for goods and services. Although online shopping can offer convenience and save time, shoppers should be cautious online and protect personal information against identity theft. Identity thieves steal personal information, suc...

Uber fined $1.1 million by UK and Dutch regulators over 2016 data breach

British and Dutch data protection regulators Tuesday hit the ride-sharing company Uber with a total fine of $1,170,892 1.1 million for failing to protect its customers' personal information during a 2016 cyber attack involving millions of users. Late last year, Uber unveiled that the company had...

CVE-2018-19469

ArticleCMS through 2017-02-19 has XSS via the /updatepersonalinfomation realname or email parameter...

CVE-2018-19469

ArticleCMS through 2017-02-19 has XSS via the /updatepersonalinfomation realname or email parameter...

ArticleCMS cross-site scripting vulnerability (CNVD-2018-24188)

ArticleCMS is a responsive content management system CMS built on Bootstrap and ThinkPHP. The system is mainly used for the management of users and articles in the background. A cross-site scripting vulnerability exists in ArticleCMS 2017-02-19 and earlier versions, which can be exploited by a...

What DNA testing kit companies are really doing with your data

Sarah hovered over the mailbox, envelope in hand. She knew as soon as she mailed off her DNA sample, there’d be no turning back. She ran through the information she looked up on 23andMe’s website one more time: the privacy policy, the research parameters, the option to learn about potential healt...

Two TalkTalk hackers jailed for 2015 data breach that cost it £77 million

Two hackers have been sent to prison for their roles in hacking TalkTalk, one of the biggest UK-based telecommunications company, in 2015 and stealing personal information, banking, and credit card details belonging to more than 156,000 customers. Matthew Hanley, 23, and Connor Allsopp, 21, both...

Two TalkTalk hackers jailed for 2015 data breach that cost it £77 million

Two hackers have been sent to prison for their roles in hacking TalkTalk, one of the biggest UK-based telecommunications company, in 2015 and stealing personal information, banking, and credit card details belonging to more than 156,000 customers. Matthew Hanley, 23, and Connor Allsopp, 21, both...

Ford Eyes Using Personal Data to Boost Profits

UPDATE Ford Motor Company is known for making cars and trucks; but the future for the iconic automaker might look a little more like Facebook than an assembly line. As it struggles with hemorrhaging earnings in markets outside of North America, industry-watchers are speculating that Ford is looki...

Tracking and snooping on a million kids

How I found vulnerabilities that could jeopardise child safety. How it started A friend recently showed me a tracker watch that he’d purchased for his young son for less than £10. It offered useful functionality such as two-way calling using a SIM and cellular connection. The accompanying app...

New IoT Security Regulations

Due to ever-evolving technological advances, manufacturers are connecting consumer goods­ -- from toys to light bulbs to major appliances­ -- to the Internet at breakneck speeds. This is the Internet of Things, and it's a security nightmare. The Internet of Things fuses products with communicatio...

Bug Bounty Hunter Ran ISP Doxing Service

A Connecticut man who's earned bug bounty rewards and public recognition from top telecom companies for finding and reporting security holes in their Web sites secretly operated a service that leveraged these same flaws to sell their customers' personal data, KrebsOnSecurity has learned. In May...