Marriott Faces $123 Million GDPR Fine Over Starwood Data Breach

After fining British Airways with a record fine of £183 million earlier this week, the UK's data privacy regulator is now planning to slap world's biggest hotel chain Marriott International with a £99 million $123 million fine under GDPR over 2014 data breach. This is the second major penalty...

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...

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...

UK Regulator Fines Equifax £500,000 Over 2017 Data Breach

Atlanta-based consumer credit reporting agency Equifax has been issued a £500,000 fine by the UK's privacy watchdog for its last year's massive data breach that exposed personal and financial data of hundreds of millions of its customers. Yes, £500,000—that's the maximum fine allowed by the UK's...

CVE-2017-18301

In Small Cell SoC and Snapdragon Automobile, Mobile, Wear in version FSM9055, FSM9955, MDM9607, MDM9640, MDM9650, MSM8909W, SD 425, SD 427, SD 430, SD 435, SD 450, SD 617, SD 625, SD 650/52, SD 820, SD 820A, SD 835, SD 845, SDM630, SDM636, SDM660, SDX20, SnapdragonHighMed2016, providing the NULL...

CVE-2017-18301

In Small Cell SoC and Snapdragon Automobile, Mobile, Wear in version FSM9055, FSM9955, MDM9607, MDM9640, MDM9650, MSM8909W, SD 425, SD 427, SD 430, SD 435, SD 450, SD 617, SD 625, SD 650/52, SD 820, SD 820A, SD 835, SD 845, SDM630, SDM636, SDM660, SDX20, SnapdragonHighMed2016, providing the NULL...

CVE-2017-18301: NULL Pointer Dereference

In Small Cell SoC and Snapdragon Automobile, Mobile, Wear in version FSM9055, FSM9955, MDM9607, MDM9640, MDM9650, MSM8909W, SD 425, SD 427, SD 430, SD 435, SD 450, SD 617, SD 625, SD 650/52, SD 820, SD 820A, SD 835, SD 845, SDM630, SDM636, SDM660, SDX20, SnapdragonHighMed2016, providing the NULL...

PT-2018-6820

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Small Cell SoC and Snapdragon Automobile, Mobile, Wear versions FSM9055, FSM9955, MDM9607, MDM9640, MDM9650, MSM8909W, SD 425, SD 427, SD 430, SD 435, SD 450, SD 617, SD 625, SD 650/52, SD 820, SD 820A, SD 835, SD 845, SDM630, SDM636, SDM660,...

CVE-2018-11832

In all android releases Android for MSM, Firefox OS for MSM, QRD Android from CAF using the linux kernel, lack of input size validation before copying to buffer in PMIC function can lead to heap overflow...

Germany bans kids smartwatches, asks parents to destroy them

By Waqas Garmanys Telecoms regulator the Federal Network Agency The Bundesnetzagentur which This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Germany bans kids smartwatches, asks parents to destroy them...

USN-3343-1 linux vulnerabilities

USN 3335-1 fixed a vulnerability in the Linux kernel. However, that fix introduced regressions for some Java applications. This update addresses the issue. We apologize for the inconvenience. It was discovered that a use-after-free vulnerability in the core voltage regulator driver of the Linux...

The vulnerability in the drivers/regulator/core.c component of the Android operating system allows a hacker to trigger a service failure or increase their privileges.

The vulnerability of the regulatorenagpiofree function in the drivers/regulator/core.c component of the Android operating system is related to the use of memory after it is freed. Exploiting this vulnerability can allow a remote attacker to increase their privileges or cause a service failure the...

Linux kernel denial of service vulnerability (CNVD-2017-06845)

The Linux kernel is the kernel used by the operating system Linux, released by the Linux Foundation in the United States. A security vulnerability exists in the 'regulatorenagpiofree' function in the drivers/regulator/core.c file in versions of Linux kernel prior to 3.19. An attacker can exploit...

DEBIAN-CVE-2014-9940

The regulatorenagpiofree function in drivers/regulator/core.c in the Linux kernel before 3.19 allows local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service use-after-free via a crafted application...

UBUNTU-CVE-2014-9940

The regulatorenagpiofree function in drivers/regulator/core.c in the Linux kernel before 3.19 allows local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service use-after-free via a crafted application...

Polish Banks Hacked using Malware Planted on their own Government Site

In what considered to be the largest system hack in the country's history and a massive attack on the financial sector, several banks in Poland have been infected with malware. What's surprising? The source of the malware infection is their own financial regulator, the Polish Financial Supervisio...

Germany Orders Facebook to Stop Collecting Data on WhatsApp Users

A German privacy regulator issued an order this week prohibiting Facebook from collecting user data on German WhatsApp users, calling the company’s actions misleading and in violation of the nation’s data protection law. The move comes a few weeks after a recent WhatsApp policy change that said t...

'Bitcoin is Now Officially a Commodity' — US Regulator Declared

Bitcoins are making their way, in Bits and Pieces. In a recent report The Hacker News THN had mentioned about banks adopting the Blockchain Technology from Bitcoins; to create a safe and secure distributed ledger. Now, last week U.S. Commodity Future Trading Commission CFTC, has added Bitcoins an...

CVE-2014-9201

Beckwith Electric M-6200 Digital Voltage Regulator Control with firmware before D-0198V04.07.00, M-6200A Digital Voltage Regulator Control with firmware before D-0228V02.01.07, M-2001D Digital Tapchanger Control with firmware before D-0214V01.10.04, M-6283A Three Phase Digital Capacitor Bank...

CVE-2014-9201

The CVE-2014-9201 issue affects Beckwith Electric devices that generate TCP initial sequence numbers (ISNs) insecurely, enabling TCP session spoofing due to predictable ISN values. Affected products include the M-6200 and M-6200A Digital Voltage Regulator Controllers (firmware before D-0198V04.07...