A week in security (March 25 – 31)

Last week, we looked at plugin vulnerabilities, location tracking app problems, and talked about plain text password woes. We also looked at federal data privacy regulation and took a deep dive into BatMobi Adware. Other cybersecurity news Poisoned software update headache for ASUS Source: The...

FTC Hits TikTok With Record $5.7 Million Fine Over Children’s Privacy

The social media app will pay $5.7 million to settle the allegations, and be required to delete videos uploaded by anyone under 13...

Google Faces Legal Turmoil After Location Tracking Debacle

Google is under fire from both legal teams and activists after reports emerged that the technology giant tracked customers’ movements, even when they opt out. The company has been slapped by a lawsuit, filed in the federal court last week out of California, alleging that Google is violating both...

Phone Maker BLU Settles with FTC Over Unauthorized User Data Extraction

Android phone-maker BLU Products agreed to a proposed settlement on Tuesday with the Federal Trade Commission, over allegations it allowed the third-party firm Adups Technology to collect detailed consumer data from users without their consent. In an administrative complaint filed earlier this we...

Breach at Third Party Contractor Affects 18,000 Anthem Members

A month after it agreed to settle 2015’s massive data breach, Anthem Inc., the United States’ largest healthcare company, has a new problem on its hands. The Indianapolis-based company began notifying 18,000 members affected by another unrelated data breach last week. Anthem reported the breach o...

Ashley Madison to Pay $11.2 Million to Data Breach Victims

Ashley Madison, an American most prominent dating website that helps people cheat on their spouses has been hacked, has agreed to an $11.2 Million settlement for roughly 37 million users whose personal details were exposed in a massive data breach two years ago. Though the parent company of Ashle...

June 27, 2017 – Morning Cyber Coffee Headlines – “Helen Keller” Edition

Good morning! Sit with Carbon Black this morning over a cup of coffee or tea and browse a few industry headlines to get the day started. We’ve got just enough information below to get you through that first cup…enjoy! June 27, 2017 - Headlines 'Petya' ransomware attack strikes companies across...

Anthem Agrees to Settle 2015 Data Breach for $115 Million

Like many companies hit by data breaches, Anthem, the United States’ largest for-profit health care company, has been forced to watch from the sidelines while the incident plays out in court. An end finally appears to be in sight however. Late Friday the company agreed to settle a series of...

SQL Injection Vulnerability in the cartSettlement Method of ShopSn V2.0 Mall System

ShopsN Mall system is a product of Shanghai Yiso Network Technology Co., Ltd, an enterprise-class commercial standard full-featured allow free commercial use of open source online store full network system. A SQL injection vulnerability exists in the cartid parameter in the cartSettlement method ...

Smart TV Manufacturer Vizio Fined $2.2M for Tracking Customers

Smart TV manufacturer Vizio tracked data on 11 million of its customers TVs without their knowledge or consent, the Federal Trade Commission announced this week. The Irvine, Calif.-based company agreed on Monday to pay $2.2 million to settle charges that it collected scores of its customers’ data...

Mobile Advertising Firm Found Tracking Users To Pay $950K

After settling charges with the Federal Trade Commission this week a mobile advertising company will pay nearly $1M after it was determined the company tracked customers – including children – without their consent. InMobi, an India-based firm with offices across the world, will pay $950,000 in...

Home Depot Agrees $19.5 Million To Settle 2014 Breach

Home Depot agreed this week to pay $19.5 million to compensate the 40 million cardholders it said were impacted by a massive 2014 data breach. As part of a proposed settlement by Home Depot, it admits no wrongdoing or liability in the breach, according to court filings with the US District Court...

Asus Faces 20 years of Audits Over Poor Wi-Fi Router Security

Currently, Asus is undergoing through a troublesome situation after a lawsuit had been filed by the US Federal Trade Commission FTC regarding its Router Insecurity. On Tuesday, FTC settled charges with Asus, where the hardware manufacturing company agrees to: Undergo Independent Security Audits...

FTC And Asus Settle Over Router Security

The U.S. Federal Trade Commission announced a settlement with ASUSTeK Computer over sloppy security settings tied to its routers that left the personal data of 12,900 consumers’ publicly available. On Tuesday, the Taiwanese electronics company agreed to 20 years of periodic security audits along...

Oracle Java FTC Settlement

Oracle’s stewardship of Java has been scrutinized by the security community, which in 2013 languished through nearly a full year of targeted attacks exploiting zero days and other vulnerabilities in the platform. Since then, Oracle has improved the Java user experience by denying unsigned applets...

Oracle Ordered to Publicly Admit Misleading Java Security Updates

Security issues have long tantalized over 850 Million users that have Oracle's Java software installed on their computers. The worst thing is that the software was not fully updated or secure for years, exposing millions of PCs to attack. And for this reason, Oracle is now paying the price. Oracl...

Target Says SEC Won't Pursue Enforcement Action as a Result of Data Breach

Target officials say that the Securities and Exchange Commission, one of several U.S. agencies investigating the massive data breach at the company in 2013, has decided not to punish Target as a result of the breach. The Target data breach is one of the larger such incidents ever. The breach...

Government Asks for Security Community's Help on Technical Issues

LAS VEGAS–Washington is looking for a few good hackers. Politicians and policymakers in the United States generally are not thought of as being the most technically savvy lot. It’s a reputation that’s well-earned in some cases, with some politicians boasting about their inability to use email and...

Zappos Settles with Nine States Following Data Breach

Online retailer Zappos this week settled with attorneys general in nine states, agreeing to pay out $106,000 stemming from a data breach in 2012 that exposed 24 million customers’ information. Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley filed the settlement in Suffolk Superior Court on Wednesda...

Threatpost News Wrap, May 9, 2014

Dennis Fisher and Mike Mimoso discuss the major news stories of the last couple of weeks, including the proposal in TLS 1.3 to drop RSA key transport, the Snapchat FTC settlement and the end of Windows XP support. And no Heartbleed talk! Download: digitalunderground153.mp3 Music by Chris Gonsalve...