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Ashley Madison Agrees to $11.2M Settlement for 2015 Data Breach

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The parent company of Ashley Madison has reached a $11.2 million settlement agreement for victims of a data breach that occurred in 2015. On 14 July, Ruby Life Inc. (formerly Avid Dating Life Inc.) reached the agreement with plaintiffs who had filed class-action lawsuits against the company for the 2015 data breach. The agreed-upon settlement […]… Read More

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Australia’s New Laws Would Force Tech Companies to Decrypt Messages

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The government of Australian has proposed legislation that would compel technology companies to decrypt users’ messages for investigations. If passed, the new laws would function similarly to the United Kingdom’s Investigatory Powers Act by requiring companies to cooperate with investigators. That could mean providing access to encrypted messages exchanged between suspected terrorists or criminals. In […]… Read More

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40% of Orgs Think C-Level Employees at Highest Risk of Getting Hacked, Survey Reveals

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In the early 2010s, nearly half of smartphone owners valued the convenience of mobile shopping more than device security. Most smartphone users are even more attached to their devices today than they were years ago. Nevertheless, mobile security concerns have risen. This disquiet owes at least part of its growth to an increase in the […]… Read More

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University of Iowa Health Care Notifies Patients of Data Breach

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The University of Iowa Health Care (UIHC) has notified thousands of patients of a data breach that exposed their personal and medical information. On 22 June, UIHC sent out notification letters to 5,300 patients affected by the data breach. The University explains in these letters that it has not found any evidence suggesting bad actors […]… Read More

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Hacker Took Over Dark Web Hosting Provider by Exploiting “Major Security Vulnerability”

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A hacker took over a dark web hosting provider by exploiting a “major security vulnerability” and thereby accessing a server. On 8 July, an attacker calling themselves “Dhostpwned” set up a shared hosting account on the service offered by Deep Hosting. They used that account to upload two shells on their servers. One was written […]… Read More

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Hijacker Hits Radio Station with “The Winker’s Song” Rogue Broadcasts

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A hijacker has hit a radio station with a series of rogue broadcasts containing “The Winker’s Song” by comedy band Ivor Biggun. Mansfield 103.2, an independent local radio station in Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, has suffered eight hijacking attacks since June 2017. In each of those offensives, the responsible party is believed to have used a mobile […]… Read More

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