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Vulnerability-reporting platform HackerOne has paid out a US $20,000 bounty after a researcher discovered he was able to access some other users’ bug reports on HackerOne’s website.
Continue reading Cut-and-paste goof reveals HackerOne session cookie, and earns bug hunter $20,000
Andreas Dowling used accounts and text-to-speech software to hide his identity as he caused 35,000 pupils to be evacuated from their schools.
Continue reading Jail for bomb hoaxer who targeted Super Bowl, Houses of Parliament, and schools for Jewish children
Users of the Chinese cryptocurrency exchange IDAX must be feeling a little anxious right now. It has locked its cold wallet, suspending all deposits and withdrawals, after its CEO allegedly disappeared.
Continue reading Cryptocurrency exchange locks its cold wallet as CEO “goes missing”
Earlier this week Spanish security firm Prosegur shut down its network after its systems were hit by a ransomware infection.
Read more in my article on the Hot for Security blog.
Continue reading Customers complain after alarms go offline, as security firm hit by ransomware attack
Earlier this week Spanish security firm Prosegur shut down its network after its systems were hit by a ransomware infection. The first reports that the company – which employs 170,000 staff worldwide, and operates a fleet of 10,000 armoured secur… Continue reading Customers complain after alarms go offline, as security firm hit by ransomware attack
The personal details of some past and present Palo Alto Networks employees – their names, dates of birth and social security numbers – have been exposed online. But is it really the company’s fault?
Read more in my article on the Bit… Continue reading Palo Alto Networks employee data breach highlights risks posed by third party vendors
As Business Insider reports, Palo Alto Networks has suffered a data breach.
The post Palo Alto Networks Employee Data Breach Highlights Risks Posed by Third Party Vendors appeared first on Security Boulevard.
Continue reading Palo Alto Networks Employee Data Breach Highlights Risks Posed by Third Party Vendors
Internet users are being sent sextortion emails, claiming to have recorded videos of their X-rated website visits and demanding payment be made in Litecoin.
Continue reading Sextortion with a twist of Litecoin
In this 20 minute clip from a special bonus episode produced for our Patreon supporters, Graham Cluley and Carole Theriault discuss the 2014 hack of Sony Pictures – reportedly carried out by North Korea for the very oddest of reasons…
Continue reading Smashing Security #156: Better safe than Sony
Facebook and Twitter have announced that personal data related to hundreds of users may have been improperly accessed after users logged into third-party Android apps with their social media accounts.
Read more in my article on the Tripwire State of Se… Continue reading Facebook and Twitter warn some users’ private data was accessed via third-party app SDK