Travel site Orbitz warns data breach may have exposed 880,000 payment card details

Online travel services firm Orbitz has revealed that it has suffered a “data security incident” which may have compromised the sensitive information of hundreds of thousands of customers.
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Smashing Security #070: Facebook and Cambridge Diabolica

It’s not fair to describe what happened at Facebook as a data breach – it’s much worse than that. An autonomous Uber vehicle kills a pedestrian. And sextortion continues to be a serious problem.
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Security – it shouldn’t just be the jewel in your crown, but your partners and suppliers too

Before you entrust sensitive data to any third party, your company needs to be sure the partner can and will keep it safe from attack.
Read more in my article on the Bitdefender Business Insights blog.
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Security – it Shouldn’t Just Be the Jewel in Your Crown, but Your Partners and Suppliers Too

You’re not surprised when a purchase of some earrings, a bracelet, or a diamond necklace hurts you in the pocket.
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Cambridge Analytica’s grab of 50 million Facebook users’ data

Cambridge Analytica is widely credited for helping Donald Trump’s successful campaign on social media to be elected President of the United States.
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Hackers continue to exploit hijacked MailChimp accounts in cybercrime campaigns

MailChimp, a service that millions of people around the world use to send out email newsletters, is being abused by hackers to spam out malware. A typical attack involves hackers either compromising an existing MailChimp account, or setting up a fraudu… Continue reading Hackers continue to exploit hijacked MailChimp accounts in cybercrime campaigns→

Poisoned BitTorrent client kickstarted malware outbreak that tried to infect 400,000 PCs

Microsoft has detailed how it intercepted a massive malware distribution campaign on March 6th which attempted to infect over 400,000 Windows PCs with cryptomining software in a single 12 hour period.
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