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Stack Overflow, a popular question and answer site for programmers, disclosed a digital attack in which bad actors accessed its production systems. Mary Ferguson, VP of Engineering at the company, publicly revealed the incident on 16 May. In a statemen… Continue reading Stack Overflow Discloses Digital Attack against Production Systems
Magecart threat actors used the same skimmer against two web-based suppliers to try to steal users’ payment card information. The first attack occurred at 15:56:42 GMT on 10 May when bad actors injected the skimmer into the bottom of a script use… Continue reading Magecart Used Same Skimmer against Two Web-Based Suppliers
Researchers believe bad actors are using man-in-the-middle (MitM) attacks against ASUS software to distribute the Plead backdoor. Near the end of April 2019, researchers at ESET observed several attack attempts that both created and executed the Plead … Continue reading Bad Actors Using MitM Attacks against ASUS to Distribute Plead Backdoor
A global information services company has disclosed a malware attack that affected several of its applications and platforms. On 6 May, global solutions provider Wolters Kluwer published a statement in which it confirmed that it was suffering network i… Continue reading Global Information Services Company Discloses Malware Attack
Fraudsters are targeting consumers with one-ring phone scams that exploit people’s curiosity so as to trick them into paying exorbitant fees. According to the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC), this scam oftentimes begins when a frauds… Continue reading Fraudsters Targeting Consumers with One-Ring Phone Scams
President Trump has signed an executive order (EO) that seeks to bolster the U.S. federal government’s digital security workforce. On 2 May, President Trump authorized the “Executive Order on America’s Cybersecurity Workforce.” … Continue reading President Trump Signs EO to Bolster Federal Digital Security Workforce
An unprotected database made it possible for anyone on the web to view the personal and employment information of 13.7 million users. Security researcher and GDI Foundation member Sanyam Jain discovered the database and determined that it belonged to L… Continue reading Unprotected Database Exposed 13.7M Users’ Employment Information
Security researchers found an unprotected database stored on the cloud that contained detailed information of over 80 million U.S. households. vpnMentor’s Noam Rotem and Ran Locar discovered the unprotected database hosted on a Microsoft cloud se… Continue reading Unprotected Database Exposed Details of Over 80 Million U.S. Households
A digital fraudster posed as English actor and film producer Jason Statham to prey upon and steal money from star-struck users. A woman who asked not to be named said the scam began when someone posing as Statham contacted her while she was on a Facebo… Continue reading Fraudster Posed as Jason Statham to Prey Upon Star-Struck Users
The Washington legislature has passed a bill that effectively expands the state’s consumer data breach notification requirements. Previously, Washington-based organizations needed to notify consumers of a data breach only in the event that the se… Continue reading Washington State Legislature Passes New Data Breach Law