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A new ransomware family has been found targeting Linux-based Network Attached Storage (NAS) devices made by Taiwan-based QNAP Systems and holding users’ important data hostage until a ransom is paid, researchers told The Hacker News.
Ideal for home an… Continue reading A New Ransomware Is Targeting Network Attached Storage (NAS) Devices
A group of researchers has discovered that many of the web’s most popular content management systems are using obsolete algorithms to protect their users’ passwords. Continue reading Pass the salt! Popular CMSs aren’t securing passwords properly
Major UK pub chain, Greene King (Bury St. Edmunds), had its gift card website (https://www.gkgiftcards.co.uk) compromised by hackers. The personal data breach was discovered on 14th May 2019 and confirmed a day later. The pub, restaurant and hotel chai… Continue reading UK Pub Chain ‘Greene King’ Gift Card Website Hacked
After Facebook and Twitter, Google becomes the latest technology giant to have accidentally stored its users’ passwords unprotected in plaintext on its servers—meaning any Google employee who has access to the servers could have read them.
In a blog p… Continue reading Google Stored G Suite Users’ Passwords in Plain-Text for 14 Years
A team of security researchers at Microsoft discovered a potentially serious vulnerability in the Bluetooth-supported version of Google’s Titan Security Keys that could not be patched with a software update.
However, users do not need to worry as Goog… Continue reading Bluetooth Flaw Found in Google Titan Security Keys; Get Free Replacement
Facebook has a lot of problems, then there are a lot of problems for Facebook—and both are not going to end anytime sooner.
Though Facebook has already set aside $5 billion from its revenue to cover a possible fine the company is expecting as a result… Continue reading New York, Canada, Ireland Launch New Investigations Into Facebook Privacy Breaches
A new survey says 46% of users find security confusing, which helps explain how that old clunker keeps popping to the top of breach lists. Continue reading Once again, it’s 123456: the password that says ‘I give up’
Let’s play a game. Below are clues describing a specific type of cyberattack; can you guess what it is? This cyberattack is an automated bot-based attack It uses automation tools such as cURL and PhantomJS It leverages breached usernames and pas… Continue reading Can You Crack the Hack?
What’s that you say – Facebook was asking for the password to your email account? Yes, sometimes it was. Continue reading Facebook won’t ask for your email password any more
Holy moly, Facebook is again at the center of a new privacy controversy after revealing today that its platform mistakenly kept a copy of passwords for “hundreds of millions” users in plaintext.
What’s more? Not just Facebook, Instagram users are also… Continue reading Facebook Mistakenly Stored Millions of Users’ Passwords in Plaintext