Tag: hack
Police hijack a botnet and remotely kill 850,000 malware infections
In a rare feat, French police have hijacked and neutralized a massive cryptocurrency mining botnet controlling close to a million infected computers.
The notorious Retadup...
7.7 million LabCorp records stolen in same hack affecting Quest
LabCorp is the latest laboratory testing giant this week to confirm it’s affected by the same third-party data breach.
The Burlington, North Carolina-based medical giant...
Marriott now says 5 million unencrypted passport numbers were stolen in...
Starwood’s data breach just got both better and worse at the same time.
Marriott, which owns hotel chain giant Starwood, said it has revised the number...
DiscountMugs.com says four months of customer credit cards stolen by hackers
DiscountMugs.com, a large online custom mug and apparel store, had a four-month long data breach just before the busy Christmas holiday season.
The company said...
Hacker leaks data on Angela Merkel and hundreds of German lawmakers
A hacker has targeted and released private data on German chancellor Angela Merkel and other senior German lawmakers and officials.
The data was leaked from...
3D-printed heads let hackers – and cops – unlock your phone
There’s a lot you can make with a 3D printer: from prosthetics, corneas, and firearms — even an Olympic-standard luge.
You can even 3D print...
Credit card stealing malware on Canada’s 1-800-FLOWERS website went undetected for...
It’s going to take more than a bunch of posies to make up for this one.
The Canadian branch of 1-800-FLOWERS revealed in a filing...
Marriott’s breach response is so bad, security experts are filling in...
Last Friday, Marriott sent out millions of emails warning of a massive data breach — some 500 million guest reservations had been stolen from...
A leaky database of SMS text messages exposed password resets and...
A security lapse has exposed a massive database containing tens of millions of text messages, including password reset links, two-factor codes, shipping notifications and...
Hackers stole income, immigration and tax data in Healthcare.gov breach, government...
Hackers siphoned off thousands of Healthcare.gov applications by breaking into the accounts of brokers and agents tasked with helping customers sign up for healthcare...
