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SEARS AND DELTA AIR LINES CUSTOMER DATA HAVE BEEN EXPOSED
Personal data and payment information of Sears and Delta Air Lines customers may have been exposed in a data breach last year. Sears and Delta said they were informed last month that some of their customers’ credit card information might … Continue reading
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ANDROID MALWARE IN QR READER APPS ON PLAY STORE
The information security researchers at SophosLabs have discovered a new Android malware in seemingly harmless QR reader apps on Google Play Store. The malware has been developed to flood Android devices with large screen ads to generate revenue for attackers. … Continue reading
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MONGODB HACKED IN 13 SECONDS
For the last couple of years, hackers have been exploiting unprotected MongoDB based servers to steal data and hold the exposed databases for ransom. Hackers leaked 36 million records of internal data collected from several vulnerable servers. The information security training researchers … Continue reading
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PUERTO RICO POWER UTILITY HACKED
Puerto Rico’s power utility, PREPA, said on Monday it has been hacked over the weekend, but customer information was not compromised. The computer infrastructure of PREPA, as the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority is known, suffered a cyber attack on … Continue reading
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VPN HOTSPOT SHIELD, PUREVPN AND ZENMATE ARE REVEALING REAL IP ADDRESSES
According to VPN Mentor, a private firm which reviews virtual private networks (VPN), after research, it has been discovered that three VPN service providers with millions of customers worldwide are leaking sensitive data such as users’ IP addresses. These VPNs … Continue reading
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ANDROID SETTINGS THAT USERS SHOULD CHANGE RIGHT NOW
Most of us don’t interfere with default Android settings, yet in the event that you are searching for ways to improve your general Android experience; there are a couple of changes that information security experts said that worth attempting. Android … Continue reading
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APAC INFORMATION SECURITY CHIEFS EXPECT CRITICAL ATTACK
Nearly 70% of information security leaders in the APAC region believe a major attack affecting critical infrastructure across multiple countries will happen in the next two years, a survey reveals Most information security training leaders in the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region … Continue reading
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DARK WEB, WHERE YOUR ENTIRE IDENTITY IS FOR SALE
Having multiple accounts online is a common practice as we use all sorts of services from carrying out transactions on PayPal to social networking through Facebook and buying groceries from Walmart. Hackers have now come up with another way of … Continue reading
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VULNERABILITY REPORTING DELAYS BY CHINA
According to an information security firm, China is attempting to cover up inexplicable delays in public reporting of high-risk software security holes by changing the dates of vulnerability publication to its national vulnerability database so they match those in the … Continue reading
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APPLEBEE’S RESTAURANTS SUFFERED PAYMENT CARD BREACH
RMH Franchise Holdings revealed on Friday afternoon that PoS (point of sale) systems at the Applebee’s restaurants were infected with a PoS malware. According to information security training specialists, the PoS malware was used to collect names, payment card numbers, expiration dates, … Continue reading
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