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A week in security (October 22 – 28)

October 29, 2018 admin Airline, bad ads, British Airways, cathartic pacific breach, Crypto scams, extortion, mac malware, malware, NORTH KOREA, phishing, Security world, Vulnerability, Week in security

Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Mon, 29 Oct 2018 17:00:00 +0000

A roundup of security news from October 22 to October 28, including more headaches for airlines, how to avoid being a victim of a sextortion scam, and problems with search engines, browsers, and email.

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Huge breach affects 9 million Cathay Pacific customers

October 25, 2018 admin Airline, breach, British Airways, British Airways case, cathay pacific, Cathy Pacific, cybercrime, data, privacy

Credit to Author: Christopher Boyd| Date: Thu, 25 Oct 2018 17:57:20 +0000

Airline company Cathay Pacific revealed that a huge breach took place in March 2018, affecting around 9 million customers. We take a look at some of the potential fallout.

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Transatlantic Cable podcast, episode 54

September 13, 2018 admin British Airways, data breach, Facebook, news, podcast, privacy, Threats

Credit to Author: Jeffrey Esposito| Date: Thu, 13 Sep 2018 15:45:57 +0000

This edition of the Kaspersky Lab podcast looks at the latest — a British Airways hack and Facebook’s litigation.

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Why It’s Still A Bad Idea to Post or Trash Your Airline Boarding Pass

August 24, 2017 admin boarding pass barcode, boarding pass hacking, British Airways, Lufthansa, Michal Špaček, Other, United Airlines

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Thu, 24 Aug 2017 22:55:47 +0000

An October 2015 piece published here about the potential dangers of tossing out or posting online your airline boarding pass remains one of the most-read stories on this site. One reason may be that the advice remains timely and relevant: A talk recently given at a Czech security conference advances that research and offers several reminders of how being careless with your boarding pass could jeopardize your security or even cause trip disruptions down the road.