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Credit to Author: Pieter Arntz| Date: Thu, 15 Nov 2018 20:12:06 +0000

The aviation industry and air traffic (control) are vital elements of our infrastructure. While flying is reportedly safe, how does that landscape look cybersecurity-wise?

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Independent Krebs

November 1, 2018 admin

Equifax Has Chosen Experian. Wait, What?

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Thu, 01 Nov 2018 16:47:13 +0000

A year after offering free credit monitoring to all Americans on account of its massive data breach that exposed the personal information of nearly 148 million people, Equifax now says it has chosen to extend the offer by turning to a credit monitoring service offered by a top competitor — Experian. And to do that, it will soon be sharing with Experian contact information that affected consumers gave to Equifax in order to sign up for the service.

Kaspersky Security

October 25, 2018 admin

Transatlantic Cable podcast, episode 60

Credit to Author: Jeffrey Esposito| Date: Thu, 25 Oct 2018 14:36:35 +0000

In this edition of the Kaspersky Lab podcast, we discuss a pair of data breaches, a Tor SIM card, a leaky Tea Party AWS server, and more.

Independent Krebs

October 2, 2018 admin

When Security Researchers Pose as Cybercrooks, Who Can Tell the Difference?

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Tue, 02 Oct 2018 23:42:24 +0000

A ridiculous number of companies are exposing some or all of their proprietary and customer data by putting it in the cloud without any kind of authentication needed to read, alter or destroy it. When cybercriminals are the first to discover these missteps, usually the outcome is a demand for money in return for the stolen data. But when these screw-ups are unearthed by security professionals seeking to make a name for themselves, the resulting publicity often can leave the breached organization wishing they’d instead been quietly extorted by anonymous crooks.

Independent Krebs

September 28, 2018 admin

Facebook Security Bug Affects 90M Users

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Fri, 28 Sep 2018 19:36:45 +0000

Facebook said today some 90 million of its users may get forcibly logged out of their accounts after the company fixed a rather glaring security vulnerability in its Web site that may have let attackers hijack user profiles. In a short blog post published this afternoon, Facebook said hackers have been exploiting a vulnerability in […]

Independent Krebs

September 17, 2018 admin

GovPayNow.com Leaks 14M+ Records

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Mon, 17 Sep 2018 21:57:39 +0000

Government Payment Service Inc. — a company used by thousands of U.S. state and local governments to accept online payments for everything from traffic citations and licensing fees to bail payments and court-ordered fines — has leaked more than 14 million customer records dating back at least six years, including names, addresses, phone numbers and the last four digits of the payer’s credit card.

Independent Krebs

September 4, 2018 admin

For 2nd Time in 3 Years, Mobile Spyware Maker mSpy Leaks Millions of Sensitive Records

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Tue, 04 Sep 2018 17:22:41 +0000

mSpy, the makers of a software-as-a-service product that claims to help more than a million paying customers spy on the mobile devices of their kids and partners, has leaked millions of sensitive records online, including passwords, call logs, text messages, contacts, notes and location data secretly collected from phones running the stealthy spyware. Less than a week ago, security researcher Nitish Shah directed KrebsOnSecurity to an open database on the Web that allowed anyone to query up-to-the-minute mSpy records for both customer transactions at mSpy’s site and for mobile phone data collected by mSpy’s software. The database required no authentication.

Independent Krebs

August 28, 2018 admin

Fiserv Flaw Exposed Customer Data at Hundreds of Banks

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Tue, 28 Aug 2018 13:27:55 +0000

Fiserv, Inc., a major provider of technology services to financial institutions, just fixed a glaring weakness in its Web platform that exposed personal and financial details of countless customers across hundreds of bank Web sites, KrebsOnSecurity has learned.