- Security
- By Gabriela Vatu
- March 13th, 2017
Over 65.3M LinkedIn Users Have Weak Passwords, the Rest Can Be Easily Cracked
Researchers worked on the leaked trove of LinkedIn passwords and discovered most of them were very weak
- Security
- By Gabriela Vatu
- March 8th, 2017
Payments Giant Verifone Silently Investigating Breach
The breach was discovered in January, but attackers may have been on the company's network since mid-2016
- Data Breaches
- By Gabriela Vatu
- March 6th, 2017
1.37 Billion Records Exposed by Spammers Update
River City Media, one of the largest spammers in the world, left its database unprotected exposing people's information
- Security
- By Gabriela Vatu
- March 2nd, 2017
Yahoo: 32 Million Accounts Accessed via Cookie Forging Attack
Yahoo finally puts a number on the accouns affected by the cookie forging attack they revealed recently
- Security
- By Gabriela Vatu
- March 2nd, 2017
Yahoo's Boundless Incompetence: Execs Knew About 2014 Data Breach As It Happened
The company knew about the data breach after it happened, as well as of the 2015 and 2016 usage of forged cookies
- Yahoo News
- By Gabriela Vatu
- February 21st, 2017
Yahoo and Verizon Confirm $350M Deal Cut, Data Breach Liabilities to Be Split
Verizon will split third-party liabilities over the data breaches, but SEC penalties are Yahoo's alone
- Yahoo News
- By Gabriela Vatu
- February 16th, 2017
Yahoo's Data Breaches Might Cut $350M Off Verizon Deal
Naturally, Verizon also refuses to be held liable for any Yahoo data breaches discovered in the future
- Data Breaches
- By Gabriela Vatu
- February 16th, 2017
Yahoo Notifies Users of More Malicious Activity Update
This time, it's about the forged cookies which granted hackers access to people's accounts without passwords
- Security
- By Gabriela Vatu
- February 14th, 2017
U.S. Senate Strong-Arms Yahoo into Providing More Info on Data Breaches
They have a lot of questions that we all want answered
- Data Breaches
- By Gabriela Vatu
- February 4th, 2017
Witcher 3 Old Dev Forum Hacked, 1.9 Million Credentials Dumped
CD Projekt RED is now informing users about the problems
- Security
- By Gabriela Vatu
- February 2nd, 2017
Stolen Data of 2.5 Million PSP and Xbox Forum Users Surfaces Online
Two years after the forums were hacked, data lands online
- Security
- By Gabriela Vatu
- February 1st, 2017
Pentagon Servers Flawed, Easy to Hack
The Pentagon has known about the problem for 8 months
- Yahoo News
- By Gabriela Vatu
- January 24th, 2017
Yahoo's Deal with Verizon Delayed by Data Breaches
The company's financial results were a bit better
- Hacking News
- By Gabriela Vatu
- January 23rd, 2017
Yahoo Under SEC Investigation for Taking Too Long to Reveal Data Breaches
Yahoo was too slow in telling investors about hack
- Hacking News
- By Bogdan Popa
- January 12th, 2017
Hackers Target Marijuana Shops with Attacks Against Critical Software
MJ Freeway software solution hacked late last week
- Hacking News
- By Bogdan Popa
- January 9th, 2017
Venezuela Army Site Allegedly Hacked in Protest Against President Nicolas Maduro
Kapustkiy hacks website and exposes more than 2,000 accounts
- Hacking News
- By Bogdan Popa
- January 6th, 2017
FBI Hacker Says Breach Is Real, Promises Further Leaks
CyberZeist comments on recent claims that his hack is hoax