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Suffer an Average of 3.8 Data Leak Incidents Per Week www. darkreading. com New study examines how financial services information gets sold and shared in the Dark Web.
Hackers steal $ 23.5M in cryptocurrency from crypto Exchange Bancor www. csoonline. com Attackers used a compromised wallet to steal three different cryptocurrencies: $ 12.5 million of ether, $ 1 million of Pundi X, and $ 10 million of Bancor Network Tokens.
Breach department: Unauthorized party accesses Macys. com and Bloomingdales. com customer accounts www. scmagazine. com For nearly two months, an unauthorized party reportedly used stolen usernames and passwords to log into the online accounts of certain Macys. com and Bloomi
Polar App Disables Feature That Allowed Journalists to Identify Intelligence Personnel www. bleepingcomputer. com How to Use Cortana As Your Virtual Assistant in Windows How to start Windows in Safe Mode How to remove a Trojan, Virus, Worm, or other Malware
Puzzling Health Dept. Privacy Incident Exposes HIV Data www. bankinfosecurity. com An incident involving an unsecured database containing information about thousands of HIV / AIDS patients in Tennessee is shining a spotlight on privacy risks
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21 Million Timehop Users Breached. www. informationsecuritybuzz. com Timehop, a mobile app that surfaces old social media posts from the same day but from previous years, has announced a security breach affecting its entire userbase of over 21 million users.
RiskIQ maps the anatomy of a corporate attack surface www. itsecurityguru. org RiskIQ, the global leader in digital threat management, today released a report mining the company’ s massive repository of internet data.
Hacker Compromises Air Force Captain to Steal Sensitive Drone Info. threatpost. com The thief also had a second dataset, including the M1 Abrams maintenance manual, a tank platoon training course, a crew survival course and documentation on improvised explosive device( IED) mitigation tactics.
Cyber crime: why business should report it as soon as possible www. computerweekly. com Cyber crime is affecting a growing number of businesses, yet few are reporting it. Computer Weekly lifts the veil on cyber crime reporting, looking at the who, what, when, where, how and why.
Hacker Offers Access to Machine at
International Airport for $ 10 www. securityweek. com Researchers found that access to a system associated with a major international airport can be bought for only $ 10— with no zero-day exploit, elaborate phishing campaign, or watering hole attack