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Google+ leak affects 52 million users and G Suite users
Shutdown pushed forward four months to April 2019 after new leak …
5 ways AI can be an ally for human rights over the next decade
Today we celebrate the 70th anniversary of the The Universal Declaration of Human Rights by examining the positive ways artificial …
A new Mac malware combines a backdoor and a crypto-miner
Experts from Malwarebytes discovered a new strain of Mac malware, tracked as DarthMiner, that is a combination of two open-source …
Did you know that iOS ad clicks cost more than Android? These scammers did
An enterprising malware writer has been masquerading infected Android devices as Apple gear in order to make a few extra bucks. Researchers …
Google Accelerates Google+ Shutdown After Discovery of New Security Hole
In October, Google explained that G+ had failed to gain momentum, which you’d have no trouble seeing for yourself if you used the site. …
Equifax breach was ‘entirely preventable’ had it used basic security measures, says House report
. The unpatched Apache Struts server was powering its five-decades-old(!) web-facing system that allowed consumers to check their credit …
Satan Ransomware Variant Exploits 10 Server-Side Flaws
A new version of ransomware that first surfaced about two years ago is garnering attention for its ability to spread via as many as ten …
New Google+ Breach Will Lead to Early Service Shutdown
As vulnerabilities go, it was the best sort: found by internal testing before it led to a security …
Google+ to Shut Down Early After New API Flaw Hits 52.5 Million Users
Google today revealed that Google+ has suffered another massive data breach, forcing the tech giant to shut down its struggling social …
Credit Card System Hack Led to HIPAA Breach Report
The hacking of a credit card processing system has prompted a Texas hospital to notify federal regulators and nearly 48,000 affected …
AWS re:Invent Security Recap: Launches, Enhancements, and Takeaways
For more from Steve, follow him on Twitter Customers continue to tell me that our AWS re:Invent conference is a winner. It’s a place …
Nice phone account you have there – shame if something were to happen to it. Samsung fixes ID-theft flaws
A recently-patched set of flaws in Samsung’s mobile site was leaving users open to account theft. Bug-hunter Artem Moskowsky said the flaws …
How Internet Savvy are Your Leaders?
Back in April 2015, I tweeted about receiving a letter via snail mail suggesting the search engine rankings for a domain registered in my …
Google+ shutdown date moved up after flaw exposes 52M users’ data
The two bugs are similar in nature. Both affected the People application programming interface, which Google has built to let outside app …
‘Dr. Shifro’ Prescribes Fake Ransomware Cure
A firm called Dr. Shifro promises to unlock encrypted files so targets can avoid paying their attackers a hefty …
Google+ hit by second API bug impacting 52.5 million users
Google revealed today a second bug in the Google+ API that could have been abused to steal the private data of nearly 52.5 million users. …
US tech giants decry Australia’s ‘deeply flawed’ new anti-encryption law
A group of U.S. tech giants, including Apple, Google and Microsoft, have collectively denounced the new so-called “anti-encryption” law …
Australia’s horrific new encryption law likely to obliterate its tech scene
Australia‘s government signed a bill into law last week giving law enforcement agencies the right to force technology companies to reveal …
Google+ Exposed Data of 52.5 Million Users and Will Shut Down in April
dramatically announced that it would shut down Google+ in August 2019, because the company had discovered through an internal audit (and a …
House Releases Cybersecurity Strategy Report
The House Energy and Commerce Committee released the comprehensive Cybersecurity Strategy Report, in which it identified procedures to both …
Apple Rolls Out iOS, macOS Updates That Fix Serious Flaws
Today’s topics include Apple fixing passcode and remote code execution flaws in iOS and macOS, and Microsoft open sourcing Windows …
Privacy a Key Concern for Telecoms and Consumers
Two recently published surveys about the telecom industry revealed that privacy as it relates to security and the internet of things (IoT) …
House panel: Equifax breach was ‘entirely preventable’
The committee’s 96-page report lays out why the hack, which compromised people’s names, social security numbers, addresses, credit card …
Toyota’s PASTA- A car hacking tool to enhance automobile cybersecurity
A team of security researchers working for the renowned automobile maker Toyota have developed a new car hacking tool. Dubbed as PASTA …
Google+ will die 4 months sooner thanks to new bug affecting 52 million users
After announcing in October it would be shuttering Google+, its little-loved social media site, Google today announced that, thanks to yet …
Getting Started With AppSec: 4 Best Practices
New to AppSec? We’ve been helping organizations like yours build out application programs for more than 10 years, and we have a solid …
A week in security (December 3 – 9)
Last week on Malwarebytes Labs, we gave readers an FYI on multiple breaches that affected Humble Bundle, Quora, and Dunkin’ Donuts, to …
Google+ bug gave developers access to non-public data from 52.5M users
Google+ security bug gave developers access to non-public data from 52.5M users Frederic Lardinois @fredericl / 8 mins ago Google+ was a …
The NHS will continue to fail without funding
The NHS has been ridiculed for its continued use of outdated equipment but it lacks the funding to improve. …
Google+ security bug gave developers access to non-public data from 52.5M users
Google+ was a bit of a disaster for the company when it was still alive and now that it’s walking dead, it’s becoming even more of a …
New Formjacking Technique Used to Skim Payment Details Off Websites
Researchers at cybersecurity company Symantec have identified a new formjacking campaign targeting a French ecommerce site that is …
Automate analyzing your permissions using IAM access advisor APIs
As an administrator that grants access to AWS, you might want to enable your developers to get started with AWS quickly by granting them …
The Five Biggest Security Threats and Challenges for IoT
In the coming decade, the biggest threat to us will not be wars between countries or states. The biggest threat that we should be most …
6 Cloud Security Predictions for 2019
In 2018, more organizations adopted cloud computing, and at a rapidly growing pace. The main drivers for cloud were high efficiency, easier …
GDPR: 8,000 Data Breach Reports Filed So Far in UK
The U.K.’s privacy watchdog says that six months after enforcement of the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation began, it’s seen a …
Duke-Cohan sentenced to three years in prison due to false bomb threats and DDoS
The British teenager George Duke-Cohan (19) has been sentenced to three years in prison due to false bomb threats and carrying out DDoS …