July 19, 2023

Google Virus Total leaks list of spooky email addresses

Careful with that file, Eugene!

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February 22, 2022

WordPress backup plugin maker Updraft says “You should update”…

A straight-talking bug report written in plain English by an actual expert - there's a teachable moment in this cybersecurity story!

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September 13, 2021

Serious Security: How to make sure you don’t miss bug reports!

Hey, let's create a text file that lists our security contacts! We'll call it... security DOT txt.

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March 31, 2020

Data on almost every citizen of Georgia posted on hacker forum

Where did it all come from? 4.9m records were posted on a hacking forum - and the country only has an estimated population of 3.7m.

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March 20, 2020

Exchange rate service’s customer details hacked via AWS

Online exchange rate data provider Open Exchange Rates has exposed an undisclosed amount of user data via an Amazon database.

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March 13, 2020

Confessions app Whisper spills almost a billion records

Researchers say the exposure includes exact locations of users' last posts, nicknames, age, and gender.

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March 11, 2020

Trial for accused CIA leaker ends in hung jury

The US is expected to press for a retrial in the high-stakes trial of Joshua Schulte, suspected of raiding the CIA's cyber arsenal.

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March 06, 2020

Cathay Pacific fined over crooks slurping its database for over 4 years

The ICO found a "catalog of errors," including backups without passwords, unpatched servers, no-longer-supported OSes and feeble anti-virus.

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February 27, 2020

Slickwraps data breach earns scorn for all

The breach earned derision from both the hacker and observers after another hacker exploited the company's vulnerable setup.

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