The Marriott breach announced on November 30, 2018, was initially suspected to have compromised the data of nearly 500 million customers, but on Friday the Starwood company updated its database security incident advisory to…
Month: January 2019
60% of UK Consumers Leaving Themselves Vulnerable to New Year’s Resolution Scams
New research from ESET has revealed that 60% of UK consumers are leaving themselves vulnerable to New Year’s resolution online scams. ESET surveyed 2000 people about their New Year’s resolution plans for 2019,…
German cyber defense agency defends handling of data breach
BERLIN (Reuters) – Germany’s BSI cyber defense agency on Saturday defended its role in responding to a far-reaching data breach, saying it could not have connected individual cases it was…
Hacker hijacks thousands of Chromecasts and smart TVs to play PewDiePie ad
A hacker duo claims to have hijacked thousands of internet-exposed Chromecasts, smart TVs, and Google Home devices to play a video urging users to subscribe to PewDiePie’s YouTube channel. The…
USB-C to get security-focussed authentication program
In an attempt to battle malicious devices, the program aims to stop the infection at the point of connection. USB Implementers Forum (USB-IF) has announced the launch of its own…
Password Manager Users Exposed After Privacy Snafu
Data on over two million users of a password manager tool has been publicly exposed in another cloud storage misconfiguration incident. Abine said on Monday that 2.4 million users of its Blur…