The hacker said the Yahoo database came from a Russian group who also breached LinkedIn and Myspace. By Michael Kan Yahoo users might want to reset their passwords. A hacker…
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LinkedIn data breach blamed for multiple secondary compromises
Citrix confirmed incident was a password re-use attack. Services like Citrix’s GoToMyPC provide front door access, but they’re not at fault. The LinkedIn compromise has been linked to a number…
Millions of hacked LinkedIn IDs advertised 'for sale'
A hacker is advertising what he says is more than one hundred million LinkedIn logins for sale. The IDs were reportedly sourced from a breach four years ago, which had…
Google, Microsoft, Yahoo and others publish new email security standard
The goal of the new SMTP Strict Transport Security mechanism is to ensure that encrypted email traffic is not vulnerable to man-in-the-middle attacks. By Lucian Constantin Engineers from some of…
The rise of LinkedIn fraud
There is an increasing number of fraudsters and hackers who are committing cyber crimes targeting LinkedIn users. By Ondrej Krehel In the recent months I’ve started noticing something strange –…
Fake LinkedIn profiles used by hackers
Symantec concerned by LinkedIn social engineering. A growing number of hackers are targeting professionals on LinkedIn, according to security firm Symantec. Its investigation uncovered dozens of fake accounts on the…