We’ve probably all done it in the past: left our computer open, but locked, thinking no one would be able to gain access. But security researchers say we shouldn’t feel so confident about the security of our data, especially now that there’s an inexpensive device that can snatch login credentials from locked computers in a matter of seconds. [More]
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Kimpton Confirms Credit Card Info Stolen From More Than 60 Hotels
By 9.1.16
In July, boutique hotel chain Kimpton revealed it was investigating indications that its credit card payment system had possibly been the latest to fall victim to a data breach. Now the company has confirmed the bad news, announcing that the payment terminals at dozens of Kimpton hotels, restaurants and bars were compromised for nearly six months. [More]
Dropbox Breach Affected Logins For 68 Million Accounts
By 8.31.16
Last week, Dropbox asked longtime users to update their login credentials after learning that their information may have been compromised nearly four years earlier. At the time, the file-sharing site didn’t say just how many users were affected by this breach, but a new report shows that more than 68 million accounts were involved.
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Today In Hacks: Opera Sync, Voter Databases
By 8.29.16
If it’s a day that ends in Y, someone who shouldn’t have access to a system is trying to get access to that system. Unfortunately, today there’s news in the air of two big successes for the bad guys. One has hit 1.7 million web browser users; the other, at least 200,000 registered voters. [More]
Dropbox Asking Some Users To Change Passwords
By 8.26.16
Are you a longtime user of Dropbox? Then you might be asked to change your password. Was the online storage service hacked? No… at least not recently. Instead, Dropbox says some login credential may have been compromised nearly four years ago [More]
Use an iPhone? Install The New Security Update Right Now.
By 8.25.16
Apple’s pushing a major iOS security update today that iPhone users will want to download and install as soon as they can. [More]
Credit Card Numbers Aren’t Worth Much Now, So Hackers Want Your Mobile Banking Info
By 8.25.16
If you’re worried about the security of mobile banking, you’re not alone. Mobile banking apps use a wide array of complicated passwords, biometric tools (like thumbprint or facial scanning), and two-factor authentication to make sure you’re you before “you” try to mess with your money. But preventing anyone from being able to guess how to log in to your account does no good if your phone’s got malware on it that gives would-be baddies a wide-open back door. [More]
Report: 100M VW Vehicles Vulnerable To Remote Hack
By 8.11.16
Owning a vehicle with keyless entry is often a convenience: Forget your key? Just enter a code. But for the owners of more than 100 million Volkswagen vehicles, that convenience has been turned into a doorway for hackers. [More]
Dutch Teen Collects One Million United Airlines Miles For Finding Security Flaws
By 8.9.16
Next time you’re sitting on a United Airlines flight next to a European teenager getting the royal treatment, it could be the latest young hacker to figure out a security flaw in the airline’s network. [More]
Cybercriminals Breach Computers For Massive Point-Of-Sale Payment System
By 8.8.16
The folks at computing giant Oracle have alerted users of its hugely popular point-of-sale payment system that cybercriminals managed to breach the company’s customer support computers and insert malicious code, potentially affecting hundreds of thousands of retail locations around the world. [More]
Walmart Customers Report Barrage Of Password Reset Requests
By 8.5.16
Getting an email from a retailer telling you to reset your password because you may have been the victim of a data breach is alarming enough. Imagine you’re one of the Walmart.com shoppers who say they have received dozens of emails directing them to reset their login credentials.
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Apple Launches Bug Bounty Program; Will Pay Up To $200K For Reports
By 8.5.16
Between iPhones, iPads, Mac computers, and other devices, hundreds of millions of people have sensitive personal information stored on Apple products. In an effort to ensure this info and other data remains secure, Apple has joined the ranks of companies publicly offering bug bounties to hackers who find and alert Apple of security flaws. [More]
Kimpton Hotels Investigating Possible Credit Card Breach
By 7.26.16
You might not be familiar with the Kimpton chain of boutique hotels, but we can guarantee that a lot of business travelers (and the folks in their companies’ accounting departments) are now keeping an eye out for odd activity on their credit cards after news of a possible payment card data breach affecting multiple Kimpton locations. [More]
Twitter Awards $10K To Hacker Who Discovered Flaw In Vine
By 7.26.16
Source code essentially runs a program, be it a webpage or an app. So when that code is made available to the public, it not only opens the door to copycats, it gives competitors and hackers a look under the hood. Thankfully for Twitter, the person who found a security flaw that left the source code for its short-form video platform vulnerable didn’t have nefarious plans. And now he’s on the receiving end of $10,000. [More]
Update Your iPhone Now To Fix Flaw That Can Let Hackers Steal Your Stuff With A Single Text
By 7.22.16
There remains a perception, among many owners of Apple devices and products, that they are immune from the malware, security flaws, and viruses that often hit the competition. Sadly, that’s not true. An iOS device or a Mac can be just as vulnerable to a flaw as any other — and right now, yours is. [More]
Fiat Chrysler Will Pay $1,500 Bug Bounties To Hackers Who Uncover Security Flaws
By 7.13.16
Nearly four months after the FBI warned carmakers that their products were “increasingly vulnerable” to hacking, Fiat Chrysler has unveiled its plan to combat any future hack attacks: launch a so-called “bug bounty” program to pay members of the public for finding security flaws in its vehicles. [More]
Can Hackers Track Movement Of Wearable Devices To Figure Out PINs & Passwords?
By 7.8.16
When you enter a PIN or password on your smartwatch or other wearable, you might take great effort to shield the letters and numbers you enter from public view. However, a newly released report suggests that hackers could, in theory, trace users’ hand movements on wearable devices to figure out how to access their personal accounts.
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Noodles And Company Is This Week’s Luckless Winner Of Data Breach Roulette
By 6.30.16
Did you enjoy a pad thai, macaroni and cheese, or a pesto cavatappi for lunch sometime in the last few months? And then have your bank very suddenly replace your credit or debit card, due to an unnamed data breach, in early June? You may have Noodles and Co. to thank for both. [More]
