Tech provider for NHS England confirms data breach
U.K.-based healthcare tech provider DXS International said it discovered and contained a data breach on Sunday. A ransomware gang took credit for the breach.
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Cisco says Chinese hackers are exploiting its customers with a new zero-day
Cisco said it discovered a Chinese hacking campaign targeting its customers by exploiting a zero-day in some of the company’s most popular products.
Hacking group says it’s extorting Pornhub after stealing users’ viewing data
The Scattered Lapsus$ Hunters hacking collective stole Pornhub premium users’ data, including email addresses and viewing history.
Google’s turning off its dark web monitoring service that scoured data breaches for your info
Google notified users in an email today that, beginning next month, it will stop sending its dark web reports, an opt-in feature that alerted users when Google detected their personal information on the dark web, as reported by 9to5Google. On January 15th, Google will stop scanning for that data, like contact info and home addresses, […]
Google and Apple roll out emergency security updates after zero-day attacks
Apple released patches for all of its flagship devices to fix security flaws under attack. Google also updated Chrome to remediate one vulnerability exploited in the attacks.
Data breach at credit check giant 700Credit affects at least 5.6 million
700Credit, a company that runs credit checks and identity verification services for auto dealerships across the U.S., had a data breach that allowed a hacker to steal names, addresses, dates of birth, and Social Security numbers.
Home Depot exposed access to internal systems for a year, says researcher
A security researcher tried to alert Home Depot to the security lapse exposing its back-end GitHub source code repos and other internal cloud systems, but was ignored.
Flaw in photo booth maker’s website exposes customers’ pictures
Hama Film makes photo booths that upload pictures and videos online. But their backend systems have a simple flaw that allows anyone to download customer pictures.
Security flaws in Freedom Chat app exposed users’ phone numbers and PINs
The founder of Freedom Chat said the company has reset user PINs and released a new version to app stores.
CEO of South Korean retail giant Coupang resigns after massive data breach
The massive data breach at the South Korean retail giant Coupang affects more than half of the country’s population.