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TIME on the latest Yahoo Hack: Imagine you’re about to buy a restaurant. It’s a place that was hugely popular, but has since lost its luster. Your plan is to turn it around. Before you can close the deal, the business reveals not one, but two incidents that jeopardized its patrons’ safety. The inspectors show up, demanding … [Read more...]
As long as people store information online or in "the cloud" there will be people out there looking to compromise your account and gain unauthorized access to that data, including usernames, passwords, emails, credit card information, and more. Clearly the answer isn't to not store your data online--that would be … [Read more...]
Owners of Apple devices across Australia have reported that their devices have been hacked and are being digitally held for ransom by hackers demanding payment before they will relinquish control, the Sydney Times reported. iPad, iPhone and Mac owners in Queensland, NSW, Western Australia, South Australia and Victoria have … [Read more...]
Uh oh! Social sharing app Buffer has been hacked according to a tweet on the company's Twitter account. So far it seems that the hacker(s) have gained unauthorized access to Buffer in a way that allows them to post on behalf of users who have installed the Buffer app and given it permission to post on their behalf on sites … [Read more...]
Adobe just revealed its network was recently compromised. In terms of the information that was leaked: 2.9 million customer names, encrypted credit or debit card numbers, expiration dates, and “other information relating to customer orders.” While Adobe wouldn’t say when the breach occurred, they did mention that its … [Read more...]
We've just learned that the Apple Developer website, which has been offline for a few days now (since Thursday), was apparently hacked. In an email to registered developers, Apple has informed them that while all sensitive personal information is encrypted and not able to be accessed, they have yet to determine whether or … [Read more...]
LivingSocial, the daily deals site, has suffered a massive cyber attack in which more than 50 million customers accounts were affected. Everything from customer names, emails, birthdates, and even encrypted passwords were accessed in the breach. Livingsocial CEO Tim O’Shaughnessy sent his employees an that was obtained … [Read more...]
Well, it looks like no one is really immune from being hacked these days. This evening, Microsoft came out and stated that they too, were hacked. As reported by Facebook and Apple, Microsoft can confirm that we also recently experienced a similar security intrusion. Consistent with our security response practices, we … [Read more...]
The Internet has been facing some serious security threats recently, it all started with the news of the New York Times being hacked by the Chinese, then the Wall Street Journal, then Twitter, then the Department of Energy, and now NetSeer. If you're not familiar with NetSeer that's most likely because you never see their … [Read more...]
The Energy Department was the victim of a sophisticated cyber attack two weeks ago, the agency confirmed in an email sent to employees Friday evening. The agency said that hackers penetrated computers and servers at the agency’s Washington headquarters and stole the personal information of hundreds of employees and … [Read more...]
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