Mark Wyciślik-Wilson reports: Security firm Symantec was attacked by a hacker back in February, but the company did not reveal details of the incident. The attack has been brought to light by Guardian Australia which has seen some of the data extracted by hackers. This comprises not only passwords, but what is thought to be…
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Critical Flaw in Evernote Add-On Exposed Sensitive Data of Millions
Sergiu Gatlan reports: A critical flaw in the Evernote Web Clipper Chrome extension could allow potential attackers to access users’ sensitive information from third party online services. “Due to Evernote’s widespread popularity, this issue had the potential of affecting its consumers and companies who use the extension – about 4,600,000 users at the time of…
Auto Dealer Software Provider Settles FTC Data Security Allegations
The following is a press release issued by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) that relates to a data security incident — a misconfiguration — discovered by MacKeeper researchers in 2016 that was previously noted on this site, including a subsequent settlement between DealerBuilt and the New Jersey Attorney General’s Office. From the wording of the…
Radiohead’s unreleased OK Computer audio was stolen. Now the band is letting everyone hear it.
Allegra Frank reports: When music pirates go low, Radiohead goes high. After a hacker stole 18 hours’ worth of unreleased music that the band recorded during the late ’90s, one of its peak creative periods, Radiohead didn’t fight to keep the tracks out of the public ear. Instead, the band made the stolen tunes available…
Evite Confirms Data Breach After Hacker Sells User Data On Dark Web.
Catalin Cimpanu reports: Evite, a social planning and e-invitations service, and one of the biggest sites on the Internet, has officially admitted to a security breach that ZDNet first reported back in April. At the time, a hacker named Gnosticplayers put up for sale the customer data of six companies, including Evite. The hacker claimed…
Two hacking groups responsible for huge spike in hacked Magento 2.x stores
Catalin Cimpanu reports: Two hacker groups are responsible for a huge spike in the number of hacked Magento 2.x shopping sites, according to Willem de Groot, founder of Sanguine Security. This is now the third month in a row when the number of hacked Magento 2.x sites has doubled, after it previously doubled from March…