Darren Boyle reports: Two computer geeks hacked the website of telecoms giant TalkTalk in a massive data breach costing the company £77m in lost business, a court heard. Connor Allsopp, 21, and Matthew Hanley, 23, were behind the plot to steal thousands of customers’ personal and banking details in October 2015. TalkTalk was fined a…
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Media Prima Locked Out By Ransomware – 1,000 Bitcoins In Ransom Demanded: Report
Vijandren reports: Reports are emerging today that Media Prima Berhad, a public-listed Media powerhouse in Malaysia has had its systems locked out by a ransomware attack. The report, quoting an inside source by the Edge Financial Daily claims that “the whole Media Prima group’s computer systems have been breached and infected with a ransomware over…
Massive Data Leaks Keep Happening Because Big Companies Can Afford to Lose Your Data
Erik Sherman reports: If you live in the United States, there’s almost a 50 percent chance your personal data was lost in the giant Equifax data breach a year ago of 143 million records. Google had its own data breach in October this year that exposed data on as many as 500,000 accounts. Or the…
One in five Magecart-infected stores get reinfected within days
Catalin Cimpanu reports: Online stores that have been infected with the Magecart malware –known to record and steal credit card details from checkout forms– often get reinfected after clean-up operations, a recent report has revealed. “In the last quarter, 1 out of 5 breached stores were infected (and cleaned) multiple times, some even up to…
That Domain You Forgot to Renew? Yeah, it’s Now Stealing Credit Cards
Brian Krebs reports: If you own a domain name that gets decent traffic and you fail to pay its annual renewal fee, chances are this mistake will be costly for you and for others. Lately, neglected domains have been getting scooped up by crooks who use them to set up fake e-commerce sites that steal…
Another Facebook vulnerability could have exposed information about users and their friends
Dani Deahl reports: The security company Imperva has released new details on a Facebook vulnerability that could have exposed user data. The bug allowed websites to obtain private information about Facebook users and their friends through unauthorized access to a company API, playing off a specific behavior in the Chrome browser. The bug was disclosed…