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2019-10-02 16:40:00 UTC
Dark Reading
Dark Reading
MasterMana Botnet Shows Trouble Comes at Low Cost

For less than $200, attackers were able to infect thousands of systems, stealing user credentials, cryptocurrency wallets, and web histories, an analysis finds.

2019-10-02 14:56:00 UTC
ThreatPost
ThreatPost
Google Adds Password Checkup Feature to Chrome Browser

Google's new password checkup tool joins other similar services including Have I Been Pwned and Mozilla's Firefox Monitor.

Mobile Security Web Security Compromised Password Data Breach Firefox Monitor Google Google Android Google Chrome Google Password Checkup Have I Been Pwned Mozilla Password Weak Password
2019-10-02 14:55:00 UTC
The Daily Swig
The Daily Swig
Thomas Cook: Security firm issues warning over online fraudsters

Cybercrooks registering spoof domains by the dozen

2019-10-02 12:28:00 UTC
Naked Security | Sophos
Naked Security | Sophos
Exim suffers another ‘critical’ remote code execution flaw

This latest Exim flaw could lead to at least a denial of service crash in the software but also the possibility of remote code execution.

Security Threats Vulnerability Critical Flaw CVE-2019-16928 CVEs Email Server Exim Rce Remote Code Execution
2019-10-02 12:27:00 UTC
Naked Security | Sophos
Naked Security | Sophos
O.MG! Evil Lightning cable about to hit mass distribution

This malicious O.MG Lightning cable has come a long way, with extensive work on the kinds of payload it can deliver.

Apple IOS Malware Operating Systems Organisations OS X Security Threats Apple Lightening Cable Hak5 Ios Lightening Cable Lightening Charger LockScream Mac NSA O.MG
2019-10-02 12:22:00 UTC
The Daily Swig
The Daily Swig
Cybersecurity month 2019: Citizens of Belgium urged to report phishing emails

Think twice before clicking on that link

2019-10-02 12:20:00 UTC
Naked Security | Sophos
Naked Security | Sophos
218 million Words With Friends players lose data to hackers

The serial hacker GnosticPlayers is claiming to have ransacked Zynga's user data - including names, emails and passwords.

Data Loss Privacy Security Threats Breach Data Breach Draw Something Gnosticplayers Hashing OMGPOP Online Games Passwords Salt Salting Sha-1 SHA1 Words With Friends Zynga
2019-10-02 11:23:00 UTC
HackRead
HackRead
A pervert Yahoo employee hacked 6,000 accounts using internal system

By Waqas

A former Yahoo engineer hacked 6,000 Yahoo Mail account to extract the personal information of victims primarily sexual images and videos.

This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: A pervert Yahoo employee hacked 6,000 accounts using internal system

Cyber Crime Crime Email Hacking Security Yahoo
2019-10-02 10:41:00 UTC
Naked Security | Sophos
Naked Security | Sophos
Ex-Yahoo engineer pleads guilty to hacking 6,000 accounts

Reyes Daniel Ruiz went after younger women's accounts, including those of his personal friends and work colleagues, he admitted.

Law & Order Privacy Security Threats Yahoo Dropbox Facebook Gmail Hacking ICloud Lechery Nudes Reyes Daniel Ruiz Software Engineer Yahoo
2019-10-02 10:21:00 UTC
ThreatPost
ThreatPost
Hack Breaks PDF Encryption, Opens Content to Attackers

PDFex can bypass encryption and password protection in most PDF readers and online validation services

Hacks Vulnerabilities Adobe Acrobat Chrome Encryption Firefox Password Protection Passwords PDF PDF Files PDFex Public Key Encryption

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