Troy Hunt sounds off on how both consumers and services have a joint role in creating and enforcing strong passwords.

Ontario Cannabis Store customers hit by data breach

Apple has widened the range of Macs running its T2 security chip. Is macOS finally catching up with other platforms when it comes to secure computing?

By Sabrina Bucknole

Until recently, many people thought of VPNs as a tool used by tech-savvy kids to anonymously download music and films. But, as concern about the use and security of personal data online continues to rise, it is no surprise that the number of people using a Virtual Private Network (VPN) has increased dramatically – and […]

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Site commenters are ‘publicly and permanently listing their zip code’ for anyone to see

A year ago, KrebsOnSecurity warned that "Informed Delivery," a new offering from the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) that lets residents view scanned images of all incoming mail, was likely to be abused by identity thieves and other fraudsters unless the USPS beefed up security around the program and made it easier for people to opt out. This week, the U.S. Secret Service issued an internal alert warning that many of its field offices have reported crooks are indeed using Informed Delivery to commit various identity theft and credit card fraud schemes.

By Uzair Amir

The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation (HSBC) has suffered a data breach in which unknown hackers have accessed personal and financial data of its customers. The data breach, according to the notification from HSBC, took between October 4, 2018, and October 14, 2018. Upon detecting the breach, authorities suspended online access to prevent further unauthorized entry […]

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A trio of new attacks bypass CPUs to wring data from vulnerable GPUs.

"Island-hopping" attackers breached StatCounter so they could get to users of gate.io.

Industrial companies can use the hard-won, long-fought lessons of IT to leapfrog to an advanced state of Industrial Internet of Things security.