Tag: security
23andMe set to pay millions to settle data breach lawsuit
Genetics testing company 23andMe has agreed to terms which could settle the class-action lawsuit it is currently facing following a major data breach. News broke in October 2023 that a hacker had accessed accounts belonging to 23andMe users, with subsequent investigations confirming DNA Relatives profiles of some 5.5 million people…
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Millions of Android streaming boxes hit by damaging malware
More than a million TV streaming boxes running older versions of Android are currently infected with malware which could allow hackers to take over the devices, experts have warned. Cybersecurity researchers from Dr.Web recently discovered 1.3 million TV streaming boxes, powered by the Android Open Source Project, infected with a…
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Hacker claims to have stolen 20GB data hoard from Capgemini, and is threatening to leak it all
A cybercriminal claims to have stolen 20 gigabytes of sensitive data from the French tech and consulting giant, Capgemini – but the company is refusing to comment so far The hacker, alias “grep”, posted a new thread on the popular dark web forum, BreachForums, in which they detailed their loot,…
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Fortinet confirms data breach after allegedly refusing to pay ransom
Hackers recently broke into a cloud storage account belonging to cybsersecurity giant Fortinet, and stole sensitive information found there. The news was confirmed by the cybersecurity business itself, which played down the importance of the incident – however the hackers behind the attack beg to differ. In an announcement posted…
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Adobe Acrobat Reader has a serious security flaw — so patch now
Adobe’s Acrobat Reader, the go-to PDF reader for many of us, is vulnerable to a flow that allows threat actors to remotely run malicious code on the target device. The vulnerability is described as a “user after free” flaw, and is tracked as CVE-2024-41896. A “use after free” flaw happens…
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One small tweak gave researchers a powerful web domain ability that could prove incredibly useful for hackers
A cybersecurity researcher recently stumbled upon an Internet vulnerability allowing him to track people’s email, run code on servers, and even counterfeit HTTPS certificates – in fact, it gave him so many options, it has been described as having “superpowers”. The vulnerability is quite a simple one in nature –…
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