Dec 15, 2016 | Data Breaches
As may have heard by now, Yahoo says it suffered a massive data breach that compromised 1bn accounts. The breach, dated back to 2013, and is separate from another disclosed in September, in which 500m user accounts were compromised. Data breaches are seemingly...
Dec 14, 2016 | Malware and Exploits
The update includes numerous critical bug fixes for holes in system components from Apache, the web server that’s included on every Macbook, to syslog, a core utility that collects messages, errors, and warnings from the rest of the system.
Dec 14, 2016 | Data Breaches
Yahoo has discovered a 3-year-old security breach that enabled a hacker to compromise more than 1 billion user accounts, breaking the company’s own humiliating record for the biggest security breach in history.
Dec 14, 2016 | Browser Security, General Security
We had a fairly busy Patch Tuesday and we’re learning of even more patches and updates that came out yesterday, so the message is ‘Carry On Updating’. If you don’t know the work of the team who worked on the ‘Carry On’ franchise of...
Dec 13, 2016 | Data Breaches
NEW YORK — Medical laboratory operator Quest Diagnostics Inc. says a hack of an internet application on its network has exposed the personal health information of about 34,000 people. The Madison, New Jersey-based company says “an unauthorized third party” on...