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NordVPN strengthens security measures following server breach

Following an attack that breached one of its servers, NordVPN is taking several steps in an effort to show customers that it can still provide secure access to…

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The Pirate Bay was recently down for over a week due to a DDoS attack

It seems like the prolonged downtime and technical difficulties faced by The Pirate Bay over the past several weeks were due to a series of distributed denial …

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Italian Financial Service UniCredit Discloses Data Breach Affecting 3 Million Customers

This time, the victim is an Italian financial service that confessed to the security incident. Specifically, the firm UniCredit hasItalian Financial Service Un…

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Adobe Leaked 7.5 Million Records Of Creative Cloud Users' Data

Once again, a prominent technology firm has made a blunder with regard to users' privacy. This time, Adobe inadvertently exposedAdobe Leaked 7.5 Million Record…

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Russian Hackers Targeting Anti-Doping Agencies Ahead of 2020 Tokyo Olympics

As Japan gears up for the upcoming 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo for the next year, the country needs to brace itself for sophisticated cyberattacks, especiall…

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UniCredit Bank Suffers 'Data Incident' Exposing 3 Million Italian Customer Records

UniCredit, an Italian global banking and financial services company, announced today that it suffered a security incident that leaked some personal information…

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PHP RCE flaw actively exploited to pop NGINX servers

A recently patched vulnerability (CVE-2019-11043) in PHP is being actively exploited by attackers to compromise NGINX web servers, threat intelligence firm Bad…

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NordVPN Breached

NordVPN suffered a breach nineteen months ago, which has only recently been disclosed to the public. VPN security in general is questionable. What VPNs do you …

VPN

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Dark Web Site Taken Down without Breaking Encryption

The US government has successfully taken down a dark web site without any encryption backdoors, demonstrating that backdoors in communications systems which co…

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Unsecured Adobe Server Exposes Data for 7.5 Million Creative Cloud Users

The U.S. multinational computer software company Adobe has suffered a serious security breach earlier this month that exposed user records' database belonging …

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B2B Payment Service Billtrust Went Down After Ransomware Attack

One more firm has now emerged as a victim of a ransomware attack. This time, it is the B2B onlineB2B Payment Service Billtrust Went Down After Ransomware Attac…

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How to Avoid the Top Three Causes of Data Breaches in 2019

What's the price of unprotected IT infrastructure? Cybercrime Magazine says that global damages will surpass $6 billion as soon as 2021.Here we'll go through s…

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Hackers Breach Avast Through Old Internal VPN Profile

The popular cybersecurity firm Avast has revealed a cyber attack that it endured recently. Reportedly, Avast faced a security breachHackers Breach Avast Throug…

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NordVPN Breach FAQ ' What Happened and What's At Stake?

NordVPN, one of the most popular and widely used VPN services out there, yesterday disclosed details of a security incident that apparently compromised one of …

VPN

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Cynet's Vulnerability Assessment Enables Organizations to Dramatically Reduce their Risk Exposure

Protection from cyberattacks begins way before attackers launch their weapons on an organization. Continuously monitoring the environment for security weakness…

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Stealthy Microsoft SQL Server Backdoor Malware Spotted in the Wild

Cybersecurity researchers claim to have discovered a previously undocumented backdoor specifically designed for Microsoft SQL servers that could allow a remote…

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NordVPN Discloses Server Breach That Could Have Potentially Allowed For Traffic Monitoring

Extending the list of firms suffering a breach, now joins NordVPN. However, they didn't suffer any ‘direct’ security breach, ratherNordVPN Discloses Server Bre…

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Phorpiex Botnet Sending Out Millions of Sextortion Emails Using Hacked Computers

A decade-old botnet malware that currently controls over 450,000 computers worldwide has recently shifted its operations from infecting machines with ransomwar…

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Pitney Bowes Face Service Disruption Following Ransomware Attack

The latest ransomware attack victim turns out to be global mailing and shipping service, Pitney Bowes. As confirmed by thePitney Bowes Face Service Disruption …

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Samsung Customer Finds Simple Security Glitch That Allows Authentication Bypass in Galaxy S10 Fingerprint Reader

Samsung Galaxy S10 boasts an in-display fingerprint reader' that has now suffered a breach. As discovered by a customer, withSamsung Customer Finds Simple Secu…

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Imperva Breach Update: Stolen AWS API Key Triggered The Breach

It has been over a month since the cybersecurity firm Imperva suffered a breach, we now have an update. AsImperva Breach Update: Stolen AWS API Key Triggered T…

AWS

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Zero-Day Vulnerability in iTunes Being Exploited in the Wild via BitPaymer Ransomware

Researchers have discovered a zero-day vulnerability in iTunes that is under active exploit. They found the hackers behind the BitPaymerZero-Day Vulnerability …

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#SecTorCa: Millions of Phones Leaking Information Via Tor

There is a privacy threat lurking on perhaps hundreds of millions of devices, that could enable potential attackers to track and profile users, by using inform…

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Apple iTunes and iCloud for Windows 0-Day Exploited in Ransomware Attacks

Watch out Windows users!The cybercriminal group behind BitPaymer and iEncrypt ransomware attacks has been found exploiting a zero-day vulnerability affecting a…

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