TalkTalk has revealed in its latest on the hacking attack it suffered that personal details only 156,959 customer accessed and bank details of just 15,656 customers were accessed. The update comes about…
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Hackers manage to fool EA into handing over FIFA YouTuber accounts
Some of the top FIFA YouTubers were at the receiving end of an EA Origins account theft attack which saw attackers siphon off their hard earned in-game currency, and selling off their…
Fiat Chrysler recalls nearly 8,000 cars citing hacking threats
Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA) has issued a voluntary recall of nearly 8000 cars in the US citing software vulnerabilities that may lead to hacking and remote manipulation. Out of the 7,810 cars…
Ashley Madison claims it is growing despite recent data breach
Despite being hacked recently, hundreds of thousands of people have signed up for cheating website Ashley Madison in the last week, the platform’s parent company, Avid Life Media, announced in a statement…
iOS malware KeyRaider has allegedly hijacked 225,000 Apple Accounts
In a biggest of its kind security incident, as many as 225,000 Apple accounts have been hijacked by the authors of an iOS malware dubbed KeyRaider, security experts have revealed. The incident…
Ashley Madison: Hackers becoming sexual morality vigilantes
The hackers who hacked into AshleyMadison.com are seemingly the ‘righteous’ who intend to punish the site’s owners and its users for their moral wrongdoings. A group of hackers, which calls itself the…
Carphone Warehouse suffers security breach; details of millions of customers at risk
Carphone Warehouse has announced it has suffered from a sophisticated security breach wherein data of up to 2.4 million customers including bank details may have been accessed. The breach was detected on…
UCLA Health becomes victim of cyber attack; data of 4.5 million individuals at risk
UCLA Health has officially revealed that it has been a victim of a cyber attack – possibly a criminal one – wherein attackers may have stolen data of as many as 4.5…
Adult FriendFinder hacked; data of millions of users compromised
Popular dating website, Adult FriendFinder, has been hit by a massive data breach attack which has comprised personal details of more than 4 million users of the website’s 64 million users. According…
Job seekers on CareerBuilder are hackers’ new target
Researchers at security-as-a-service firm Proofpoint have reportedly discovered a phishing campaign which infected job seekers with malware via the online job search website, CareerBuilder. In the attack, malicious Word documents with vague…
Police arrest UK teenager in connection with PSN, Xbox Live hacking attacks
British Police have arrested an UK teenager in connection with the Lizard Squad hacking attacks that took down Sony’s PlayStation Network and Microsoft’s Xbox Live over Christmas. The UK Police arrested the…
Next on hackers’ agenda – Smart Cars
Experts have warned that hackers could turn their attention to smart cars in near future and target users by attacking the safety features not only to steal information, but also to extort…
North Korea: US responsible for recent internet outages in the country
North Korea, on Saturday, blamed the US for internet outages the country has recently experienced amid a confrontation over Sony Pictures’ hacking. Some of North Korea’s main internet sites remained disrupted early…
Microsoft, Google stand alongside Sony; release ‘The Interview’ through their online might
Microsoft and Google are standing next to Sony in its fight against online threats and have decided to release ‘The Interview’ through their respective online services. “Of course it was tempting to…
Sony pulls ‘The Interview’ social media pages, but assures movie’s return
Sony has pulled all social media pages related to ‘The Interview’ just days after pulling the plug on the theatrical release of “The Interview” after it suffered a major security breach supposedly…