Time Warner Cable Hacked, 320,000 Customers Affected
Time Warner Cable said late Wednesday that hackers may have stolen up to 320,000 customers’ email passwords. Time Warner isn’t totally sure exactly how...
Researcher Discovers Flaw in Comcast XFINITY Home Security System
Security researchers at Rapid7 have found vulnerabilities in Comcast’s Xfinity Home Security system that would cause it to falsely report that a property’s windows...
Cyber Attack Responsible For Ukrainian Power Grid Failure, Say Researchers
On December 23, an electricity blackout left about half the homes in the Ivano-Frankivsk region of Ukraine without power, according to local reports at...
BBC Website Suffers DDoS Attack
The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) said on Thursday that its digital services had been shut down temporarily in what its news operation described as...
191 Million U.S. Voter Registration Records Exposed In Database Leak
An independent computer security researcher uncovered a database filled with voter registration records on 191 million Americans which has been exposed on the open...
Hyatt Hotel’s Payment System Hacked, Customer Data Compromised
Hyatt, the Chicago-headquartered hotel chain said on Wednesday that its payment processing system was infected with credit-card-stealing malware in an attack discovered three weeks...
Hello Kitty Hack Exposes 3.3 Million Users
Japan-based Sanrio, owner of the Hello Kitty brand, on Monday said it was investigating a report that its database was hacked and private information...
Oracle Settles With FTC Over Fraudulent Java Software Update Claims
Oracle has agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that it deceived consumers about the security provided by updates to its Java Platform, Standard...
Iranian Hackers Gained Access to Control System at New York Dam in 2013
Iranian hackers infiltrated the control system of a small dam less than 20 miles from New York City two years ago, according to a...
Juniper Networks Hack May Have Exposed Encrypted Government Data
The recent breach at computer network company Juniper Networks has U.S. officials worried that hackers working for a foreign government were behind the infiltration....