Tag: breach
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Vodafone Reports Security Leak of 1,800+ Customer Details
Customers of UK network Vodafone may have to reset their accounts and check their bank accounts as thousands of details have reportedly been leaked in a security breach which happened last week. Vodafone claims the 1,800+ customer records were not obtained through the company itself but via an external unknown source. How these details fell […]
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Android ‘Fake ID’ Flaw is a Risk to Millions
A new security risk has been identified in Android, which apparently allows malicious apps to pose as being ones from trusted sources, according to The Guardian. The flaw has been named ‘Fake ID’ by security company Bluebox Labs, who discovered it recently. However the flaw has already been patched in the Android KitKat update, but […]
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Massive security breach sees 4.6 million Snapchat user details posted online
Users of the Snapchat app in North America may have been put at risk as a massive database containing the phone numbers, usernames and locations of 4.6 million users has been posted online. The huge security issue for Snapchat occurred after the profile data of millions of users was uploaded and started to appear on […]
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Evernote reports it has been hacked, asks 50m users to change passwords
Insists no evidence that personal details were taken…
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Dropbox Confirms Hack – Outlines New Security Features
Dropbox has confirmed yesterday that they had a security breach and that some account names and passwords have been stolen. The cloud storage company were alerted to the issue when they started getting emails from some users about spam they were receiving at email addresses used only for Dropbox. Since then Dropbox have started an investigation and […]
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UPDATE: Diablo III Developer Addresses “Hack Claims” – Authenticator Security Working Fine
Diablo III developer Blizzard has addressed the speculation that a hack is behind some unusual activity which has been reported on a number of its gaming network player’s accounts – including loss of rewards and unauthorised access to profiles and chat features. Blizzard and the Battle.net forum have both spoken out about the Diablo III […]
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Diablo III Hacking: Gold & Valuables Missing & Accounts Stolen in Battle.Net Security Breach
It’s been a while since the last big hacking scandal hit a high-profile gaming network, but it seems we have another as multiple reports have surfaced regarding a possible threat to Diablo III online players many of which are believed to have lost gold and stored items since an outage last week. Diablo III developer […]
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Diablo III Hacking: Gold & Valuables Missing & Accounts Stolen in Battle.Net Security Breach
It’s been a while since the last big hacking scandal hit a high-profile gaming network, but it seems we have another as multiple reports have surfaced regarding a possible threat to Diablo III online players many of which are believed to have lost gold and stored items since an outage last week. Diablo III developer […]
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Vulnerability Found in Android, BlackBerry and Apple iOS Web Browser Software
A “major vulnerability” has been discovered within the web surfing software of Google’s Android, BlackBerry’s Playbook OS and Apple’s iOS – all of which utilise a common web layout engine that allows html and xml as well as CSS coding to be translated and relayed faithfully onto a mobile-based browser. This coding is embedded into […]
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British Student Finally Sentenced for Facebook Hacking in Early 2011
A British student from York who breached Facebook security almost a year ago has just received a sentence of 8 months in the slammer for “the most extensive and flagrant incidence of social media hacking” to be brought before the courts. The court heard how Glenn Mangham “unlawfully accessed and hacked into the social media […]
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Sony suspends 93,000 PSN and online accounts after security breach
Sony has announced that it has been forced to suspend over 93,000 accounts on its Playstation Network (PSN), Sony Entertainment Network and Sony Online Entertainment services. Several large security breaches have resulted in an unauthorised source gaining access to the username and password combinations for over 93,000 online accounts. Sony has been quick to release […]
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Sony’s PlayStation Network exploited again?
After Sony had literally just started to turn the PlayStation Network back on, could the network have already been subject to another exploit? Reports say that the password system used for PSN suffers from an exploit which would allow hackers to change your password, simply by using your PSN email and also your date of […]