Security Week - Following rumors that an announcement was soon to come, Yahoo! said Thursday that hackers managed to access data from at least 500 million user accounts in a cyberattack dating back to 2014. The company said hackers breached its network in late 2014 in what it believes was...
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Probable Yahoo Breach Spotlights Risks of Free Email Services
IT Business Edge - It appears that the entire security world is waiting for Yahoo to make an announcement about one of the largest breaches yet. It’s expected to have affected at least (probably more than) 200 million user accounts. My inbox began flooding with the news first thing this...
Yahoo Confirms Hackers Stole at Least 500 Million Users’ Data in 2014
Security Management - Hackers stole at least 500 million Yahoo users’ account information in a breach two years ago, the company confirmed in an announcement Thursday afternoon. User information—including names, email addresses, telephone numbers, birth dates, passwords, and in some cases security questions—was compromised in the breach, which occurred in...
Crysis ransomware attacking Australian businesses
CRN - Australian and New Zealand businesses are being hit with a ransomware campaign, according to Trend Micro. First detected in February, the ransomware, dubbed Crysis, is now targeting the two nations via remote desktop protocol (RDP) brute force attacks. The Crysis ransomware is spread through spam and targets are...
Crysis ransomware now attacking businesses in Australia and New Zealand
SC Magazine - Australian and New Zealand businesses are being hit with a ransomware campaign, according to Trend Micro. First detected in February, the ransomware, dubbed Crysis, is now targeting the two nations via remote desktop protocol (RDP) brute force attacks. The Crysis ransomware is spread through spam and targets...
Security Central: Russian Hackers Target American Olympic Athletes, Web-based Threats Decline
The VAR Guy - Well, the Russians are at it again. The Russian cyber-espionage group dubbed Fancy Bear, a group responsible for a number of large-scale hacks, government plots and possibly the Democratic National Committee breaches, has struck again. Their target this time? High-profile American athletes.




