A researcher is claiming that the credit scores of almost every American were exposed through an API tool used by the Experian credit bureau, that he said was left open on a lender site without even basic security protections. Experian downplayed concerns from the security community that the issue could be systemic.
Former Florida tax official and Matt Gaetz associate Joel Greenberg pleaded guilty to 6 counts on Monday. He appeared before a judge and pleaded guilty to sex-trafficking, wire fraud, identity theft, stalking, and conspiracy. Greenberg also agreed to cooperate fully with the government in any related cases. See more stories on Insider’s business page. The…
US President Joe Biden’s proposed budget includes US$750 million for the government agencies hit by the SolarWinds hack to pay for cybersecurity improvements to prevent another attack. The money comes on top of a US$500 million fund for federal cybersecurity as the U.S. government recovers from the cyber attack that hit nine agencies including the…
Governance & Risk Management , Incident & Breach Response , Legislation & Litigation Judge Says Users Agreed With Arbitration When Accepting Terms and Conditions Mathew J. Schwartz (euroinfosec) • August 3, 2021 Zynga develops mobile games such as Words With Friends 2 (Photo: Zynga) Yet another lawsuit filed in the wake of a…
Student researcher is concerned security gap may exist on many other sites. A student and security researcher recently informed credit-reporting bureau Experian about a vulnerability on a partner website that lets anyone look up credit scores with only a name and mailing address. KrebsOnSecurity is reporting the incident after receiving the tip from Rochester Institute of Technology sophomore…
APKPure, one of the largest alternative app stores outside of the Google Play Store, was infected with malware this week, allowing threat actors to distribute Trojans to Android devices. In an incident that’s similar to that of German telecommunications equipment manufacturer Gigaset, the APKPure client version 3.17.18 is said to have been tampered with in…
JERUSALEM: Arch-foes Israel and Iran have long fought an undeclared shadow war across the Middle East, landing blows in Lebanon, Syria and inside the Islamic republic itself. More recently, the battle has moved to the high seas, with a series of mysterious attacks and sabotage incidents mainly in the Red and Arabian Seas. Advertisement Advertisement…
