Facebook admits to storing plaintext passwords for millions of Instagram users

Last month, Facebook admitted to storing plaintext passwords for hundreds of millions of Facebook accounts.
The security snapshot: 10-year challenge

What do internet trends like the 10-year challenge threaten have to do with security? Your personal data. As consumer technology continues to transform our lives, we must take proactive ...
Some internet outages predicted for the coming month as '768k Day' approaches

768k Day expected within the month, reminiscent of 512k Day when AT&T, BT, Comcast, Sprint, and Verizon all went down.

Shopify API flaw offered access to revenue data of thousands of stores

Updated: The bug was accepted as valid, but the researcher wasn’t paid.
Facebook harvested 1.5 million user email contacts without permission

The “unintentional uploads” have taken place since 2016.
Mobile app used in Car2go fraud scheme to steal 100 vehicles

Services have been temporarily paused in Chicago to investigate the incident.

Cisco warns over critical router flaw

Admins with Cisco ASR 9000 Series routers need to urgently address a remotely exploitable flaw.
Former student destroys 59 university computers using USB Killer device

He also destroyed seven computer monitors and computer-enhanced podiums that had open USB slots.
Source code of Iranian cyber-espionage tools leaked on Telegram

APT34 hacking tools and victim data leaked on a secretive Telegram channel since last month.

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