Here's how the Equifax breach breaks down, by the numbersEquifax said in a regulatory filing how much of its data sets were stolen in a 2017 breach.May 8, 2018 by Zack Whittaker in Security
After Equifax breach, major firms still rely on same flawed softwareAt least seven tech giants still use the vulnerable software that hackers exploited to attack Equifax last year.May 7, 2018 by Zack Whittaker in Security
NSA says searches of Americans' data spiked in 2017The agency collected a staggering 534 million domestic phone records last year, up threefold on the year earlier.May 4, 2018 by Zack Whittaker in Security
Twitter says bug exposed user plaintext passwordsChange your passwords — immediately.May 3, 2018 by Zack Whittaker in Security
Tech giants hit by NSA spying slam encryption backdoorsThe tech coalition includes Apple, Facebook, Google, Microsoft, and Verizon and Yahoo's parent company Oath — all of which were hit by claims of complicity with US government's surveillance.May 2, 2018 by Zack Whittaker in Security
A critical security flaw in popular industrial software put power plants at riskThe bug in the industrial control software could leave power and manufacturing plants exposed.May 2, 2018 by Zack Whittaker in Security
GitHub says bug exposed some plaintext passwordsA small but unspecified number of GitHub staff could have seen plaintext passwords.May 1, 2018 by Zack Whittaker in Security
Apple Q2 earnings top estimates on strong iPhone X salesThe iPhone, iPad, and Mac maker released its latest earnings report for the year.May 1, 2018 by Zack Whittaker in Apple
Amazon's AWS just kicked some censorship-evading apps to the curbDomain fronting helps apps evade censorship, but hackers use it to obfuscate where their malware comes from.May 1, 2018 by Zack Whittaker in Security
Over a million vulnerable fiber routers can be easily hackedMost of the GPON home gateways are found in Mexico, Kazakhstan, and Vietnam.April 30, 2018 by Zack Whittaker in Security