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Hyatt Hotels Suffers International Payment Card Data Breach
For the second time since 2015, Hyatt Hotels has suffered a breach of customers' payment card data due to attackers infecting its systems with malware. Read more…
Equifax website borked again, this time to redirect to fake Flash update
In May credit reporting service Equifax's website was breached by attackers who eventually made off with Social Security numbers, names, and other details for 145.5 million US consumers. For several hours on Wednesday, and again early Thursday morning, the site was maliciously manipulated again, this time to deliver fraudulent Adobe Flash updates, which when clicked, infected visitors' computers with adware that was detected by only three of 65 antivirus providers. Read more…Read More...
Accentuate the negative: Accenture exposes data related to its enterprise cloud platform
Another company has mistakenly exposed its sensitive internal information after storing data on misconfigured cloud-based servers from Amazon Web Services. The culprit in this case – the $32.9 billion consulting and professional services company Accenture – was found to be insecurely storing data that, ironically, has to do with its own cloud-based enterprise solution, the Accenture Cloud Platform. Read more…
Hundreds of Fake iPhone Accounts Spread Social Scams
Security experts have warned users not to fall for scams and malicious content being spread by hundreds of fake iPhone social media accounts set up to capitalize on Apple’s latest smartphone release. Read more…
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