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Equifax could face a massive fine for another security breach — if two top Senate Democrats get their way
Two top Senate Democrats are seeking broad new powers for the U.S. government to slap Equifax and its peers with massive fines if they suffer major cyberattacks — money that would then be returned to the millions of Americans affected by such a breach. Read more…
Toy firm VTech fined $650,000 over data breach
Electronic toymaker VTech will pay $650,000 (£480,000) to settle charges that it failed to protect the privacy of children using its gadgets. The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) levelled the charges at VTech following a data breach in 2015. Read more…
Cryptominer malwares in RIG EK spread via malvertising
Malwarebytes researcher Jerome Segura analyzed a RIG exploit campaign distributing malware coin miners delivered via drive-by download attacks from malvertising. Read more…
Microsoft hits the brakes, stops rolling out Meltdown/Spectre patches for AMD devices
In response to BSOD errors, Microsoft paused rolling out Meltdown and Spectre patches to AMD devices. If an antivirus solution on other boxes is not compatible, then you won't be getting Windows security patches. Read more…
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