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Report has revealed that hackers had targeted the gaming industry by carrying out 12 billion “credential stuffing attacks against gaming Websites” within the 17-month period analyzed in the report (November 2017 – March 2019).
How to prevent hackers harvesting your social media data.
New research has thrown up a worrying scenario – hundreds of brands of security cameras, baby monitors, & “smart” doorbells have serious vulnerabilities that allow hackers to hijack devices and spy on their owners.
‘Vega Stealer’ targets Marketing/Advertising/Public Relations & Retail/Manufacturing industries & tries to steal the saved credentials & credit cards.
Hackers have struck again. T-Mobile revealed late on Thursday that hackers had breached Experian’s network & stolen much of T-Mobile’s data, which the carrier had sent to Experian to perform checks on potential customers seeking finance for phones, etc. Number of people affected: About 15 million users. Data stolen included names, addresses, & birth dates, as well as encrypted social security numbers & drivers’ license ID numbers. Both companies revealed that the hackers may have cracked the encryption.
Reports: MacRumors, 9to5Mac, TechCrunch, Apple Insider
A few months ago, hackers made away with sensitive customer information from the Online Site AshleyMadison.com. At that time, they had threatened to expose the info. Now, it appears, they have made good on their intent. Data of 9.7 gigabytes in size was posted on Tuesday to the dark Web using an Onion address accessible only through the Tor browser.
Reports: Reuters, Mashable, News Every day, CBS News