The Trump administration has rolled out a new questionnaire for U.S. visa applicants worldwide that…
Third Gravitational Wave Detected From Black-Hole Merger 3 Billion Light Years Away
sycodon quotes a report from The New York Times (Warning: may be paywalled; alternate source):…
WannaCry Development Errors Enable File Recovery
Researchers at Kaspersky Lab have found a number of programming errors in the WannaCry ransomware…
OneLogin Breach Compromised Customer Data, Ability to Decrypt Encrypted Data
A breach at OneLogin appears to have compromised customer data, including the ability to decrypt…
Crowdfunding Effort to Buy ShadowBrokers Exploits Shuts Down
A crowdfunding effort to buy a subscription to the ShadowBrokers’ Monthly Dump Service of stolen…
Insecure Backend Databases Blamed for Leaking 43TB of App Data
More than 1,000 mobile apps are leaking personal information via unsecured backend platforms such as…
Kittens, bears or pandas: who’s behind the biggest cyberattacks?
WannaCry is just the latest attack where everyone wants to know who’s behind the outbreak…
Crooks hold nude plastic surgery pictures to ransom after break-in
Patients, including some celebrities, of a plastic surgery clinic, have found themselves on the receiving…
Hackers shelve crowdfunding drive for Shadow Brokers exploits
‘Legal reasons’ cited for decision to drop the plan to crowdfund a security community subscription…
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