Cybercrime
Judge rules U.S. breach victims can sue Yahoo
A federal judge in California Friday ruled Yahoo must face many of the claims brought against the firm in a lawsuit over the company's massive data breaches.
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Cybercrime
Former Yahoo Chief Executive Mayer testified before Congress, blamed Russia
Former Yahoo Chief Executive Marissa Mayer apologized on Wednesday for the two massive data breaches at Yahoo
Data Breach
Judge says Yahoo must meet users in court after breaches
Judge Lucy Koh wrote that the Yahoo users risk future identity theft and other attacks after a series of data breaches.
Cybercrime
Russian linked to 2014 Yahoo breach pleads not guilty
A Russian-born Canadian citizen pled not guilty after being accused for playing a role in the 2014 Yahoo hack which compromised the information of nearly 500 million users.
Network Security
Russia pressures Western tech firms for security source code, many will comply
Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB) is demanding the security product source code from top Western tech firms, many will comply.
Vulnerabilities
Yahoo banishes ImageMagick after version it was using was found vulnerable to data exfiltration
Yahoo has reportedly shelved its use of ImageMagick image processing software after a researcher discovered two vulnerabilities that could be exploited to pull user content in unauthorized fashion from the memory of Yahoo’s private servers. Security researcher Chris Evans, who discovered the vulnerabilities, dubbed them Yahoobleed #1 and Yahoobleed #2, because they evoked memories of…
Network Security
Yahoo awards $7K for Flickr account takeover flaw
Yahoo awarded a $7,000 bug bounty to a researcher who spotted three bugs that could be leveraged to takeover a Flickr account.
Data Breach
Report: Dark web vendor selling millions of Gmail and Yahoo accounts
The dark web vendor SunTzu583, which was recently discovered selling over one million Gmail and Yahoo accounts along with their decrypted passwords, is now selling tens of millions more, HackRead has reported. According to the report, one of SunTzu583’s new listings is offering approximately 21.8 million compromised Gmail accounts for $450.48 – 75 percent of which, the vendor claims, include…
Network Security
Researcher nabs $10K for spotting second Yahoo XSS flaw
Researchers was awarded nabbed a $10,000 Yahoo bug bounty for spotting a cross-site-scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the platform.
Security News
Yahoo tells SEC it knew of network intrusion as far back as 2014
In a filing with the SEC on Wednesday, Yahoo admitted that some individuals within the company were aware of a network system intrusion that compromised over 500 million accounts shortly after the incident transpired in late 2014.
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