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Yahoo’s second breach of 2016 serves up 1 billion users
After a second Yahoo breach served up data on one billion users, questions have arisen about the company's security posture.
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ThreatConnect: Guccifer 2.0 likely persona for Russian-linked propagandists, PR operatives leaking info to media
Despite the hacker's claims of independence, a digital trail traced by the ThreatConnect Research Team led to an Elite VPN service based in Russia being used to pass documents to the media.
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PCI DSS version 3.2 release extends multifactor authentication requirement
The PCI Data Security Standard version 3.2 released Thursday not only includes new requirements to safeguard payment data, including multifactor authentication.
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Stanford University employees victim of tax fraud after breach at third-party vendor
The W-2 forms of some Stanford University employees were fraudulently downloaded from the university's third-party vendor, W-2Express, operated by the credit bureau Equifax.
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SXSW: Dem. lawmaker plans to introduce online harassment legislation
Rep. Katherine Clark (D-Mass.), who proposed legislation at the South By Southwest Interactive festival (SXSW) that would make it easier for law enforcement agencies to nab perpetrators and make the charges stick.
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Locky ransomware, disguised in Word docs, latest from Dridex creators
Locky ransomware, likely the newest endeavor from the actors behind Dridex, is "a vicious new strain" that has been spotted disguised in Word documents.
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Suit: Comcast public WiFi hotspot network uses home modems, drives up customer costs
In a class-action suit filed in federal court, a father-daughter duo accuses Comcast of using their routers to create public Wi-Fi hotspots, increasing their electricity costs and leaving them vulnerable to security issues.
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U.S. hosted most Q2 malware, top 10 ISPs still main sources
Solutionary's SERT research team analyzed threats for the second quarter for its Quarterly Threat Intelligence Report.
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Insurers petition, retail group complaint, raise specter of who pays for breach
Michaels insurer petitions a federal court while a retail group asks Congress not to put the onus on retailers.