DoppelPaymer ransomware gang demanded Bitcoins worth about $34 million to unlock Foxconn's data encrypted in a ransomware attack that stole 100 GB of data and encrypted 1,200 servers.
Real time bidding is facing a smattering of privacy complaints in the EU based on a lack of required consumer consent under the terms of the GDPR.
Medical data leaks are among the fastest-growing segments of cyber crime, and for good reason. Health care systems tend to operate on outdated systems that have inadequate security elements.
French data regulator CNIL has hit tech giants Google and Amazon with some heavy penalties for placing non-essential tracking cookies. Google will pay €100 million and Amazon will pay €35 million.
GitHub's State of the Octoverse report has found that open source vulnerabilities are continuing to go undetected for as long as four years on average and developers have an average patch time of roughly a month.
There have been rumblings about antitrust lawsuits targeting Silicon Valley's biggest companies. The first has finally emerged. If the suit is ultimately successful it could break up Facebook.
Clop Ransomware gang encrypted South Korean Retail Operator E-Land after secretly stealing 2 million credit card details for more than a year using a stealth POS malware.
Brazil's Ministry of Health website data leak exposed medical records of 243 million living and deceased Brazilians after database access credentials were saved in the source code.
The current wave of action against mobile apps stems from an early November promise from the CAC to "clean up" those that are committing privacy violations or facilitating criminal activity.
A hacker on a Russian-speaking forum is selling hundreds of business executives' email and password combinations for Office 365 and Microsoft accounts for use in BEC scams.
