Month: October 2017
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3 billion Yahoo accounts affected by 2013 breach
On 14 December 2016 Yahoo revealed that a jaw-dropping billion accounts had been affected by a data breach in August 2013. The disclosure arrived …
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The biggest hack in history is actually three times bigger than we feared
As ZDNet reports, Yahoo has revealed that the humungous 2013 data breach didn’t see hackers access data belonging to one billion user accounts …
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Google Offers Physical USB Security Key for High Profile GMail and Google Drive Users
Google will soon be offering an Advanced Protection by Providing Physical USB Security Key to high-profile executives an upgrade from the standard …
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Oracle’s Larry Ellison Introduces Security Cloud, A New Weapon Against Hackers
Larry Ellison said Oracle’s highly automated new cloud-based security platform is a first-of-its-kind weapon in a cyberwar going on between enterprises …
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Enterprise hits & misses – Avoiding security worst practices while Microsoft Ignites and Oracle opens
Lead story – Study reveals IT security and risk management need work at all companies by Den Howlett MyPOV: On the exhaust fumes of some of …
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Nothing matters any more… Now hapless Equifax bags $7.5m IT contract with US taxmen
Shortly after the massive security breach in which the personal information of 143 million 145.5 million Americans and sundry Brits and Canadians …
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HPE gave Russia access to Pentagon security software
17 mins ago HPE has come under fire over claims that it gave Russian defense forces access to review software it sold to the Pentagon to supposedly …
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Seattle IT department accidentally releases nearly two months of emails from city employees
Seattle Information Technology (SIT) is dealing with the all-too-familiar feeling of accidentally sending an email — on a rather extreme scale. …
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Senator calls on voting machine makers to detail how they’ll prevent hacks
One of the Senate’s main cybersecurity proponents wants assurances that voting systems in the U.S. are ready for their next major threat and …
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Cyber Security Body of Knowledge: scoping the knowledge areas
Opportunity for members of the cyber security community to contribute to the Knowledge Areas identified as the foundations for the cyber …
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Yahoo’s 2013 data breach hit all three billion user accounts
Yahoo’s entire user base of more than three billion people were affected by Yahoo’s colossal data hack in 2013, despite initial reports limiting …
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Every Yahoo account that existed was compromised in 2013 hack
10/3/2017 6:00 pm Categories: Biz & IT View non-AMP version at arstechnica.com Randy Stewart / Flickr Yahoo said a major security breach in 2013 …
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