Marriott International has today announced that it has suffered a data breach affecting up to 5.2 million people. The hotel chain says it uses an application to help provide services to its guests. Beginning mid-January this year, the login credentials of two employees at a franchised property were used to access guest information on this […]
Daily Archives: March 31, 2020
Patch now! Critical flaw found in OpenWrt router software
OpenWrt is an open source operating system used by millions of home and small business routers and embedded devices.
Dharma ransomware source code on sale for $2,000
The source code for ransomware-as-a-service strain Dharma has been put up for sale by hackers.
Data on almost every citizen of Georgia posted on hacker forum
Where did it all come from? 4.9m records were posted on a hacking forum – and the country only has an estimated population of 3.7m.
Researchers speed the death of ‘bad’ data in the race against good
They have a way to inject ‘good’ data – i.e., accurate COVID-19 news or security patches – to outpace the spread of fake news or malware.
“Instant bank fraud” warning spread on WhatsApp is a hoax
No, we don’t know why people start hoaxes like this. You can do your bit by not forwarding them, not even “just in case”.