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Yahoo confirms hack, roughly 500 million email accounts breached

In the annals of hacks and breaches, this is pretty epic. Yahoo confirmed on Thursday data “associated with at least 500 million user accounts” have been stolen in what may be one of the largest cybersecurity breaches ever. The company said it believes a “state-sponsored actor” was behind the data breach, meaning an individual acting […]

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Dropbox pushed mandatory password changes for large swath of user base following hack of 68 million accounts

Well, there’s a pretty good reason Dropbox asked a large segment of its user base to change their passwords last week. The password change, which focused on users who had signed up period to mid-2012, followed the discovery of a large dump of email addresses and passwords related to these accounts. The online storage company […]

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Niantic announces crackdowns, bans on Pokémon Go hackers, cheaters

Pokémon Go players who are found to be cheating have begun facing both punishment and permanent bans. Game maker Niantic, the developer behind mobile sensation Pokémon Go, is now issuing permanent bans to players who violate its terms of service. Though TOS violations vary, these bans appear to be directed at cheaters who rely on […]

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Exodus Intelligence announces bounties up to $500,000 for zero-day vulnerability flaw discoveries in iOS 9.3 and higher

Forget the $200,000 bounty Apple is offering for information regarding zero-day vulnerabilities in iOS, a new security firm is offering up to $500,000 per discovery. On Tuesday, Texas-based Exodus Intelligence said it will give between $5,000 and $500,000 for zero-day vulnerabilities relating to iOS version 9.3 and higher. These zero-days are software flaws that have […]

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FBI not submitting San Bernadino iPhone hack for peer review

The FBI is keeping the San Bernadino iPhone hack technique to itself for the time being. A recent report has stated that the FBI will not be submitting the exploit used to break into the iPhone 5c of San Bernardino shooter Syed Rizwan Farook to a review process that could clear it for sharing with […]