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Equifax hack preventable with patch

14

Sep

2017

Equifax has identified the flaw in its website hackers used to breach its systems, potentially impacting 143 million Americans. In a consumer update Wednesday night, the credit reporting firm pointed to a known security issue in the web applications software Apache Struts as the one used in the breach. The flaw in Struts that was […]

Up to 44 million UK consumers may have had their identity put at risk after Equifax hack

12

Sep

2017

By now, you’ve no doubt read the news stories about the massive data breach at credit-reporting service Equifax which has put 143 million US customers at risk of identity theft. Hackers stole personally identifiable data including social security numbers, dates of birth, addresses, and driving license information – alongside (in the case of some 209,000 […]

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SSL certificate debacle includes CIA, MI6, Mossad and Tor

05

Sep

2011

Last week I wrote about the compromise of digital certificate authority DigiNotar. While the idea of over 250 false certificates being issued was scary, the number has grown to 531, including what could be intermediate signing certificates. This is really bad news. As DigiNotar is a “root” certificate, they can assign authority to intermediaries to […]

Category General Written by Naked Security - Sophos 0 Comments

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