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Acer Hacker Seeks Highest Bidder for 160GB of Data
By Mark Tyson published
Acer has confirmed that data from an internal server has been leaked, after a hacker claimed to have grabbed 160GB of digital swag. Customer data should not be present in this leak.
Raspberry Pi Hacking Like Its 1995
By Les Pounder published
With cool handles, a little code, and some retro tech, the Raspberry Pi project is ready to hack The Gibson!
Phishermen Reel In Dropbox's Private Github Repos
By Ian Evenden published
Dropbox has been hit by a data breach on Github, with attackers able to access private code, but users aren't affected.
DDoS Attack Against Minecraft Server was Largest Ever Seen by Cloudflare
By Mark Tyson published
The 2.5 Tbps attack via a Mirai botnet variant didn't have a noticeable effect on the gaming server, thanks to Cloudflare filters.
Morgan Stanley Fined $35 Million for Not Encrypting HDDs, Servers
By Anton Shilov published
Morgan Stanley to pay $35 million for not protecting personal identifying information.
Marvell Unveils LiquidSecurity 2 HSM: Up to 1,000,000 AES Ops/s
By Anton Shilov published
Marvell's new hardware security module can protect any server with (almost) unbreakable encryption.
Scammers Distribute Fake Microsoft Office USB Sticks With Malware
By Anton Shilov published
Fraudsters send fake Microsoft Office USB drives to gain PC access and demand ransom.
Intel's New Tech Stops Physical Attacks
By Anton Shilov published
Intel develops Tunable Replica Circuit technology to prevent non-invasive physical glitch attacks.
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