Cybersecurity

Malware accesses data on 90,000 patients

Healthcare and Public Health // Washington, United States

Cybersecurity

Australian government data found on for-sale thumb drives

Government (Foreign) // Manufacturing // Australia

Cybersecurity

Students’ vision tests and personal data eyed online

Education // Healthcare and Public Health // Illinois, United States

Cybersecurity

Seizure Sunday Precedes Cyber Monday

ICE seized nearly 300 websites selling phony goods before the online shopping spree.

Cybersecurity

Pentagon ponders going mobile with CAC

Any solution in this "very complicated field" will have to reach beyond the Defense Department.

Emerging Tech

Bitcoin Users Lose $40 Million in Apparent Narcotics Bazaar Heist

Authorities aren't commenting on the shutdown of Sheep Marketplace, where sellers and buyers used the virtual cash to cut deals anonymously.

Cybersecurity

Kenyans scammed by hacked Facebook friends

Financial Services // Social Media // Kenya

Cybersecurity

Students hack Wilson Middle School computer

Education // Massachusetts, United States

Cybersecurity

Hackers query 2.5M accounts at Ariz. community college

Education // Arizona, United States

Cybersecurity

Hackers Redeem Airline Miles, Probe Syrian Regime’s Porn, and Bet the Horses

Just another week in ThreatWatch, our regularly updated index of noteworthy data breaches.

Cybersecurity

NSA Used Retro Tactics to Spy on Yahoo, Google

Intercepting fiber optic cables echos telegraph hacks.

Cybersecurity

Horse betting site loses passwords

Entertainment

Cybersecurity

Exiled Syrian tracked the porn habits of Assad’s spies

Government (Foreign) // Syria

Cybersecurity

Cyber crooks target digital signatures

Report finds a new family of mobile phone malware allows electronic attackers to bypass the digital signature apps that are key to "identity ecosystems."

Cybersecurity

Hackers Crack GitHub, Release a Treaty and Listen In On MacRumors

Just another week in ThreatWatch, our regularly updated index of noteworthy data breaches.