Equifax Hack Exposes Personal Info of 143 Million US Consumers

The Hacker News Daily Updates Cyber Economics: Validating DDoS Managed Service Delivery Models How to Turn Cyber Risk Into Economic Reward. Download Now Sponsored LATEST NEWS Sep 8, 2017 Shadow Brokers Leaks Another Windows Hacking Tool Stolen from NSA's Arsenal The Shadow Brokers, a notorious hacking group that leaked several hacking tools from the NSA, is once again making headlines for releasing another NSA exploit—but only to its "monthly dump service" subscribers. Dubbed UNITEDRAKE, the implant is a "fully extensible remote collection system" that ... Read More Equifax Hack Exposes Personal Info of 143 Million US Consumers It's ironic—the company that offers credit monitoring and ID theft protection solutions has itself been compromised, exposing personal information of as many as 143 million Americans—that's almost half the country. Equifax, one of the largest credit reporting firm in the US, admitted today that it ... Read More Proof It's Possible to Hack German Elections; Hackers Tamper with Voting-Software Germany's democracy is in danger, as the upcoming federal elections in the country, where nearly 61.5 million citizens are going to vote on September 24th, could be hijacked. Hackers have disclosed how to hack the German voting software to tamper with votes and alter the outcome of an election. ... Read More Dragonfly 2.0: Hacking Group Infiltrated European and US Power Facilities The notorious hacking group that has been in operation since at least 2011 has re-emerged and is still interested in targeting the United States and European companies in the energy sector. Yes, I am talking about the 'Dragonfly,' a well-resourced, Eastern European hacking group responsible for ... Read More Wikileaks Unveils Project Protego: CIA's Secret Missile Control System Every week since March Wikileaks has been leaking secrets from the United States Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), which mainly focus on surveillance techniques and hacking tools employed by its agents. However this time, the whistleblower organisation has released something different from its ... Read More Cyber Economics: Validating DDoS Managed Service Delivery Models How to Turn Cyber Risk Into Economic Reward. Download Now Sponsored This email was sent to balvistudio4.raaj@blogger.com. You are receiving this newsletter because you opted-in to receive relevant communications from The Hacker News. To manage your email newsletter preferences, please click here. Contact The Hacker News: info@thehackernews.com Unsubscribe The Hacker News | Pearls Omaxe, Netaji Subash Place, Pitampura, Delhi 110034 India