A recently discovered SQL injection bug in an online store allowed cybercriminals to access the entire database of customer purchases and credit card data. Many high-profile individuals utilizing the site were found to be compromised by the bug.
The host explains the meaning of 'deface' and how it is used in website hacking, and gives an example of a hacker who defaced a website to prove that he was responsible for hacking it.
Brave browser aims to block third-party cookies and scripts that track users by default, prioritizing privacy as a fundamental component of online interactions. However, even with these measures in place, tracking through image elements in web pages is still possible.
A man named Sammy gets a message informing him of a strange, obfuscated code on his MySpace profile, so he decides to contact the website. However, the code turns out to be a worm and it ends up giving him over 600,000 new friends and causing chaos.
Nude photos of female celebrities were leaked on the Fappening subreddit and Bee on 4chan, with a collector spending hundreds or even thousands of dollars in Bitcoin to amass the collection.
A security expert shares his concerns about the recent data leak at Ring, where hackers posted over a thousand usernames and passwords of the company's customers, along with their addresses, and the potential harm such information can cause.