McDonald's Canada said Friday hackers stole the personal data of about 95,000 job seekers from the fast food chain's recruitment website over the past three years.
The data was from people who had sought work with the company since March 2014, and the company said it has launched an investigation into the hack.
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German Military to Launch Cyber Command
Germany's armed forces Saturday launch a cyber command, with a status equal to that of the army, navy and air force, meant to shield its IT and weapons systems from attack.
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Schneider Electric Patches Flaws in Modicon, Wonderware Products
Schneider Electric has released software and firmware updates to address several vulnerabilities affecting some of the company’s Wonderware and Modicon products.
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WikiLeaks Releases CIA Tool Used to Impede Malware Attribution
WikiLeaks has released information and source code for a framework allegedly used by the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) to make analysis of its tools and attribution more difficult.
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Modular Felismus RAT Emerges
A newly discovered piece of malware features a modular design and has been used in highly targeted campaigns, Forcepoint security researchers reveal.
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Linux Kernel Flaw Disclosed at Pwn2Own Patched
The Linux kernel vulnerability leveraged at the Zero Day Initiative’s Pwn2Own 2017 competition to hack Ubuntu has been patched.
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Turla Group Improves Carbon Backdoor
The Russia-linked threat group known as Turla has continued to make improvements to its Carbon second-stage backdoor, with new versions released on a regular basis, ESET reported on Thursday.
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FBI Chief’s Secret Twitter Account Outed?
When Federal Bureau of Investigation Director James Comey teased that he had joined the world of social media with secret Facebook and Twitter accounts, tech writer Ashley Feinberg took the dare.
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With New iPhone, Trump Still a Target for Hackers
President Donald Trump has a new phone. An iPhone.
That would not ordinarily be news, but given the security concerns about the risk of hack attacks on the prolific White House tweeter, the shift is significant.
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How to Improve Your Chances of Staying Out of the Insider Threat Headlines
Insider Threats Are a Fact of Life and Are Not Going Away.
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