Instagram Got Hacked — In a Widespread Hacking Campaign Attackers Locked Thousands of Users Out of Their Accounts.
Some Victims Claimed They Even Had Two-factor Authentication Enabled.

https://thehackernews.com/2018/08/hack-instagram-accounts.html

Google Patches A Chrome Browser Bug (CVE-2018-6177) That Could Have Allowed Remote Hackers to Find Out Everything Facebook like Sites Know About You.

PoC Released. Make sure you have installed the latest version of Google Chrome.

https://thehackernews.com/2018/08/google-chrome-vulnerability.html

New #PHP Exploitation Technique Could Leave Thousand of Websites at Risk of Hacking, Including #WordPress Blogs

https://thehackernews.com/2018/08/php-deserialization-wordpress.html

That's embarrassing! A 16-year-old school boy hacked Apple Servers—not once, but numerous times—and downloaded 90GB of secure files.
Teen claims to have hacked the company because he is a huge Apple fan and dreams of working there.

Read more at
https://thehackernews.com/2018/08/apple-hack-servers.html

Critical Sandbox Bypass Vulnerabilities in Ghostscript Interpreter Could Expose Many Systems and Software to Remote Code Execution Attacks

https://thehackernews.com/2018/08/ghostscript-postscript-vulnerability.html

⚡Important — a new critical RCE vulnerability (CVE-2018-11776) discovered in the "Apache Struts" framework that could let remote hackers take over affected web servers.

https://thehackernews.com/2018/08/apache-struts-vulnerability.html

Watch Out! Cyber criminals are using a newAndroid malware framework — "Triout" — to turn legitimate apps into powerful spyware that can record calls, steal messages, location, photos & videos

https://thehackernews.com/2018/08/android-malware-spyware.html

Well done, Apple.

Apple forces Facebook to take down its free 'Onavo Protect VPN' app from the iOS store for violating 'user-data collection' rules

https://thehackernews.com/2018/08/facebook-vpn-app-apple-store.html

Former NSA contractor 'Reality Winner' sentenced to more than 5-years in prison for leaking "TOP SECRET" information about Russia hacking attempts to the Media
. She gets the "longest sentence" served by a federal defendant for unauthorized disclosure.

https://thehackernews.com/2018/08/reality-winner-nsa-russia.html

T-Mobile Hacked (Yes, Once Again) — 2 Million Customers' Personal Data Stolen

https://thehackernews.com/2018/08/t-mobile-hack-breach.html

Google Researcher Discloses Critical Flaw in Fortnite Android App Installer That Lets Hackers Install Malware

https://thehackernews.com/2018/08/fortnite-android-app-apk.html …

Hacker discloses details and PoC for an unpatched 0-day privilege escalation vulnerability in the Microsoft Windows
. It works on a "fully-patched 64-bit Windows10 system," researcher confirmed.

https://thehackernews.com/2018/08/windows-zero-day-exploit.html

Instagram adds new security tools to make its platform more secure

– Support for 3rd-Party 2FA Apps
– Get Verified Account
– About This Account Feature to Combat Misinformation

Read More https://thehackernews.com/2018/08/secure-instagram-account.html

Air Canada Suffers Data Breach — 20,000 Mobile App Users Affected
.

Compromised data includes passengers’ name, email, phone number, Passport number, NEXUS number, known traveler number, gender, birth date, nationality, passport expiration date, & more.

https://thehackernews.com/2018/08/air-canada-data-breach.html

Google's FIDO based 'Titan Security Key' is now available for $50 https://thehackernews.com/2018/08/google-titan-security-key.html

Fourth Hacker Who Leaked Celebrities' Naked Photos Gets 8 Months in Prison

https://thehackernews.com/2018/08/photos-celebrity-hacker.html

⚠️WARNING! Someone Hijacked Chrome Extension for MEGA (File Sharing Service) to Steal Users' Passwords for Popular Sites, as well as Private Keys for Cryptocurrency Wallets

https://thehackernews.com/2018/09/mega-file-upload-chrome-extension.html

Uninstall the Plug-In Right Now & Change Your Passwords Immediately

U.S. Department of Justice Said to Announce Charges Against a North Korean Intelligence Official Over WannaCry Ransomware Attack, Bangladesh Bank Heist, and Sony Pictures Hack.

https://thehackernews.com/2018/09/wannacry-north-korea-hacks.html

British Airways Gets Hacked – 380,000 Payment Cards Compromised

https://thehackernews.com/2018/09/british-airways-data-breach.html

Customers who booked flights between 21 August and 5 September via British Airways website and mobile app are affected.

Company told THN that "This is Data Theft, Rather Than a Breach."

WARNING — No.1 Adware Removal Tool (Paid) On #Apple App Store Caught Spying On Mac Users https://thehackernews.com/2018/09/mac-adware-removal-tool.html …

Microsoft Issues Software Updates for 17 Critical Vulnerabilities

https://thehackernews.com/2018/09/microsoft-software-updates.html