The massive breach at LastPass was the result of one of its engineers failing to update Plex on their home computer, in what’s a sobering reminder of the dangers of failing to keep software up-to-date. The embattled password management service last week revealed how unidentified actors leveraged information stolen from an earlier incident that took […]
A report by Pakistani Federal Investigation Agency notes that a database containing the information of all citizens was compromised in a cybersecurity incident. Federal agents say threat actors have used the exposed information to illegally obtain SIM cards. The National Database and Registration Authority (NADRA), responsible for safeguarding this information, notified the federal agency about […]
Security teams at telecommunications firm T-Mobile are investigating a data breach after a hacker appeared claiming he has access to the records of some 100 million customers. The investigation began after the company was alerted to a dark web post offering the information for sale in exchange for 6 Bitcoin. Although the seller does not […]
A recent security report notes that the confidential information of more than 57,000 StarHub customers has been leaked in what appears to be a severe oversight by the Singapore-based telecommunications company. The company’s security teams discovered the data breach this weekend, when they found a file posted without the company’s authorization on a download website […]
A hacker is claiming to have stolen 780GB worth of data Electronic Arts (EA) including source code. Electronic Arts (EA) is one of the leading game publishers in the industry. The company has confirmed that hackers have stolen valuable information from the company, and around 780GB of data was compromised. EA is among the largest […]
Cybersecurity specialists report that the personal information of around 100 million Android device users has been exposed due to incorrect security settings in a cloud storage deployment. This information was found in databases without the necessary protections, linked to about 23 applications with records of between 10,000 and 10 million downloads. According to the experts […]
Just a few days ago a hacker identified as Pompompurin announced the leak of a database with more than 250 million confidential records belonging to U.S. citizens. This database was leaked into a hacking forum and is composed of 263 GB of personal records, including more than a thousand CSV files, each with about 200 […]
An unusual cybersecurity incident has impacted thousands of people in India. Recently a cybersecurity researcher claimed that information from at least 1 million payment cards is on sale on a dark web forum for about $500,000 USD. This information would have been collected from Domino’s Pizza India systems. Alon Gal, chief technology officer at security […]
Cybersecurity specialists reported the finding of a massive data breach from the LinkedIn networking platform that would affect around 500 million users. This incident involves the exposure of full names, email addresses, phone numbers, professional records and links to other social media platforms. According to CyberNews specialists, compromised information is available for sale on a […]
The data breach that hit Desjardins last June continues to have consequences. According to digital forensics specialists, the Canadian credit union fired its chief operating officer (COO) and vice president of technology for their relationship with the incident that led to the exposure of data from more than 4 million members. In addition to affecting […]
Data of Julian Assange, founder of Wikileaks was also found in this breach who lived in the Ecuadorian embassy in London since 2012 till April this year after being granted asylum initially. When companies like Facebook can suffer data breaches, it is a good idea for smaller firms to step up their security game. This […]
Web application security specialists reported the finding of a database that stored tens of millions of user registers from several different dating apps. It is still unknown which individual or company operated this database. Jeremiah Fowler, a web application security expert, recently reported the database, mentioning that it was fully exposed, because it did not […]
The U.S. Department of Justice State Prosecutors found probable cause to charge 32-year old Fujie Wang, a Chinese national for allegedly responsible for the data breach in Anthem, a health insurance firm, four years ago in 2015. The incident which resulted in Anthem losing control of at least 78.8 million records. Accused as a member […]
A group of, allegedly Iranian, hackers stole around 6 TB of confidential information According to network security and ethical hacking specialists from the International Institute of Cyber Security, Citrix, the enterprise management software company, has suffered a massive data breach after an intrusion into its internal network. Citrix serves organizations like the FBI, the U.S. Army, and some […]
All users of this platform have been affected by this incident The videogame company Armor Games admitted that all of its users have been affected by a recent massive data breach; according to network security and ethical hacking specialists from the International Institute of Cyber Security, the compromised information is already on sale in some […]
Metro Bank has become the first relevant financial institution to disclose SS7 attacks against its customers, although this could be more common than expected A new variant of cyberattack has been used against the British financial institution Metro Bank. According to network security and ethical hacking specialists from the International Institute of Cyber Security, a […]
Millions of clients have been affected by this incident Network security and ethical hacking specialists from the International Institute of Cyber Security reported a new data leaking incident in a financial institution. According to reports, State Bank of India, the largest bank in the country, has leaked financial data of millions of its costumers due […]
California Justice believes that the figure proposed by Yahoo is insufficient to address all the drawbacks caused by 2014 data breach Lucy Koh, a federal court district judge in San Jose, California, rejected the proposed agreement for the data breach that Yahoo suffered back in 2014. According to network security specialist from the International Institute […]
Welcome to the Massive Data breach of 2019, around 773 million datas contains email addresses and passwords were breached and circulated in hacker forums. This data breach seems to be bigger and critical than earlier breaches like “Equifax” and “Marriott International“. Let’s have a look into This Massive Data Breach The data set was first […]
Hong Kong’s Cathay Pacific Airways Limited has suffered a massive data breach in which personal data of 9.4 million customers has been stolen by unknown hackers. Cathay Pacific states that the stolen data includes passenger name, date of birth, nationality, email, phone number, frequent flyer programme membership number, physical addresses, 245,000 Hong Kong ID card numbers, 860,000 passport numbers, customer service […]
Dixons Carphone provides an update with the security incident that announced On 13 June 2018. With the last incident reported they have spotted an unauthorized access to certain data in processing systems. Dixons Carphone plc is Europe’s leading specialist electrical and telecommunications retailer and services company, employing over 42,000 people in eight countries. With the […]