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How to Protect Patients and Their Privacy in Your SaaS Apps

The healthcare industry is under a constant barrage of cyberattacks. It has traditionally been one of the most frequently targeted industries, and things haven’t changed in 2023. The U.S. Government’s Office for Civil Rights reported 145 data breaches in the United States during the first quarter of this year. That follows 707 incidents a year […]

Sensitive Information of VirusTotal Users Exposed in Data Leak

Globally, security analysts and IT professionals heavily rely on Virustotal, a vast malware database, to scan files for viruses and malware. Even it also enables users to upload suspicious files or links to assess potential threats effectively. VirusTotal, crucial in the battle against cyberattacks, is utilized by 70 antivirus manufacturers to compare submissions for suspicious […]

Owner of BreachForums Pleads Guilty to Cybercrime and Child Pornography Charges

Conor Brian Fitzpatrick, the owner of the now-defunct BreachForums website, has pleaded guilty to charges related to his operation of the cybercrime forum as well as having child pornography images. The development, first reported by DataBreaches.net last week, comes nearly four months after Fitzpatrick (aka pompompurin) was formally charged in the U.S. with conspiracy to […]

JumpCloud Blames ‘Sophisticated Nation-State’ Actor for Security Breach

A little over a week after JumpCloud reset API keys of customers impacted by a security incident, the company said the intrusion was the work of a sophisticated nation-state actor. The adversary “gained unauthorized access to our systems to target a small and specific set of our customers,” Bob Phan, chief information security officer (CISO) […]

Re-released Apple WebKit Zero-Day Patch Fixes Website Breaking

Apple has recently released new Rapid Security Response (RSR) patches to fix a zero-day vulnerability. This vulnerability has been exploited in attacks and affects iPhones, Macs, and iPads that have been fully patched. The zero-day vulnerability has been tracked as CVE-2023-37450, and this vulnerability was identified by an anonymous cybersecurity researcher. As a prompt response, […]

JumpCloud Resets API Keys Amid Ongoing Cybersecurity Incident

JumpCloud, a provider of cloud-based identity and access management solutions, has swiftly reacted to an ongoing cybersecurity incident that impacted some of its clients. As part of its damage control efforts, JumpCloud has reset the application programming interface (API) keys of all customers affected by this event, aiming to protect their valuable data. The company […]

17 Million Instagram Accounts, 178 GB of TikTok and Yahoo Databases were Leaked

A Major Data Leak of information affects well-known social media sites, including TikTok, Instagram, and Yahoo. The alleged data leak included a 178GB TikTok database, over 17 million records on Instagram accounts, and a database leak for Yahoo! accounts. SOCRadar Dark Web Team has discovered significant database breaches in social media networks. Additionally, they detected […]

Copyright and Data Security in Digital Archives

Data is one of the most valuable assets in the modern world. It informs business decisions, helps diagnose illnesses, and aids in determining court cases. It’s also a desirable target for cybercriminals. As a result, digital archiving has fast emerged as a secure, efficient method of preserving data so organizations can harness its power in […]

10 Best Hacker-Friendly Search Engines of 2023

The search engines allow users to find any content via the world wide web. It helps to find any information easily and is a web-based tool that allows someone to discover or detect any data. Here are the best Hackers’ Search Engines. There are various search engines that are available online, hackers use. So we […]

Toyota Server Misconfiguration Leaks Owners Data for Over Seven Years

As per reports, On May 12, 2023, Toyota Motor Corporation discovered that they had been subject to a Potential data leak due to misconfiguration of the Cloud Environment on their Japanese side. Toyota Investigated all of its cloud environments and found that some customer information was accessible externally. Currently, there has been another incident at […]

Free VPN Data Breach – Over 360 Million User Records Exposed

Based on reports from Jeremiah Fowler, a non-password-protected database exposed nearly 360 million records related to a VPN. The database contained email addresses, device information, and even website references that users visited. According to the investigation, these records belonged to a VPN service provider named SuperVPN. Interestingly, there were 2 applications in both App Store […]

Toyota Data Breach – Over 2 Million Customers Data Exposed

A part of the data that Toyota Motor Corporation entrusted to Toyota Connected Corporation to handle was found to have been made public as a result of misconfiguration of the cloud environment. Between November 6, 2013, and April 17, 2023, the breach made 2,150,000 users’ car-location data available for ten years. “It turned out that some […]

Why Honeytokens Are the Future of Intrusion Detection

A few weeks ago, the 32nd edition of RSA, one of the world’s largest cybersecurity conferences, wrapped up in San Francisco. Among the highlights, Kevin Mandia, CEO of Mandiant at Google Cloud, presented a retrospective on the state of cybersecurity. During his keynote, Mandia stated: “There are clear steps organizations can take beyond common safeguards […]

Over 600 GB of Fullerton India’s Data Published on the Dark Web

A significant Indian lending organization ‘Fullerton India’ was breached at the beginning of April 2023. The LockBit ransomware Darknet blog, where hackers listed the business and have since released all the hacked information, confirms it. According to reports, on May 3, 2023, the LockBit 3.0 ransomware group exposed more than 600 GB of crucial data belonging […]

MSI Data Breach: Private Code Signing Keys Leaked on the Dark Web

The threat actors behind the ransomware attack on Taiwanese PC maker MSI last month have leaked the company’s private code signing keys on their dark website. “Confirmed, Intel OEM private key leaked, causing an impact on the entire ecosystem,” Alex Matrosov, founder and CEO of firmware security firm Binarly, said in a tweet over the […]

Western Digital Confirms Customer Data Stolen by Hackers in March Breach

Digital storage giant Western Digital confirmed that an “unauthorized third party” gained access to its systems and stole personal information belonging to the company’s online store customers. “This information included customer names, billing and shipping addresses, email addresses and telephone numbers,” the San Jose-based company said in a disclosure last week. “In addition, the database […]

ChatGPT Service Back in Italy, After the Ban

Earlier this month, Italian SA raised a temporary ban for ChatGPT as there was a data breach in March 2023. Along with this, the application had data privacy issues and lack of age affirmation which made authorities conclude this decision. To remove this ban, Italian SA has provided certain conditions. Compliance deadline – 30th April […]

ICICI Bank Data Leak – Millions of Customers’ Sensitive Data Exposed

Researchers have recently found that the ICICI Bank systems misconfiguration caused data leakage, exposing more than 3.6 million customers’ sensitive data. ICICI Bank, a multinational Indian bank, operates in 15+ countries worldwide and boasts a market value exceeding $76 billion with 5,000+ branches across India. The Indian government declared ICICI Bank’s resources as “critical information […]

Kodi Confirms Data Breach: 400K User Records and Private Messages Stolen

Open source media player software provider Kodi has confirmed a data breach after threat actors stole the company’s MyBB forum database containing user data and private messages. What’s more, the unknown threat actors attempted to sell the data dump comprising 400,635 Kodi users on the now-defunct BreachForums cybercrime marketplace. “MyBB admin logs show the account […]