Signal, a cross-platform centralized encrypted instant messaging service declares that a data breach at Cloud Communication Company Twilio exposed almost 1,900 Signal users’ phone numbers. Twilio provides phone number verification services for Signal and notably on August 4th, it disclosed that attackers hacked its network. “All users can rest assured that their message history, contact […]
A report from Motherboard details the detection of a data breach affecting the telephone company Verizon, an incident that would have put at risk the personal records of thousands of employees. The leak would include employees’ full names, corporate IDs, email addresses, and phone numbers. Even though Verizon was notified and has already acknowledged the […]
You can only stay safe by disabling AirDrop discovery in the system settings of your Apple device, a study says
Recently, on a hacker forum, more than 533 million users’ personal data of the social network giant Facebook were leaked and published. The personal data of Facebook users that were leaked was in the public domain, and the leaked data of the users were from 106 countries of the world. According to the reports, the […]
In what’s likely to be a goldmine for bad actors, personal information associated with approximately 533 million Facebook users worldwide has been leaked on a popular cybercrime forum for free—which was harvested by hackers in 2019 using a Facebook vulnerability. The leaked data includes full names, Facebook IDs, mobile numbers, locations, email addresses, gender, occupation, […]
Privacy scandals involving large social media companies are becoming more frequent nowadays. This time, web application security specialists report that the phone numbers used for multi-factor authentication and email addresses linked to the Twitter users accounts were “inadvertently” used for advertising purposes. The alleged error was revealed on the company’s official blog. In their post […]
As part of a new privacy breach that has surfaced recently, the micro-blogging site Twitter has admitted that it used users’ mobile numbers for ad targeting. Twitter’s “Inadvertent” Privacy Breach According to an official statement, Twitter said it made a “mistake” and unintentionally used users’ phone numbers and email addresses. Users provided the details for […]
Facebook confirmed a new Instagram data-leaking bug that puts user data under risk. The vulnerability lets hackers access sensitive information such as account details and phone numbers. The vulnerability in Instagram was discovered by an Israeli hacker with Twitter handle @ZHacker13. The vulnerability opens the gateway for threat actors to abuse the user data. How […]
Over the last year Facebook has committed multiple users’ privacy breaches, and this will not stop. Data protection specialists now report that the social network has leaked phone numbers of around 420 million users. Despite the company’s efforts to improve perception of its privacy policies, the situation does not seem to improve. The database where […]
Another day, another privacy disaster hits Facebook users. To add insult to the already enraged privacy advocates, Facebook has yet again disappointed its user base. It has been revealed that 419 million phone numbers belonging to Facebook users have been exposed due to a breach in an online unsecured database. The database contained 133 million records […]
An exposed server on the web was found leaking the data of hundreds of millions of Facebook users. First reported by TechCrunch, the exposed server was discovered by security researcher Sanyam Jain who said that the database contained phone numbers of some celebrities as well. Along with contact numbers, the database also contained Facebook IDs […]
Many activists, researchers, and even some malicious users see Telegram as an option to establish much more secure communication channels than other options available in the instant messaging market like WhatsApp or Facebook Messenger. According to information security specialists, even some social movements, such as the struggle for democracy in Hong Kong, have received a […]
Authorities in the state of Delaware, US, have received multiple reports of fraudulent phone calls allegedly related to the State Police phone number. According to information security experts, the inhabitants receive calls from alleged police officers requesting some personal data, in a variant of the attack known as ‘spoofing’. Phone spoofing is a form of […]
email2phonenumber is an OSINT tool that allows you to obtain a target’s phone number just by having his email address. This tool helps automate discovering someone’s phone number by abusing password reset design weaknesses and publicly available data. It supports 3 main functions: “scrape” – scrapes websites for phone number digits by initiating password reset […]
The creators of TikTok, a video-sharing social media platform, have been accused of ‘exploiting’ their youngest fans, demanding money in exchange for access to excusive benefits, information security services experts reported. This platform allows fans to send ‘digital gifts’ to their favorite content creators; these gifts can cost up to $50. Reports claim that some […]
We’re on the cusp of a 5G era that will usher in high-speed mobile internet, and Japan is gearing up to welcome the fifth generation of the superfast mobile communication system. The Japanese communication ministry is planning to introduce around 10 billion new 14 digit phone numbers for 5G services. According to an estimate, the […]
Cybercriminals are activity performing SIM swap Attack in various countries to bypass 2 Factor Authentication and to compromise the various social media apps including WhatsApp by porting a victims telephone number to a new SIM card. This widespread attack causing the financial damages, steal credentials and capture OTPs to bypass victims online accounts. There are […]
A recent report by Tech Crunch states that phone numbers linked to Facebook accounts could be used to look up profiles. Last year, the company had pestered users into registering their phone numbers for two-factor authentication. The problem here is that users cannot opt out of this feature and anyone with or without an account […]
A new campaign that delivers malicious PDF file that leads to download the file malicious APK file to the user’s device. Quick heal security researchers observed malicious PDF files sent to users as an attachement through phishing emails and attachements are des9igned in the way that tempts the users to open it. The PDF file […]
One of the most advanced tools to scan phone numbers using only free resources. The goal is to first gather basic information such as country, area, carrier and line type on any international phone numbers with a very good accuracy. Then try to determine the VoIP provider or search for footprints on search engines to […]
FBI has asked Facebook not to discuss who may be behind this attack. On September 28th, 2018 the social media giant Facebook announced that it suffered a massive data breach in which hackers stole access tokens of millions of accounts after exploiting a critical vulnerability in its “View As” feature. At that time, the estimate […]