All posts tagged "breach"
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1.8KData SecurityCan VPN really prevent the breach of personal data?
VPN is great for protecting your online privacy but can it protect your data from exposure to malicious elements? This question is...
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2.6KData SecurityPrivate and order details of nearly 100k Razer customers leaked online
A misconfigured Elasticsearch server is responsible for exposing the personal details of a large number of Razer customers. The IT security researchers...
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2.1KData SecurityDatabase mess up leaks 882 GB of ecommerce & dating sites data
A misconfigured Elasticsearch server is responsible for exposing data amounting to more than 370 million records. Dating sites have recently started to...
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3.6KData SecurityIndia’s COVID-19 surveillance tool exposed millions of user data
The COVID-19 surveillance tool built by the Uttar Pradesh state government has put data of approx. 8 million Indian citizens at risk....
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3.7KData SecurityMicrosoft Bing server exposed user search queries and location data
The misconfigured server logged data from the Bing Mobile App. The WizCase online security team discovered a massive data leak in a...
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1.4KData SecurityHacker finds ex-Aussie PM’s passport number using his Instagram post
The Prime Minister in the discussion is Tony Abbott whose Instagram post with his boarding pass allowed a hacker to dig deep...
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1.5KData SecurityPopular shopping site leaks miners’ data in 6TB of database mess up
The company in the discussion is German shopping giant Windeln.de who did not secure its database despite being alerted by researchers. A...
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3.0KCyber EventsHackers stole 738 GB of data from Australian government agency
Nearly 47 Service NSW staff email accounts were hacked after a ‘criminal attack’ in April, affecting the data of 186,000 customers. Service...
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4.6KNewsFreepik and Flaticon suffer data breach; 8.3 million users affected
Freepik reveals that the attack took place due to a SQL injection in Flaticon. Just a few days ago, Experian announced...
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2.2KCyber CrimeEx-Uber CSO Joseph Sullivan charged over 2016 data breach cover up
Joseph Sullivan also paid hackers $100,000 in Bitcoin. Former Chief Security Officer at Uber, Joseph Sullivan has been charged with obstruction...
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4.3KData SecurityAI firm exposes 2.5 million sensitive medical records online
The data also includes records belonging to victims of auto-related accidents. 2.5 million medical records containing sensitive and confidential data have...
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2.0KCyber CrimeThe Ritz London’s customers hit by phone scams after data breach
London’s top hotel ‘s clients became vulnerable to phone-based identity fraud attacks after the hotel reported data breach. The Ritz is...
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1.7KData Security350 million email addresses exposed on misconfigured AWS S3 bucket
It is still unclear who owned the misconfigured Amazon S3 bucket. Running out of introductions for reporting on something that happens...
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1.5KCyber CrimeSANS InfoSec institute loses 28,000 records in phishing attack
SANS is known for providing expensive training on InfoSec and cyber security to individuals and institutions. Sans Infosec has suffered a...
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3.9KNewsHackers hit Reddit; deface 70+ Subreddits with Pro-Trump messages
Before Reddit, in June 2020, more than 1,150 Roblox accounts were also hacked and defaced with pro-Donald Trump content. Free real estate...
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4.5KCyber EventsHow much does a data breach cost? + How to prevent it (Best practices)
By some estimates, close to 30 percent of businesses in the United States will experience a data breach. Security breaches are...
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4.5KData SecurityHundreds of Uber Eats User records leaked on Dark Web
User records of Uber Eats, an American online food ordering service, have been leaked by a threat actor on Dark Web....
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1.1KNewsIntel leaks – Hacker posts 20GB of alleged Intel source code, files online
Dubbed Intel leaks; the data has been leaked by a developer who claims to have received it from an anonymous hacker....
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4.5KNewsMaze ransomware group reportedly hits Canon; steals 10TB of data
Canon is still investigating the incident but Maze ransomware group is reportedly boasting about breaking into Canon’s cyberinfrastructure. About a week...
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2.2KData SecuritySensitive data of 900 Pulse Secure VPN servers leaked on hacker forum
The team behind Pulse Secure VPN had a year to fix the flaw which apparently it didn’t and now one of...
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99Cyber CrimeHow hackers behind Twitter Bitcoin scam were caught
The Twitter Bitcoin scam allowed hackers to rake in over £80,000/$100,000. Here’s how they got arrested in the US and the UK....
