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Researchers discovered a massive hacked database online that exposed tens of millions of SMS text messages, and private data belongs to a U.S company TrueDialog. TrueDialog is an American communication company that offering SMS texting solutions to companies such as businesses, universities, and colleges in the USA. Companies claim that they provide Enterprise-grade SMS Texting […]
Cyber attack prevention for Small businesses very has to get serious about their cybersecurity. Hackers are now actively Performing Targeted cyber attack due to their weak security. In fact, 43 percent of cyberattacks today are aimed at smaller firms. Unfortunately, falling victim to cyberattacks can be devastating. Cyberattacks can cause downtime, damaged reputation, and lost […]
A hacker group has released a new database of stolen payment cards on Joker’s Stash, a popular hacking forum. According to web application security specialists who analyzed the new publication, this time the stolen information appears to be related to the hacking on four major restaurant chains in the US. This new batch appeared on […]
MixCloud investigating a data breach that impacts more than 20 million registered users for the service. MixCloud is a popular music streaming service. The platform allows the listening and distribution of radio shows, DJ mixes, and podcasts which are uploaded by its users. The company said it has more than 17 million users. MixCloud was […]
Information security specialists reported that Palo Alto Networks, a major security firm based in California, US, has become victim to a data breach that led to the exposure of personal information from former and current employees. Compromised data include details such as names, dates of birth, and employee social security numbers. Through a private email […]
Adobe discloses the security breach on its Magento Marketplace portal, in results, attackers gained access to the registered customer’s sensitive account information. Adobe owned Magento is an open-source e-commerce and CMS platform written in PHP, and it was acquired for $1.68 billion in 2018. It is one of the most popular open e-commerce systems in […]
If you have ever registered an account with the official Magento marketplace to bought or sold any extension, plugin, or e-commerce website theme, you must change your password immediately. Adobe—the company owning Magento e-commerce platform—today disclosed a new data breach incident that exposed account information of Magento marketplace users to an unknown group of hackers […]
Most of us should start to think more carefully about the data that we put online. It is becoming clear that no data we put online can ever be 100% safe, and 2019 had some of the worst data protection breaches yet. WhatsApp Hack Used to Install Spyware Any corporate cybersecurity breach is embarrassing for […]
Currently any company is exposed to computer security incidents. This time, web application security experts report that OnePlus, a smartphone manufacturer based in China, has suffered a data breach that led to the exposure of some personal details of its customers. Through a statement, the company mentioned that “an unauthorized actor accessed the information of […]
Data breaches have become routine, although each new reported incident seems to more seriously affect a larger number of users. Data protection specialists say that, most of the time, the compromised data ends up in the hands of marketing companies and even threat actors in dark web. There are currently dozens of companies dedicated to […]
OnePlus discloses a security breach, the company says that hackers accessed customers’ personal information users’ name, contact number, email and shipping address. The security incident was identified by OnePlus last week, some unauthorized user accessed the database where the customer’s information is stored. The company took immediate steps to stop the intrusion and informs impacted […]
The biggest smartphone maker OnePlus has disclosed a data breach where several users’ information was “accessed by an unauthorized party.” The data breach targeted the OnePlus online store as hackers gained access to the customer’s past orders. The information exposed might include customer names, email addresses, contact numbers, and shipping addresses. However, OnePlus has confirmed […]
Chinese smartphone maker OnePlus has suffered a new data breach exposing personal and order information of an undisclosed number of its customers, likely, as a result of a vulnerability in its online store website. The breach came to light after OnePlus started informing affected customers via email and published a brief FAQ page to disclose […]
American telecommunications giant T-Mobile Anoununced a data breach on its network, through which attackers gained access to a prepaid customer’s data. T-Mobile US provides wireless voice, messaging, and data services in the United States. The company operates the third largest wireless network in the U.S market with over 84.2 million customers and annual revenues of […]
Are you a T-Mobile prepaid customer? If yes, you should immediately create or update your associated account PIN/passcode as additional protection. The US-based telecom giant T-Mobile today disclosed a yet another data breach incident that recently exposed potentially personal information of some of the customers using its prepaid services. What happened? In a statement posted […]
Information security specialists from firm vpnMentor, led by expert Noam Rotem, discovered a data breach that affected Gekko Group, a subsidiary brand of Accor Hotels. Gekko Group is a leading European B2B hotel booking platform that also owns several smaller brands. It seems that the database compromised during this incident hosted a considerable amount of […]
According to web application security specialists, Macy’s department store has been affected by a data breach that has compromised financial details of multiple store customers. This is the second time in less than two years that the company has suffered a data security incident. According to the Alexa voice assistant ranking, the Macy’s website is […]
According to data protection specialists, for one year now all Canadian companies have been subject to the Personal Information and Electronic Documents Protection Act, which requires them to report on any information security incidents. This is a fundamental change, since previously the cybersecurity incident report was submitted voluntarily; as of the entry into force of […]
According to information security specialists, ZoneAlarm, the firewall software produced by security firm Check Point, was the victim of a data breach that compromised the information stored in one of the company’s online forums. After infiltrating the ZoneAlarm forum, threat actors gained illegitimate access to the full names, dates of birth, email addresses and passwords […]
What could be even worse than getting hacked? It’s the “failure to detect intrusions” that always results in huge losses to the organizations. Utah-based technology company InfoTrax Systems is the latest example of such a security blunder, as the company was breached more than 20 times from May 2014 until March 2016. What’s ironic is […]
Information security experts anticipate that the balance in cybersecurity by the end of 2019 will be disastrous. According to figures collected up to this time of year, incidents of reported data breaches increased by about 30% compared to the previous year. In addition, this year it reached an all-time high of nearly 8 billion exposed […]