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A dark web hacker going by the online handle of “Gnosticplayers” is selling a massive trove of user data stolen after compromising websites of several popular companies. The data which amounts to over 126 million accounts includes emails and passwords, etc. and is currently available on the dark web’s infamous Dream marketplace. Who’s involved? The […]
A new shocking report revealed that almost 620 million online account data from 20 famous websites currently hackers selling it in dark web for less than $20,000 in Bitcoin. Selling data contains account holder names, email addresses, and passwords. These passwords are hashed and some of the other information such as location, personal details, and […]
Bad news for match seekers Valentine’s Day began with awful news for users of the dating app called Coffee Mets Bagel, according to network security and ethical hacking specialists from the International Institute of Cyber Security the online dating service has begun to inform its users of having suffered a data breach. Via email, the […]
It took over six months for the company to detect and report the incident The 500px photography hosting platform has publicly disclosed that it suffered a data breach in the middle of last year. According to network security and ethical hacking specialists from the International Institute of Cyber Security, the company forced a password reset […]
Some OkCupid users claim their information is compromised; app managers deny it In online dating services, lies, exaggeration and disappointments abound, but according to network security and ethical hacking specialists from the International Institute of Cyber Security say they are also easy targets for hackers. Dating apps may not store the most personal data, as […]
Researchers uncovered a major security flaw in the temperature control systems that leads an attackers to gain access to the system remotely. Most of these affected control systems are implemented in thousands of hospitals and supermarket chains all over the world including UK, Australia, Israel, Germany, the Netherlands, Malaysia, Iceland, and many other countries. Temperature […]
Power utilities are not safe against cybercriminals, this is the fact that has been proven by Eskom (Elektrisiteitsvoorsieningskommissie), a power utility in South Africa. Their database was leaked online, causing customer data being exposed to unauthorized access. A very vocal security expert named Devin Stokes has been very active against alleged Eskom’s negligence. “@Eskom_SA You […]
An energy company suffered the theft of sensitive information because an employee downloaded a malware disguised as a videogame According to network security and ethical hacking experts from the International Institute of Cyber Security, the South African energy company Eskom Group has suffered a double data breach due to an unsecured database and the infection […]
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 […]
Houzz suffered a data breach that exposes user personal data. The home design firm learned that user data was accessed by an unauthorized third party. The data breach was learned by the design firm in late December 2018 and the firm immediately launched a forensics investigation. “Our security team has a number of ways to […]
After 3 years of hearing, a U.S. judge has denied Yahoo’s planned settlement in connection with the Yahoo email’s data breach from 2013 to 2016. It was dubbed the biggest data breach in the world as it compromised an estimated 3 billion accounts. Lucy Koh, U.S. District Judge who first became popular with the Apple […]
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 […]
SBI Data Leak allows anyone to access millions of its customer’s financial data and recent transactions history. SBI is an Indian multinational, public sector banking and financial services, it is the largest bank in India with a 23% market share in assets. According to TechCrunch report, an SBI server in Mumbai-based data center that stored […]
A new collection of massive breached database freely distributed on hacker forums and torrents. The breached database contains a collection of 2.2 billion unique usernames and it’s passwords. The database named Collections #2 to #5 contains 845GB of stolen data and contains 25 billion records in total. The massive collection of the breached database was […]
Update: Apple punished Google by revoking its Enterprise Certificate despite the search giant’s apology. Google’s internal apps were disabled and the company wasn’t able to test the beta builds of apps on iOS. Internal employee-only apps were also affected by Apple’s crackdown. However, Apple soon restored the certificate after a temporary ban that lasted for a […]
Airbus IT system suffering from a data breach that resulted in unauthorized access of Airbus employees personal & Sensitive Data. Airbus European Aeronautic Defence and Space Company manufactures and sells civil and military aerospace products worldwide with more than 129,000 Employees. Experts learned the cyber incidents in their Airbus “Commercial Aircraft business” information systems, but it doesn’t affect the […]
State Bank of (SBI), one of the largest bank in India, left millions of its customer’s financial data exposed for anyone to a look into, according to a TechCrunch report. The Mumbai-based server, which has been secured now, stored over two months of user data including bank balances, transaction history, and more. The report states […]
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 […]
A data breach that hit Airbus has reportedly employees of the aircraft manufacturing company. European aerospace corporation Airbus has disclosed that a security breach, which led to unauthorized access to its data, has, however, had no impact on its commercial operations. An official statement published by Airbus on 30 January 2019 says, “Airbus SE (stock […]
The number of potentially affected users is still unknown Network security and ethical hacking specialists from the International Institute of Cyber Security reported a security incident on the Discover card systems, thanks to which malicious users would have accessed an indefinite amount of users’ personal details, such as account numbers, expiration dates, and even card […]
January 2019 does not lack any grand scale cybersecurity news, the year just got started and we’re hearing data breaches, virus infections, and stolen data issues regularly as we reported here in hackercombat.com. This time, the news about a record of at least 24 million loans and mortgages from US-based banks were affected by the […]