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Kenna Security in collaboration with KrebsOnSecurity has identified the presence of a ‘widespread misconfiguration’ in Google Groups, which is causing exposure of sensitive emails from thousands of organizations including some Fortune 500 companies. Due to this misconfiguration, a variety of industries have been affected ranging from US government agencies, hospitals, and academic institutions to media […]
The world-renowned carbonated soft drink producer Cola-Cola has announced that it has suffered a data breach in which personal data of 8,000 workers have been impacted. According to a security notice fromCoca-Cola, the breach was not a traditional one rather the company was informed by law enforcement authorities that a former employee at a Coca-Cola subsidiary was found […]
A cybercriminal operating from outside China was found to be selling data of nearly 200 million Japanese users on underground hacking forums, claims FireEye’s iSight Intelligence report. In the was noted that the data is collected from 50 not-so-popular Japanese websites. Once a huge database was developed, the data was put for sale in December […]
FireShodanMap is a Realtime map that integrates Firebase and Shodan. A search is carried out using Shodan searching vulnerable devices and they are showed on the map for analysis. All data updated in Firebase are Realtime. Changes We have a file named “fireshodan.py” responsible for fill Firebase database, we need to change: [+] FILE_WITH_KEY.json (Open […]
A malicious actor was found operating outside of China, selling the data of approximately 200 million Japanese users in a clandestine cybercrime forum, according to a FireEye iSIGHT Intelligence report. According to information security experts, the data seems to have been gathered by hacking about 50 small Japanese sites and put up for sale as a large […]
Location tracking firm “LocationSmart” has been caught putting the physical security of US citizens at risk and its data collection tactics have opened a new pandora box. A United States-based location-as-a-service (LaaS) firm “LocationSmart” known for providing real-time location data of cellphones users in the country has been caught leaking that information due to a vulnerability in […]
According to a startling new report, the University of Cambridge has been using Facebook user data obtained from a popular personality app dubbed as myPersonality. The tool is used for implementing targeted marketing according to users’ personality type. The app was used by roughly 3 million Facebook users, which means their private data including answers to […]
Do you want to transfer data from Android to iPhone? Here are three simple steps to follow. Ever since the world has stepped into the 21st century, the evolution of technology has picked up rapidly. Newer versions of existing technologies are entering the market so rapidly that it is becoming impossible to keep up with […]
If you are an entrepreneur who runs an online business, your digital properties including your website, social media accounts and emails are the backbones of your business operations. You need to make sure that your data is protected from hackers and your digital properties are running smoothly without any external threats or disturbances. Over the […]
Facebook has been at the receiving end of backlash and criticism from security fraternity for being embroiled into one data exposure scandal after another lately. The Cambridge Analytica data scandal is still fresh in our minds, where private data of nearly 87 million Facebook users got compromised. It seems like data breaches season is far […]
The IT security researchers at Radware have discovered a sophisticated malware campaign targeting unsuspecting Facebook users in the name of a painting application called ‘Relieve Stress Paint.’ As a result, tens of thousands Facebook accounts have been compromised in the last couple of days. [squaread][/squaread] The application is available on a website which takes advantage of Unicode representation […]
Security researchers at Kaspersky Lab discovered that about 4 million popular mobile apps are unreliable because these use insecure Software Development Kits or SDKs, which leads to leaking of user data in unencrypted form. The leaked data includes private information like name, gender, age, income, email address, device information, GPS data, call history, SMS and […]
Did Cambridge Analytica had access to your Facebook data? This new tool by Facebook will let you know. By now you are aware of the fact that the social media giant Facebook scans each and everything you write on its messenger app including messages, pictures, files, and photos. You may also know that Facebook collected call […]
If you are looking for how to delete your Facebook account permanently or deleting anything from your Facebook account here is a 2018 guide. Facebook has remained the primary and most commonly used social networking platform for users across the world. At the same time, the social network giant has been in the news lately amid Cambridge […]
If you thought your conversations on Facebook Messenger are private then think again. In a recent interview founder and CEO of Facebook Mark Zuckerberg admitted that the social media giant scans user messages to block any content that goes against the company’s rules and regulations. This was revealed by Zuckerberg during a podcast interview with Ezra Klein, Vox’s […]
Grindr shared personal, HIV and geolocation-related data with two of its third-party contractors without informing users. As a way to make relationships safer, the gay flirting application Grindr allows users to share information about whether or not they are infected with HIV and the date of the last test. This data is extremely sensitive and private […]
One of the biggest stories of the year so far has been the scandal surrounding Cambridge Analytica that came out after a Channel 4 expose that demonstrated the depths they are willing to go to profile voters, manipulate elections and much more. It’s kicking off in the UK and the US and Mark Zuckerberg has […]
Facebook is in hot waters for the last couple of weeks after it was reported that the company secretly shared 50 million user profiles with a British political consulting and data mining firm Cambridge Analytica. The data was apparently used to influence Brexit campaign and US presidential election since Cambridge Analytica also worked President Trump and Republican Senator […]
Recently we reported about a massive data breach scandal that hit Facebook and led to the exposure of private data of 50 million users. The data is reportedly is available on the Dark Web for pretty low rates. It was indeed disheartening for Facebook users that their private information was being sold on the Dark […]
DuckDuckGo search engine and Vivaldi browser are joining hands together to collaborate and enable a new feature that will protect users privacy like none other. According to a press release, from March 22nd, 2018, Vivaldi browser will become the first browser in the world to enable DuckDuckGo as its default search engine in its Private Windows. This means once Vivaldi users […]
Orbitz.com, a Chicago, Illinois based popular travel website owned by Expedia Inc. has suffered a massive data breach in which personal and financial details of over 800,000 registered customers may have been stolen by unknown hackers. In a statement to media, the company said that the breach was identified on March 1st, 2018 after an in-depth investigation […]