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World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc. (WWE) has announced that the company is investigating an incident in which an unprotected database of more than 3 million registered users was discovered by a Bob Dyachenko of cyber security firm Kromtech. According to Dyachenko, the database was discovered unprotected on Amazon Web Services S3 (AWS) containing personal details of users including […]
Wikileaks is known for leaking data that may be impossible to get your hands on otherwise, but on 6th Jan 2017, in now a deleted Tweet from the official and verified Wikileaks support account it was stated that the organization was “thinking of making an online database with all “verified” twitter accounts & their family/job/financial/housing relationships.” It […]
Personal data of 20 million MTN Irancell users available for public after a Telegram bot allowed anyone with a cell number of the victim to access their information! In a strange incident, an Internet bot has been blamed for hacking 20 million MTN Irancell users, one of the most popular and second largest mobile phone operator in Iran. Fars news agency […]
What comes to your mind when you read the term mass surveillance?… The USA? NSA? Edward Snowden? Right! Well, add the FBI’s massive facial recognition database to the list as well. Just last week it was widely reported that the Federal Bureau of Investigation wants to create a software that identifies, automatically, tattoos related to criminal organizations, […]
A Youtube video with someone using Anonymous Guy Fawkes mask is claiming to leak patient’s data from after hacking hospital servers in Turkey! A hacker claiming links with Anonymous hacktivist group has uploaded a Youtube video claiming to have hacked into the servers of Turkish medical institutions and leaked massive database from the systems. In the […]
Short Bytes: DB-Engines is one of the most respected sources of database rankings. Over the past years, the website has listed the database management systems based on its unique ranking system and provided a good idea of industry trends. In this year’s rankings, Oracle’s database management system has emerged as the DBMS of the year […]
Chris Vickery, a security researcher who is known for finding leaked databases online claims he has found US voter registration records of 191 million US voters — It is unclear who is behind the leak, why the data was leaked, if the leak is a result of a security or a human error. Vickery in the […]
Due to a security flaw, researcher Austin Epperson took control of a page of Uber’s website and displayed the ad of its arch-rival Lyft. Security researcher Austin Epperson proved that Uber’s website was exploitable by hacking one of its micro-site. However, Epperson didn’t steal personal data nor did he spread any malware but to prove his […]
mSpy, the notorious software-as-a-device product which so far enabled two million plus people spy on their spouses and kids, is believed to be a victim of serious hacking. Last week it was discovered that massive data has been stolen from the company’s servers and posted on the Dark Web, revealing numerous emails, text messages, payment […]
It has been reported by a cyber-security firm that huge number of credentials in the form of a cache are being presented for online sale in the black markets. About 360 million credentials or accounts have been reported to be affected through a series of hacking activities, in which one of them is considered to […]
If you think its just the National Security Agency (NSA) that pokes its nose in your privacy then you are wrong. American Intelligence Agency CIA is following NSA’s footsteps by collecting information from money-transfer companies especially Western Union, building a database of international money transfer data. CIA collects such information under the shadow of same provision of […]
An Indian Hacker who calls himself ‘Godzilla aka G.O.D’ has claimed to gain access of the front end of official website of Pakistan Army and the official website of Karachi Stock Exchange, yet it is unsure if the hacker really penetrated into the websites or not. Godzilla aka G.O.D left the database information published on PasteBin, which according […]
As we heard AntiSec returned from the dead with all new members and leader last week, looks like that is correct. As according to a tweet from Anonymous twitter account and a Pastebin post, AntiSec hacked into Spanish Stock Exchange Database and leaked data online on Pastebin. According to the hackers: @AnonWorld – @OpSpain – @Sector404ES […]
Z Company Hacking Crew (ZHC) has hacked into database of Chandigarh Naukri website and leaked 7000 user accounts online. Leak contains phones numbers, contact details, address,emails and passwords of daily user. www.chandigarhnaukri.com is an Indian job site for users looking for jobs and freelance projects. Website targets users from India, especially from city of Chandigarh. Targeted […]