Data Breach

Pierluigi Paganini December 13, 2020
Hacked Subway UK marketing system used in TrickBot phishing campaign

Subway UK confirmed the hack of a marketing system that was used to send out phishing messages to deliver malware to the customers. Hackers have compromised a marketing system in Subway UK and used it to send out phishing messages to deliver malware to the customers. Subway UK customers received emails from ‘Subcard’ about the processing […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 11, 2020
Spotify reset user passwords after accidentally personal information exposure

Spotify is informing users that their personal information might have been accidentally shared with some of its business partners. Spotify is informing users that their personal information might have been inadvertently shared with some of its business partners for several months. The company filed a notice of breach notice with the California Attorney General. “We deeply regret […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 08, 2020
Top cybersecurity firm FireEye hacked by a nation-state actor

The cyber security giant FireEye announced that it was hacked by nation-state actors, likely Russian state-sponsored hackers. The cybersecurity firm FireEye is one of the most prominent cybersecurity firms, it provides products and services to government agencies and companies worldwide. The company made the headlines because it was the victim of a hack, and experts blame […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 01, 2020
French pharmaceuticals distribution platform Apodis Pharma leaking 1.7+ TB of confidential data

The CyberNews investigation team discovered French pharmaceuticals distribution platform Apodis Pharma leaking 1.7+ TB of confidential data. Original post @ https://cybernews.com/security/french-pharmaceuticals-distribution-platform-leaking-1-7-tb-confidential-data/ The CyberNews investigation team discovered an unsecured, publicly accessible Kibana dashboard of an ElasticSearch database containing confidential data belonging to Apodis Pharma, a software company based in France. Apodis Pharma is a company that offers […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 27, 2020
Details of 16 million Brazilian COVID-19 patients exposed online

The personal and health details of more than 16 million Brazilian COVID-19 patients, including Government representatives, have been exposed online. Personal and health details of more than 16 million Brazilian COVID-19 patients has been accidentally exposed online due to an error of an employee of a Brazilian hospital. An employee of Albert Einstein Hospital in Sao Paolo […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 27, 2020
Canon publicly confirms August ransomware attack and data breach

Canon finally confirmed that it has suffered a ransomware attack in early August that resulted in the theft of data from its servers. Canon has finally confirmed that it was the victim of a ransomware attack in early August and that the threat actors also stole data from its servers. In August, BleepingComputer first revealed […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 26, 2020
Ransomware hits US Fertility the largest US fertility network

US Fertility, the largest network of fertility centers in the U.S., discloses a ransomware attack that took place in September 2020. US Fertility, the largest network of fertility centers in the U.S., revealed that a ransomware attack hit its systems in September 2020. The US Fertility (USF) network is comprised of 55 locations across 10 states that […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 26, 2020
Sophos notifies data leak after a misconfiguration

The cyber-security firm Sophos is notifying customers via email about a security breach that took place earlier this week. ZDNet reported that the cyber-security firm Sophos is notifying customers via email about a security breach, the company became aware ot the incident on November 24. “On November 24, 2020, Sophos was advised of an access […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 25, 2020
Belden discloses data breach as a result of a cyber attack

Belden, the manufacturer of networking and cable products, disclosed a data breach, threat actors have stolen employee and business information. The manufacturer of networking and cable products Belden disclosed a data breach, the company revealed that attackers gained “unauthorized access and copying of some current and former employee data, as well as limited company information […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 15, 2020
The North Face website suffered a credential stuffing attack

Retail giant The North Face has reset the passwords for some of its customers in response to a successful credential stuffing attack. Outdoor retail giant The North Face has forced a password reset for a number of its customers following a successful credential stuffing attack that took place on October 8th and 9th. Credential stuffing attacks involve botnets […]