Data Breach

Pierluigi Paganini September 23, 2020
Data for 600K customers of U.S. fitness chains Town Sports leaked online

The database containing personal information of over 600,000 clients of the US fitness chain Town Sports was exposed on the Internet. US fitness chain Town Sports has suffered a data breach, a database belonging to the company containing the personal information of over 600,000 people was exposed on the Internet. Town Sports International Holdings is an […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 23, 2020
HOW OPERATORS USE SANDVINE TO BLOCK INDEPENDENT MEDIA IN EGYPT

Researchers at Qurium Media Foundation published a report that provides insight on how Sandvine DPI performs the blocking, and how it can be detected. Sandvine has during recent years become infamous for its support to Internet repressive regimes, such as Belarus, Azerbaijan, Egypt, where its DPI equipment is used to block independent media and human rights organizations. This […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 21, 2020
Alleged Activision hack, 500,000 Call Of Duty players impacted

Over 500,000 Activision accounts may have been hacked in a new data breach that the gaming firm suffered on September 20. More than 500,000 Activision accounts may have compromised as a result of a data breach suffered by the gaming firm on September 20, reported the eSports site Dexerto. According to Dexerto, the login for Activision […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 16, 2020
NSA publishes guidance on UEFI Secure Boot customization

The US National Security Agency (NSA) published guidance on the Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) Secure Boot customization. The United States National Security Agency (NSA) has published guidance on how the Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) Secure Boot feature that can be customized organizations. The Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) is a specification that defines […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 14, 2020
Staples discloses data breach exposing customer order data

Giant office retail company Staples disclosed a data breach, threat actors accessed some of its customers’ order data. Staples, the office retail giant, disclosed a data breach, it notified its customers that their order data have been accessed by threat actors without authorization. The office retail giant sent out a data breach notification letter to the […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 14, 2020
Popular Marketing Tool exposes data of users of dating sites

Personal details of hundreds of users of dating sites were exposed online earlier this month. An Elasticsearch server containing personal details of hundreds of thousands of dating site users were exposed online without authentication. The unsecured database was discovered by security researchers from vpnMentor at the end of August. “vpnMentor’s research team recently received a report from […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 13, 2020
Gaming hardware manufacturer Razer suffered a data leak

Gaming hardware manufacturer Razer suffered a data leak, an unsecured database managed by the company containing gamers’ info was exposed online. Gaming hardware manufacturer Razer has suffered a data leak, this is the discovery made by the security researcher Bob Diachenko. The expert discovered an unsecured database that exposed the information of approximately 100,000 individuals who purchased […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 10, 2020
Colocation data centers giant Equinix data hit by Netwalker Ransomware

Equinix, one of the world’s largest providers of colocation data centers and Internet connection announced it was hit by Netwalker Ransomware. Equinix, one of the leaders in the global colocation data center market share, with 205 data centers in 25 countries on five continents, was hit by Netwalker ransomware operators. The popular cybercrime gang is demanding a […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 10, 2020
Hackers stole $5.4 million from cryptocurrency exchange ETERBASE

Slovak cryptocurrency exchange ETERBASE disclosed a security breach, hackers stole cryptocurrency funds worth $5.4 million. Slovak cryptocurrency exchange ETERBASE disclosed a security breach, the hackers stole Bitcoin, Ether, ALGO, Ripple, Tezos, and TRON assets worth $5.4 million. The company disclosed the hack on Thursday, threat actors have stolen various cryptocurrencies from its hot wallets, it […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 10, 2020
SeaChange video delivery provider discloses REVIL ransomware attack

US-based supplier of video delivery software solutions, SeaChange International, revealed that a ransomware attack disrupted its operations in Q1 2020. SeaChange International, a US-based supplier of video delivery software solutions, revealed that a ransomware attack has disrupted its operations during the first quarter of 2020. SeaChange’s customers include major organizations such as BBC, Cox, Verizon, […]