Data Breach

Pierluigi Paganini January 02, 2020
Poloniex forces password reset following a data leak

The Poloniex cryptocurrency exchange is forcing users to reset their passwords following a data leak.  Another bad news for the community of the virtual currencies communities, the Poloniex cryptocurrency exchange has forced its users to reset their passwords following a data leak.  The measure was necessary to prevent spear-phishing attacks against the users aimed at […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 31, 2019
Nonprofit organization Special Olympics New York hacked and its server used to send phishing emails

Special Olympics of New York, a nonprofit organization focused on competitive athletes with intellectual disabilities was hacked. Special Olympics New York provides inclusive opportunities for people with intellectual disabilities to compete in Olympic-style, coached sports.  Unfortunately, the nonprofit organization was hacked during the Christmas holiday and the attackers later used its email server to launch […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 30, 2019
Wawa faces several lawsuits following a massive payment card breach

Recently the Wawa convenience store chain disclosed a payment card breach, news of the day is that Wawa is facing lawsuits over the incident. The Wawa convenience store chain is facing a wave of lawsuits over a recent security breach that affected its 850 locations in the US. Wawa convenience store chain disclosed a payment card breach, its security […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 29, 2019
Security experts disclosed Wyze data leak

IoT vendor Wyze announced that one of its servers exposed the details of roughly 2.4 million customers. IoT vendor Wyze announced that details of roughly 2.4 million customers were accidentally exposed online. The company produces inexpensive smart home products and wireless cameras.  The leak was reported to Wyze on December 26th at around 10:00 AM […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 28, 2019
173 Million Zynga accounts were impacted in the September hack

In September Zynga, the American social game developer running social video game services suffered a data breach that 173 Million accounts. Zynga Inc is an American social game developer running social video game services founded in April 2007, it primarily focuses on mobile and social networking platforms. Among the online games developed by the company, […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 23, 2019
Champagne Bakery Cafe and Islands burger chain disclose payment card breaches

The news of two new payment card breaches made the headlines, the victims are the Islands restaurant chain and Champagne French Bakery Cafe. The new restaurant chains with locations across the U.S. disclosed payment card breaches, in both cases, attackers used PoS malware to capture card data stored in the magnetic stripe. Exposed data includes […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 22, 2019
Security Affairs newsletter Round 245

A new round of the weekly newsletter arrived! The best news of the week with Security Affairs From iPhone to NT AUTHORITYSYSTEM – exploit ‘Printconfig dll with a real-world example Iran announced to have foiled a second cyber-attack in a week Largest hospital system in New Jersey was hit by ransomware attack A thief stole […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 20, 2019
Payment card breach potentially impacts all locations of Wawa convenience store

Wawa convenience store chain disclosed a payment card breach that may have exposed debit and credit card data from thousands of customers. Wawa convenience store chain disclosed a payment card breach, its security team discovered a PoS malware on its payment processing systems. Wawa operates more than 860 convenience retail stores, this breach is potentially […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 19, 2019
More than 267 millions of Facebook user phone numbers exposed online

Security researcher Bob Diachenko discovered more than 267 million Facebook user IDs, phone numbers and names in an unsecured database. Security expert Bob Diachenko, along with Comparitech, has discovered more than 267 million Facebook user IDs, phone numbers and names in an unsecured database. The huge trove of data is likely the result of an […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 18, 2019
Lab test provider LifeLabs disclose a data breach that exposed personal info of 15M customers

Lab test provider LifeLabs has disclosed a data breach that exposed personal information for up to 15 million Canadians. Lab test provider LifeLabs announced that personal information for up to 15 million Canadians have been exposed after an unauthorized user gained access to their systems. LifeLabs notified its customers via letter, exposed data includes names, […]