Data Breach

Pierluigi Paganini November 22, 2019
Personal and social information of 1.2B people exposed on an open Elasticsearch install

Security duo discovered personal and social information 1.2 billion people exposed online on an unsecured Elasticsearch server. Researchers Bob Diachenko and Vinny Troia discovered an unsecured Eslasticsearch server containing an unprecedented 4 billion user accounts. The database, discovered on October 16, 2019, contained more than 4 terabytes of data is the largest data leaks from a single […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 22, 2019
T-Mobile discloses data breach affecting prepaid wireless customers

Bad news for T-Mobile prepaid customer, the US-based telecom giant T-Mobile today disclosed a new data breach incident. The US branch of the telecommunications giant T-Mobile disclosed a security breach that according to the company impacted a small number of customers of its prepaid service. The cybersecurity team at T-Mobile discovered an unauthorized access to […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 22, 2019
AccorHotels subsidiary Gekko Group exposes hotels and travelers data in massive data leak

Security experts from vpnMentor discovered that Gekko Group, an AccorHotels subsidiary, exposes hotels and travelers in a massive data leak. Gekko Group is a leading European B2B hotel booking platform that also owns smaller hospitality brands, including Teldar Travel & Infinite Hotel. The AccorHotels subsidiary has a combined customer base of 600,000 hotels worldwide. vpnMentor discovered a database exposed […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 20, 2019
Hackers leak 2TB of Data From Cayman National Bank stolen by Phineas Fisher

New data leak threatens the world of finance after the Panama Papers, hackers published 2TB of the Cayman National bank’s confidential data. The Cayman Islands are a fiscal paradise that attracts money of questionable origin from all over the world, for this reason, the content of a new data leak is scaring the global finance. […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 19, 2019
Alleged Magecart hackers planted a software skimmer into Macy’s Website

Macy’s has started notifying some of its customers that crooks used a software skimmer to steal their personal and financial information. Macy’s has started notifying some of its customers that discovered a software skimmer on its website used by crooks to steal their personal and financial information. The malicious software was discovered on October 15, […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 17, 2019
Security Affairs newsletter Round 240

A new round of the weekly newsletter arrived! The best news of the week with Security Affairs Bad News: AI and 5G Are Expected to Worsen Cybersecurity Risks Boardriders and its subsidiarities QuikSilver and Billabong infected with ransomware Major ASP.NET hosting provider SmarterASP hit by ransomware attack Apple Mail stores parts of encrypted emails in […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 11, 2019
ZoneAlarm forum site hack exposed data of thousands of users

This is really an embarrassing incident, ZoneAlarm forum site has suffered a data breach exposing data of its discussion forum users. ZonaAlarm, the popular security software firm owned by Check Point Technologies, has suffered a data breach. According to the post published by The Hacker News, the security breach exposed the data of ZonaAlarm discussion […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 10, 2019
Security Affairs newsletter Round 239

A new round of the weekly newsletter arrived! The best news of the week with Security Affairs Controversial law entered into effect in Russia this week First Cyber Attack ‘Mass Exploiting BlueKeep RDP Flaw Spotted in the Wild New Gafgyt botnet targets Gaming Servers Everis and Spains radio network Cadena SER hit by ransomware Exclusive […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 08, 2019
DNA-testing startup Veritas Genetics disclosed a security breach

DNA-testing startup Veritas Genetics disclosed a security breach that exposed customer information, but genetic information, health records are not affected. Veritas Genetics is a whole genome sequencing company that provides actionable insights for a healthier life and family, it offers whole-genome sequencing for $599. The company announced that it recently discovered authorized access to its customer-facing […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 06, 2019
‘Camgirl’ sites expose millions of members and users

Hackers compromised a network of ‘camgirl’ sites and exposed data belonging to millions of users and sex workers. Hackers compromised several ‘camgirl‘ sites and have exposed millions of sex workers and users. All the sites were run by the Spanish company VTS Media that left the back-end database unprotected online. The unprotected database was discovered […]