Data Breach

Pierluigi Paganini January 20, 2019
“Collection #1” Data Breach Analysis – Part 1

Cybersecurity expert Marco Ramilli has analyzed the huge trove of data, called Collection #1, that was first disclosed by Troy Hunt. Few weeks ago I wrote about “How Data Breaches Happen“, where I shared some public available “pasties” within apparently (not tested) SQLi vulnerable websites. One of the most famous data breaches in the past […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 19, 2019
A bug in Microsoft partner portal ‘exposes ‘ support requests to all partners

A bug in Microsoft partner portal ‘exposes ‘ support requests to all partners, fortunately, no customer data was exposed. The Register in exclusive reported that Microsoft partner portal ‘exposed ‘every’ support request filed worldwide.’ Tickets submitted from all over the world were exposed to all Microsoft support partners due to the glitch. “At the moment […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 17, 2019
Collection #1 dump, 773 million emails, 21 million passwords

The popular cyber security expert Troy Hunt has uncovered a massive data leak he called ‘Collection #1’ that included 773 million records. The name ‘Collection #1’ comes from the name of the root folder. Someone has collected a huge trove of data through credential stuffing, the ‘Collection #1’ archive is a set of email addresses […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 17, 2019
Unprotected server of Oklahoma Department of Securities exposes millions of government files

A huge trove of data belonging to the Oklahoma Department of Securities (ODS) was left unsecured on a server for at least a week. Another data leak made the headlines, a huge trove of data belonging to the Oklahoma Department of Securities (ODS) was left unsecured on a server for at least a week. It […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 14, 2019
Unsecured MongoDB archive exposed 202 Million private resumes

Security expert discovered an unprotected MongoDB archive that has exposed personal and professional details of more than 202 million people. Security expert Bob Diachenko discovered an unprotected MongoDB archive that has exposed personal and professional details of more than 202 million people. The huge trove of data belongs to job seekers in China, its records include personal […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 13, 2019
Security Affairs newsletter Round 196 – News of the week

A new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter arrived! The best news of the week with Security Affairs. Let me inform you that my new book, “Digging in the Deep Web” is online with a special deal 20% discount Kindle Edition Paper Copy Once again thank you! Blur data leak potentially exposed data of 2.4 […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 11, 2019
Reddit locked Down accounts due to alleged security breach

The social media platform Reddit has notified users that some of them have been locked out of their accounts after detecting suspicious activity. Reddit locked down a large number of user accounts after due to a security concern after detecting suspicious activity on them.  “If you are here because you’ve been locked out of your […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 08, 2019
German youngster behind massive data leak of German politicians data

A 20-year-old hacker was arrested for the recent massive data leak that impacted hundreds of German politicians. According to the authorities, the man had already confessed. The German authorities have identified a 20-year-old hacker that stole and leaked personal data belonging to hundreds of German politicians. According to the authorities, the youngster, who lives with […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 06, 2019
Dark Overlord hacking crew publishes first batch of confidential 9/11 files

The Dark Overlord published the first batch of decryption keys for 650 confidential documents related to the 9/11 terrorist attacks. The Dark Overlord hacking group claims to have stolen a huge trove of documents from the British insurance company Hiscox, Hackers stole “hundreds of thousands of documents,” including tens of thousands files related to the […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 06, 2019
Security Affairs newsletter Round 195 – News of the week

A new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter arrived! The best news of the week with Security Affairs. Let me inform you that my new book, “Digging in the Deep Web” is online with a special deal 20% discount Kindle Edition Paper Copy Once again thank you! Facebook tracks non-users via Android Apps Hackers bypassed […]