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Pierluigi Paganini November 20, 2021
Study reveals top 200 most common passwords

The annual study on top-used passwords published by Nordpass revealed that we are still using weak credentials that expose us to serious risks. Nordpass has published its annual report, titled “Top 200 most common passwords,” on the use of passwords. The report shows that we are still using weak passwords. The list of passwords was […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 16, 2021
Adult cam site StripChat exposes the data of millions of users and cam models

The popular adult cam site StripChat has suffered a security breach, the personal data of millions of users and adult models leaked online. The popular adult cam site StripChat has suffered a security breach that resulted in the leak of the personal data of millions of users and adult models. The security breach was discovered […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 15, 2021
Happy 10th Birthday, Security Affairs

Ten years together! I’m very excited. I launched Security Affairs for passion in 2011 and millions of readers walked with me. Thanks Ten years ago I launched Security Affairs, the blog over the past decade obtained important successes in the cyber security community, but the greatest one is your immense affection. Over the past decade, […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 14, 2021
Security Affairs newsletter Round 340

A new round of the weekly Security Affairs newsletter arrived! Every week the best security articles from Security Affairs free for you in your email box. If you want to also receive for free the newsletter with the international press subscribe here. Hundreds of thousands of fake warnings of cyberattacks sent from a hacked FBI email […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 13, 2021
Retail giant Costco discloses data breach, payment card data exposed

Costco Wholesale Corporation discloses a data breach, threat actors had access to customers’ payment card information. Retail giant Costco Wholesale Corporation notified its customers of a data breach that might have exposed their payment card information. Data was allegedly exposed while customers were shopping at one of its stores. Costco discovered the security breach after […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 12, 2021
How we broke the cloud with two lines of code: the full story of ChaosDB

Wiz Research Team disclosed technical details about the discovery of the ChaosDB vulnerability in Azure Cosmos DB database solution. In August, 2021 the Wiz Research Team disclosed ChaosDB – a severe vulnerability in the popular Azure Cosmos DB database solution that allowed for complete, unrestricted access to the accounts and databases of several thousand Microsoft […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 09, 2021
Robinhood data breach exposes 7 Million users’ information

Robinhood disclosed a security breach, an unidentified threat actor gained unauthorized access to approximately 7 million customer records. Robinhood Markets, Inc. is an American commission-free stock trading and investing platform, it had 18 million accounts as of March 2021, with over $80 billion in assets. The company disclosed a data breach, a threat actor gained […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 07, 2021
Security Affairs newsletter Round 339

A new round of the weekly Security Affairs newsletter arrived! Every week the best security articles from Security Affairs free for you in your email box. If you want to also receive for free the newsletter with the international press subscribe here. Casinos of tribal communities are losing millions in Ransomware attacks Threat actors stole $55 […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 05, 2021
US defense contractor Electronic Warfare Associates discloses data breach

US defense contractor Electronic Warfare Associates (EWA) was hit by a cyber attack, threat actors stole personal information from its email system. US defense contractor Electronic Warfare Associates (EWA) has disclosed a data breach after threat actors hacked their email system. The company confirmed that attackers exfiltrated files containing sensitive information. Electronic Warfare Associates provides electronic […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 03, 2021
The U.K. Labour Party discloses a data breach

The U.K. Labour Party discloses a data breach after a ransomware attack hit a service provider that is managing its data. The U.K. Labour Party discloses a data breach after a service provider that manages its data was hit by a ransomware attack. The party notified relevant authorities and members that some of their information […]