data breach

Pierluigi Paganini December 10, 2019
More than 44 million Microsoft user accounts are exposed to hack

Microsoft revealed that 44 million Microsoft Azure AD and Microsoft Services accounts were vulnerable to account hijacking. Microsoft discovered that 44 million Microsoft Azure AD and Microsoft Services accounts were vulnerable to account hijacking because of using of compromised passwords. Experts from the Microsoft threat research team analyzed a database containing 3 billion leaked credentials […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 01, 2019
Data of 21 million Mixcloud users available for sale on the dark web

The online music streaming service Mixcloud was recently breached by a hacker that is attempting to sell stolen user data a dark web marketplace. On Friday, the hacker that goes online with the handle “A_W_S” contacted multiple media outlets to disclose the hack, it also provided data samples as proof of the data breach. The […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 27, 2019
Adobe revealed that the Magento Marketplace was hacked

Adobe discloses security breach impacting Magento Marketplace users Adobe discloses a security breach that affected the users of the Magento marketplace website, the incident was discovered last week. Adobe disclosed a security breach that affected the users of the Magento Marketplace portal, the security team discovered the incident on November 21. The Magento Marketplace is […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 23, 2019
Chinese smartphone vendor OnePlus discloses a new data breach

Chinese smartphone vendor OnePlus has suffered a new data breach, according to a company’s notice hackers accessed customers’ order information. OnePlus disclosed a data breach, an “unauthorized party” accessed some customers’ order information, including names, contact numbers, emails, and shipping addresses. “We want to update you that we have discovered that some of our users’ […]

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 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 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 02, 2019
Desjardins credit union data breach bigger than initially thought

The data breach suffered by Canada Desjardins credit union last year is bigger than initially thought, it affected all 4.2 million of its customers. In June, Desjardins credit union announced a data breach that exposed personal banking information of 2.9 million customers. Unfortunately, the data breach is bigger than initially thought and affected all 4.2 million of […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 31, 2019
21 Million stolen credentials from Fortune 500 companies available on the dark web

Roughly 21 million login credentials for Fortune 500 companies are available for sale, in plain text, in multiple forums and black market places in the dark web. More than 21 million login credentials belonging to Fortune 500 companies are available for sale in various places on the dark web. Experts at ImmuniWeb discovered that 21,040,296 […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 31, 2019
Hackers behind Uber and Lynda hacks plead guilty in data breaches

Two hackers have pleaded guilty to hacking Uber and LinkedIn’s Lynda.com service in 2016 and attempted to extort money from the two companies. Brandon Charles Glover and Vasile Mereacre are two hackers that have pleaded guilty to hacking Uber and LinkedIn’s Lynda.com service in 2016. The defendants have also attempted to extort money from the companies requesting […]