data breach

Pierluigi Paganini May 02, 2019
Citrix confirmed hackers had access to its network for five months

Citrix confirmed that the hackers who breached its network stole sensitive personal information of both former and current employees for about six months. In March, the American multinational software company Citrix disclosed a security breach, according to the firm an international cyber criminals gang gained access to its internal network. Experts at cybersecurity firm Resecurity […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 29, 2019
Over 23 million breached accounts were using ‘123456’ as password

A cyber survey conducted by the United Kingdom’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) revealed that ‘123456’ is still the most hacked password. Security experts at the United Kingdom’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) analyzed the 100,000 most-commonly re-occurring breached passwords using data from Have I Been Pwned (HIBP). Have I Been Pwned allows users to […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 29, 2019
Amnesty International Hong Kong Office hit by state-sponsored attack

The Hong Kong office of Amnesty International has been hit by a long-running cyberattack carried out by China-linked hackers. Amnesty International’s Hong Kong office has been hit with a cyberattack launched by China-linked hackers. “This sophisticated cyber-attack underscores the dangers posed by state-sponsored hacking and the need to be ever vigilant to the risk of […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 27, 2019
Docker Hub Database hacked, 190,000 users impacted

Docker became aware of unauthorized access to a Docker Hub database that exposed sensitive information for roughly 190,000 users. Docker notified its users that an unauthorized entity gained access to a Docker Hub database that exposed sensitive information for roughly 190,000 users. The exposed information included some usernames and hashed passwords, as well as tokens […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 23, 2019
Bodybuilding.com forces password reset after a security breach

Bad news for fitness and bodybuilding passionates, the popular online retailer Bodybuilding.com announced that hackers have broken into its systems. The popular online retailer website Bodybuilding.com announced last week that hackers have broken into its systems. The website offers any kind of fitness articles, exercises, workouts, and supplements. The company confirmed it has no evidence […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 17, 2019
Justdial is leaking personal details of all customers real-time

A database belonging to the Indian local search service JustDial was left online without protection exposing personal data of over 100M users. The archive is still leaking personally identifiable information of more than JustDial customers that are accessing the service via its website, mobile app, or even by calling on the customer care number (“88888 […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 16, 2019
Blue Cross of Idaho data breach, 5,600 customers affected

Blue Cross of Idaho announced to have suffered a data breach, hackers accessed to the personal information of about 5,600 customers. Blue Cross of Idaho announced suffered a data breach that might have exposed the personal information of about 5,600 customers (out of a grand total of 560,000 health insurance customers), including their names, subscriber […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 15, 2019
Gnosticplayers round 5 – 65 Million+ fresh accounts from 6 security breaches available for sale

The popular hacker Gnosticplayers made the headlines again, he is offering for sale on the dark web the fifth round of hacked accounts. The popular hacker Gnosticplayers is offering for sale on the dark web the fifth round of hacked accounts. Between February and March, the hacker disclosed the existence of some massive unreported data […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 14, 2019
Attackers hacked support agent to access Microsoft Outlook email accounts

Bad news for users of the Microsoft Outlook email service, hackers have compromised the Microsoft Support Agent to access their email accounts. Earlier this year, hackers breached Microsoft’s customer support portal and gained access to some email accounts registered with the Microsoft’s Outlook service. Microsoft notified some of its users the security breach, it confirmed […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 13, 2019
The hacker behind Matrix.org hack offers advice to improve security

The hacker that hacked and defaced Matrix.org decided to disclose the security issues discovered during the attack and offers advice. This week, the hacker behind the hack of Matrix.org decided to disclose the vulnerabilities discovered during the attack. Matrix is an open network for secure, decentralized real-time communication that is also used for instant messaging, […]