Pierluigi Paganini
October 02, 2019
Experts discovered an unprotected Elasticsearch cluster containing personally identifiable and tax information of Russian citizens exposed online. Security experts from Comparitech along with security researcher Bob Diachenko discovered 20 million tax records belonging to Russian citizens exposed online in clear text and without protection. The experts found an unprotected Elasticsearch cluster that was containing personally […]
Pierluigi Paganini
September 25, 2019
Another day, another embarrassing data leak made the headlines, the online dating app Heyyo left a server exposed on the internet. The online dating app Heyyo left a server exposed on the internet without protection, data were stored on an Elasticsearch instance. The exposed data included personal details, images, location data, phone numbers, and dating […]
Pierluigi Paganini
September 17, 2019
The news is shocking, thousands of Google Calendars are leaking private information posing a severe threat to the privacy of the users. Thousands of Google Calendars are leaking private information online threatening the privacy of the users. Google Calendar has more than q billion users that can potentially expose their private affairs due to the […]
Pierluigi Paganini
September 17, 2019
Tens of millions of records belonging to passengers of two airline companies owned by Lion Air have been exposed and exchanged on forums. Data belonging to passengers of two airline companies owned by Lion Air have been exposed and exchanged on forums. The information was left exposed online on an unsecured Amazon bucket, the records […]
Pierluigi Paganini
September 16, 2019
Experts discovered a huge data leak affecting Ecuador, maybe the largest full-country leak, that exposed data belonging to 20 million Ecuadorian Citizens. Security experts at vpnMentor have discovered a huge data leak affecting Ecuador that exposed data belonging to 20 million Ecuadorian Citizens. Data were left unsecured online on a misconfigured Elasticsearch server, exposed data […]
Pierluigi Paganini
September 16, 2019
A flaw in LastPass password manager leaks credentials from previous site An expert discovered a flaw in the LastPass password manager that exposes login credentials entered on a site previously visited by a user. Tavis Ormandy, the popular white-hat hacker at Google Project Zero, has discovered a vulnerability in the LastPass password manager that exposes […]
Pierluigi Paganini
September 15, 2019
Researcher discovered an unsecured database exposed online, belonging to car dealership marketing firm Dealer Leads, containing 198 million records. The researcher Jeremiah Fowler discovered an unsecured database exposed online that belong to car dealership marketing firm Dealer Leads. The archive containing 198 million records for a total of 413GB of data containing information of potential […]
Pierluigi Paganini
September 02, 2019
Researchers from vpnMentor security firm have recently discovered a huge data breach in flight booking platform Option Way. Researchers at vpnMentor discovered a huge data breach in flight booking platform Option Way as part of a web-mapping project. Option Way service allows its users to find flight deals to and from destinations around the world. The research […]
Pierluigi Paganini
August 30, 2019
A Russian security researcher has found that hardware wiretapping equipment composing Russia’s SORM surveillance system had been leaking user data. The Russian researcher Leonid Evdokimov has found that hardware wiretapping equipment used by the Kremlin as part of the SORM surveillance system (Russian: Система оперативно-разыскных мероприятий, lit. ‘System for Operative Investigative Activities’) had been leaking data online. The […]
Pierluigi Paganini
August 24, 2019
Mastercard disclosed a data breach that impacted customer data from the company’s Priceless Specials loyalty program. The American multinational financial services corporation notified the data breach to the German and Belgian Data Protection Authorities. The data leaked online includes customers’ names, payment card numbers, email addresses, home addresses, phone numbers, gender, and dates of birth. “The Belgian Data […]
