Pierluigi Paganini
August 21, 2019
A security expert discovered that the popular movie ticket subscription service MoviePass has exposed thousands of customer card numbers and personal credit cards. The security expert Mossab Hussein from cybersecurity firm SpiderSilk, discovered that MoviePass exposed a database containing the credit card data on one of its subdomains. The archive was containing 161 million records and the amount […]
Pierluigi Paganini
August 19, 2019
A study conducted by researchers at Cyjax revealed that organizations expose sensitive data via sandboxes used for malware analysis. Experts at the threat intelligence firm Cyjax analyzed file uploaded by organizations via malware analysis sandboxes and discovered that they were exposing sensitive data. The researchers analyzed PDF documents and email files (.msg and .eml) uploaded […]
Pierluigi Paganini
August 16, 2019
Security experts have discovered that hackers have stolen 700,000 records from Choice Hotels franchise and are demanding payment for their return. Experts at Comparitech with the help of the popular researcher Bob Diachenko discovered an unsecured database containing 700,000 records from the hotel franchise Chain Hotel. The experts discovered the unsecured MongoDB archive containing 5.6 million records […]
Pierluigi Paganini
August 15, 2019
Researchers discovered an unsecured database online owned by Suprema that contained the fingerprints and facial recognition information of one million people. Researchers from vpnMentor discovered the personal and biometric data (i.e. facial recognition and fingerprint information) of more than a million people exposed online on an unsecured database owned by the Suprema biometric security company. […]
Pierluigi Paganini
August 09, 2019
The 3Fun dating mobile app for “curious couples & singles” exposed the location of its members and their personal details. What do you think about the privacy of dating apps? Well, users of 3Fun, a mobile app for arranging threesomes had an ugly surprise, their data were leaked online. 3Fun claims to have over 1.5 […]
Pierluigi Paganini
July 20, 2019
The former NSA contractor who pled guilty to stealing over 50TB of data from the Agency, was sentenced to nine years in prison The former National Security Agency contractor Harold Thomas Martin III, who was accused and subsequently pled guilty to stealing over 50TB of classified NSA data, was sentenced to nine years in prison. The man was […]
Pierluigi Paganini
July 16, 2019
Experts at Vertical Structure and WhiteHat Security discovered a serious flaw that exposed millions of files stored on thousands of exposed Lenovo NAS devices. An analysis conducted by researchers at Vertical Structure and WhiteHat Security allowed discovering a vulnerability in discontinued Iomega/Lenovo NAS devices, tracked as CVE-2019-6160, that exposed millions of files. The discovery was […]
Pierluigi Paganini
July 16, 2019
Hackers stole data of millions of Bulgarians, and sent it to local media, According to the media the source could be the National Revenue Agency. Hackers have exfiltrated data from a Bulgarian government system, likely the National Revenue Agency (NRA), and have shared it with the local media. The hackers have stolen the personal details […]
Pierluigi Paganini
July 03, 2019
Experts found a Chinese smart home solutions vendor that has been leaking billions of logs from devices managed via its cloud platform. Experts at vpnMentor discovered a massive data leak in Orviboâs user database. The research team, led by Noam Rotem and Ran Locar, has found an open database managed by Orvibo Smart Home vendor. […]
Pierluigi Paganini
June 29, 2019
Attunity data integration and big data management firm exposed a significant amount of sensitive data through unprotected Amazon S3 buckets. Data integration and big data management firm Attunity exposed a significant amount of sensitive data through unprotected Amazon S3 buckets. The company, owned by Qlik, provides solutions to over 2,000 enterprises and half of the […]
