Data Breach

Pierluigi Paganini October 15, 2020
Egregor ransomware gang leaked data alleged stolen from Ubisoft, Crytek

The Egregor ransomware gang has hit the game developer Crytek and leaked files allegedly stolen from the systems of the gaming firm Ubisoft. A previously unknown ransomware gang dubbed Egregor has hit the game developer Crytek and leaked files allegedly stolen from the internal network of another leading gaming firm, Ubisoft. A few days ago, the Egregor […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 12, 2020
Researchers found alleged sensitive documents of NATO and Turkey

Security experts from Cyble found alleged sensitive documents of NATO and Turkey, is it a case of cyber hacktivism or cyber espionage? Researchers from the US-based firm Cyble recently came across a post shared by an unknown threat actor that goes online with the moniker Spectre123, where he has allegedly leaked the sensitive documents of […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 10, 2020
Carnival confirms data breach as a result of the August ransomware attack

Carnival Corporation, the world’s largest cruise line operator, has confirmed a data breach as a result of the august ransomware attack. Carnival Corporation, the world’s largest cruise line operator, has confirmed a data breach as a result of the ransomware attack that took place in August. Ransomware operators have stolen the personal information of customers, […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 08, 2020
Data from Airlink International UAE leaked on multiple dark web forums

Cybersecurity researchers from Cyble have spotted a threat actor sharing leaked data of Airlink International UAE for free on two different platforms. Cybersecurity researchers from Cyble have found a threat actor sharing leaked data of Airlink International UAE for free on two platforms on the dark web. The availability of the data on the dark web could pose organizations to serious risk, threat […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 08, 2020
Food Delivery Service Chowbus hacked, more than 400K customer impacted

The popular Asian food delivery platform Chowbus has been hacked, attackers stole customer data and emailed victims as proof of the attack. Hackers have stolen customer data from the food delivery platform Chowbus and emailed victims to inform them of the data breach. The service is currently available in Australia, Canada and the United States, it has […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 05, 2020
Australian social news platform leaks 80,000 user records

Cybernews has found an exposed data bucket that belongs to the Australian news sharing platform Snewpit containing around 80,000 user records. Original post at https://cybernews.com/security/australian-social-news-platform-leaks-80000-user-records/ To increase efforts to secure user data, Snewpit will be reviewing “all server logs and access control settings” to confirm that no unauthorized access took place and to ensure that […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 25, 2020
Source Code of Windows XP, Server 2003 leaked

The source code for Microsoft’s Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 operating systems was published as a torrent file on bulletin board website 4chan. The source code for Microsoft’s Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 operating systems was published as a torrent file on the bulletin board website 4chan. This is the first time that […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 23, 2020
Data for 600K customers of U.S. fitness chains Town Sports leaked online

The database containing personal information of over 600,000 clients of the US fitness chain Town Sports was exposed on the Internet. US fitness chain Town Sports has suffered a data breach, a database belonging to the company containing the personal information of over 600,000 people was exposed on the Internet. Town Sports International Holdings is an […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 23, 2020
HOW OPERATORS USE SANDVINE TO BLOCK INDEPENDENT MEDIA IN EGYPT

Researchers at Qurium Media Foundation published a report that provides insight on how Sandvine DPI performs the blocking, and how it can be detected. Sandvine has during recent years become infamous for its support to Internet repressive regimes, such as Belarus, Azerbaijan, Egypt, where its DPI equipment is used to block independent media and human rights organizations. This […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 21, 2020
Alleged Activision hack, 500,000 Call Of Duty players impacted

Over 500,000 Activision accounts may have been hacked in a new data breach that the gaming firm suffered on September 20. More than 500,000 Activision accounts may have compromised as a result of a data breach suffered by the gaming firm on September 20, reported the eSports site Dexerto. According to Dexerto, the login for Activision […]