Data Breach

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 23, 2019
EmCare reveals patient and employee data were hacked

EmCare disclosed that a number of employees’ email accounts had been hacked, potentially exposing personal information of patients and employees.EmCare disclosed that a number of employees’ email accounts had been hacked, potentially exposing personal information of patients and employees. US healthcare firm EmCare Inc disclosed that a number of employees’ email accounts had been accessed, […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 21, 2019
Ride-Hailing Company operating in Iran exposes data of Iranian Drivers

Security researcher discovered a database belonging to a ride-hailing company operating in Iran that was left exposed online containing over 6.7M records. Security researcher Bob Diachenko discovered a database belonging to a ride-hailing company operating in Iran that was left exposed online without protection. The MongoDB instance named ‘doroshke-invoice-production‘ contained over 6.7 million records of […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 21, 2019
Security Affairs newsletter Round 210 – News of the week

A new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter arrived! The best news of the week with Security Affairs. Kindle Edition Paper Copy Once again thank you! Attackers hacked support agent to access Microsoft Outlook email accounts Major coordinated disinformation campaign hit the Lithuanian Defense Romanian duo convicted of fraud Scheme infecting 400,000 computers Security Affairs […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 21, 2019
60 Million records of LinkedIn users exposed online

Researcher discovered eight unsecured databases exposed online that contained approximately 60 million records of LinkedIn user data. Researcher Sanyam Jain at GDI foundation discovered eight unsecured databases exposed online that contained approximately 60 million records of LinkedIn user data. Most of the data are publicly available, the databases also include the email addresses of the […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 19, 2019
Source code of tools used by OilRig APT leaked on Telegram

Lab Dookhtegan hackers leaked details about operations carried out by Iran-linked OilRig group, including source code of 6 tools. A hacker group that goes online with the name Lab Dookhtegan have disclosed details about operations conducted by the Iran-linked cyber-espionage group tracked as OilRig, APT34, and HelixKitten. OilRig is an Iran-linked APT group that has been […]

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 […]