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Pierluigi Paganini January 30, 2021
UScellular data breach: attackers ported customer phone numbers

US wireless carrier UScellular discloses data breach, personal information of customers may have been exposed and their phone numbers ported. US wireless carrier UScellular discloses a data breach that exposed personal information of its customers. United States Cellular Corporation, is the fourth-largest wireless carrier in the United States, with over 4.9 million customers in 426 […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 12, 2021
EMA: Some of Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine data was leaked online

The European Medicines Agency (EMA) revealed that some of the Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine data were stolen from its servers. In December, a cyber attack hit the European Medicines Agency (EMA). At the time, the EMA did not provide technical details about the attack, nor whether it will have an impact on its operations while it […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 11, 2021
Ubiquiti discloses a data breach

American technology company Ubiquiti Networks is disclosed a data breach and is notifying its customers via email. American technology vendor Ubiquiti Networks suffered a data breach and is sending out notification emails to its customers asking them to change their passwords and enable 2FA for their accounts. The company discovered unauthorized access to some of […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 10, 2021
New Zealand central bank hit by a cyber attack

A cyber attack hit the New Zealand central bank, sensitive information has been potentially accessed by the intruders The New Zealand central bank announced today that a cyber attack hit its infrastructure. According to the Government organization, one of its data systems has been breached by an unidentified hacker, commercially and personally sensitive information might have […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 10, 2021
Security Affairs newsletter Round 296

A new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter arrived! Every week the best security articles from Security Affairs free for you in your email box. NCA arrested 21 customers of the WeLeakInfo service Over 200 million records of Chinese Citizens for Sale on the Darkweb Top data breaches of 2020 – Security Affairs Apex Laboratory […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 09, 2021
Dassault Falcon Jet hit by Ragnar Locker ransomware gang

Dassault Falcon Jet has disclosed a data breach that exposed personal information belonging to current and former employees. In December Dassault, Dassault Falcon Jet (DFJ) was the victim of a cyber attack that may have exposed personal information belonging to current and former employees. The data security incident also exposed information belonging to employees’ spouses […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 03, 2021
Security Affairs newsletter Round 295

A new round of the weekly SecurityAffairs newsletter arrived! Every week the best security articles from Security Affairs free for you in your email box. HackerOne announces first bug hunter to earn more than $2M in bug bounties SolarWinds releases updated advisory for SUPERNOVA backdoor Vermont Hospital confirmed the ransomware attack E-commerce app 21 Buttons […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 02, 2021
Top stories of 2020

Below the list of the top stories of 2020. December 21 – SUPERNOVA, a backdoor found while investigating SolarWinds hack While investigating the recent SolarWinds Orion supply-chain attack security researchers discovered another backdoor, tracked SUPERNOVA. August 2 – Garmin allegedly paid for a decryptor for WastedLocker ransomware BleepingComputer researchers confirmed that Garmin has received the […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 31, 2020
Threat actor is selling 368.8 million records from 26 data breaches

A data breach broker is selling user records allegedly from twenty-six data breaches on a hacker forum. Security experts from Bleeping Computer reported that a threat actor is selling user records allegedly stolen from twenty-six companies on a hacker forum. The total volume of data available for sale is composed of 368.8 million stolen user […]

Pierluigi Paganini December 30, 2020
T-Mobile data breach: CPNI (Customer Proprietary Network Information) exposed

T-Mobile has disclosed a data breach that exposed customers’ network information (CPNI), including phone numbers and calls records. T-Mobile has disclosed a data breach exposing customers’ account’s information. The T-Mobile security staff discovered “malicious, unauthorized access” to their systems. “We are reaching out to let you know about a security incident we recently identified and […]