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Pierluigi Paganini October 20, 2022
Experts discovered millions of .git folders exposed to public

Nearly two million .git folders containing vital project information are exposed to the public, the Cybernews research team found. Original Post at https://cybernews.com/security/millions-git-folders-exposed/ Git is the most popular open-source, distributed version control system (VCS) developed nearly 20 years ago by Linus Torvalds for development of the Linux kernel, with other kernel developers contributing to its initial […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 17, 2022
Retail giant Woolworths discloses data breach of MyDeal online marketplace

Australian retail giant Woolworths disclosed a data breach that impacted approximately 2.2 million MyDeal customers. Bad news for the customers of the MyDeal online marketplace, the Australian retail giant Woolworths disclosed a data breach that impacted approximately 2.2 million of them. As soon the company became aware of the security breach it blocked access to […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 16, 2022
Security Affairs newsletter Round 389

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. If you want to also receive for free the newsletter with the international press subscribe here. New PHP Version of Ducktail info-stealer hijacks Facebook Business accounts Palo Alto Networks fixed a high-severity […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 14, 2022
DJI drone tracking data exposed in the US

Over 80,000 drone IDs were exposed in the leak of a database containing information from airspace monitoring devices manufactured by DJI. Original post at CyberNews: https://cybernews.com/privacy/dji-drone-tracking-data-exposed-in-us/ Over 80,000 drone IDs were exposed in a data leak after a database containing information from dozens of airspace monitoring devices manufactured by the Chinese-owned DJI was left accessible […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 11, 2022
Toyota discloses accidental leak of some customers’ personal information

Toyota Motor Corporation discloses data leak, customers’ personal information may have been exposed after an access key was exposed on GitHub. Toyota Motor Corporation warns customers that their personal information may have been accidentally exposed after an access key was publicly available on GitHub for almost five years. The carmaker discovered recently that a portion […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 09, 2022
Everest gang demands $200K for data stolen from South Africa state-owned electricity company ESKOM

Everest ransomware operators claimed to have hacked South Africa state-owned company ESKOM Hld SOC Ltd. In March 2022, the Everest ransomware operators published a notice announcing the sale of “South Africa Electricity company’s root access” for $125,000. Eskom transforms inputs from the natural environment – coal, nuclear, fuel, diesel, water, and wind – into more […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 06, 2022
19-Year-Old man arrested for misusing leaked record from Optus Breach

The Australian Federal Police (AFP) arrested a 19-year-old teen from Sydney for attempting to use data from the Optus data breach in SMS scams. The Australian Federal Police (AFP) has arrested a 19-year-old teen from Sydney for allegedly attempting to use data leaked after the Optus data breach in a fraudulent scheme aimed at extorting […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 06, 2022
“Egypt Leaks” – Hacktivists are Leaking Financial Data

Researchers at cybersecurity firm Resecurity spotted a new group of hacktivists targeting financial institutions in Egypt, Resecurity, a California-based cybersecurity company protecting Fortune 500 corporations globally, has noticed a new group of hacktivists targeting financial institutions in Egypt. The bad actors go under the campaign “EG Leaks” (also known as “Egypt Leaks”), they started leaking […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 05, 2022
Telstra Telecom discloses data breach impacting former and current employees

Bad news for the Australian telecommunications industry, the largest company in the country Telstra suffered a data breach. Australia’s largest telecommunications company Telstra disclosed a data breach through a third-party supplier. The company pointed out that its systems have not been breached, the security breach impacted a third-party supplier that previously provided a now-obsolete Telstra […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 02, 2022
Security Affairs newsletter Round 386

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. If you want to also receive for free the newsletter with the international press subscribe here. CISA adds Atlassian Bitbucket Server flaw to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog Guacamaya hacktivists stole sensitive data […]