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Pierluigi Paganini October 26, 2020
Nitro PDF data breach might impact major companies, including Microsoft, Google, and Apple

Nitro PDF suffered a massive data breach that impacts many major organizations, including Apple, Chase, Citibank, Google, and Microsoft. A massive data breach suffered by the Nitro PDF might have a severe impact on well-known organizations, including Google, Apple, Microsoft, Chase, and Citibank. Nitro Software, Inc. develops commercial software used to create, edit, sign, and […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 26, 2020
Finnish psychotherapy center Vastaamo suffered a shocking security breach

Private Finnish psychotherapy center Vastaamo suffered a security breach, hackers are now demanding ransom to avoid the leak of sensitive data they have stolen. Finland’s interior minister summoned an emergency meeting Sunday after the private Finnish psychotherapy center Vastaamo suffered a security breach that caused the exposure of patient records. To worse the situation the […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 25, 2020
Security Affairs newsletter Round 286

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. FIN11 gang started deploying ransomware to monetize its operations Iran-linked Silent Librarian APT targets universities again Microsoft released out-of-band Windows fixes for 2 RCE issues QQAAZZ crime gang charged for […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 20, 2020
Nefilim ransomware gang published Luxottica data on its leak site

The Nefilim ransomware operators have posted a long list of files that appear to belong to Italian eyewear and eyecare giant Luxottica. Luxottica Group S.p.A. is an Italian eyewear conglomerate and the world’s largest company in the eyewear industry. As a vertically integrated company, Luxottica designs, manufactures, distributes and retails its eyewear brands, including LensCrafters, Sunglass […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 16, 2020
Britain’s information commissioner fines British Airways for 2018 Hack

Britain’s information commissioner has fined British Airways 20 million pounds for the 2018 hack that exposed data of 400,000 customers. In September 2018, British Airways suffered a data breach that exposed the personal information of 400,000 customers. The hackers potentially accessed the personal data of approximately 429,612 customers and staff. Exposed data included names, addresses, […]

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
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 September 27, 2020
Security Affairs newsletter Round 283

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. IPG Photonics high-performance laser developer hit with ransomware Mozi Botnet is responsible for most of the IoT Traffic Alleged Activision hack, 500,000 Call Of Duty players impacted DHS CISA orders […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 20, 2020
Security Affairs newsletter Round 282

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. Gaming hardware manufacturer Razer suffered a data leak CIRWA Project tracks ransomware attacks on critical infrastructure Popular Marketing Tool exposes data of users of dating sites Staples discloses data breach […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 14, 2020
Popular Marketing Tool exposes data of users of dating sites

Personal details of hundreds of users of dating sites were exposed online earlier this month. An Elasticsearch server containing personal details of hundreds of thousands of dating site users were exposed online without authentication. The unsecured database was discovered by security researchers from vpnMentor at the end of August. “vpnMentor’s research team recently received a report from […]