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Pierluigi Paganini November 17, 2018
Million password resets and 2FA codes exposed in unsecured Vovox DB

Million of password resets and two-factor authentication codes exposed in unsecured Vovox DB. Sébastien Kaul, a security researcher based in Berlin, has discovered a poorly secured database owned by communication firm Vovox that contained left names, phone numbers, tens of millions of SMS messages, temporary passwords, two-factor codes, shipping alerts, and other information belonging to customers of companies […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 25, 2018
Cathay Pacific data breach affecting 9.4 million passengers

Cathay Pacific Airways Limited, the flag carrier of Hong Kong, had suffered a major data leak affecting up to 9.4 million passengers. Cathay Pacific Airways Limited, the flag carrier of Hong Kong, admitted having suffered a major data leak affecting up to 9.4 million passengers. Exposed data includes passport numbers, identity card numbers, email addresses, and […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 29, 2018
Trustwave expert found 2 credential leak issues in Windows PureVPN Client

Trustwave expert discovered that the PureVPN client for Windows is affected by two vulnerabilities that could result in the credential leak. Manuel Nader, an expert from Trustwave, discovered two vulnerabilities in the PureVPN client for Windows that could be exploited by a local attacker to access the stored password of the last user who successfully logged in […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 26, 2018
Former NSA TAO hacker sentenced to 66 months in prison over Kaspersky Leak

Former NSA TAO hacker was sentenced to 66 months in prison because he leaked top-secret online documents related to the US government ban on Kaspersky. A former member of the NSA’s Tailored Access Operations hacking team was sentenced to 66 months in prison because he leaked top-secret online documents related to the US government ban on Kaspersky software. The former NSA hacker is Nghia […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 24, 2018
A bug in Twitter Account Activity API exposed users messages to wrong developers

An issue in Twitter Account Activity API has exposed some users’ direct messages (DMs) and protected tweets to wrong developers. A bug in Twitter Account Activity API has exposed some users’ direct messages (DMs) and protected tweets to unauthorized third-party app developers. “We recently published a notice about a bug related to our Account Activity API that could have […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 18, 2018
Amazon is investigating allegations that its staff is selling customer data

Amazon confirmed an ongoing investigation of the allegations that some of its personnel sold confidential customer data to third party companies. Amazon confirmed that it is investigating allegations that its staff sold customer data and other confidential information to third-party firms, particularly in China, a practice that violated the company policy. The news was first […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 11, 2018
Trend Micro Apps removed from Mac App Store after being caught exfiltrating user data

Several anti-malware apps developed by Trend Micro have been removed from the Mac App Store because they were harvesting users’ browser history and other info. Several anti-malware apps developed by Trend Micro, including Dr Cleaner, Dr. Unarchiver, Dr Antivirus, and App Uninstall, have been removed from the Mac App Store after researchers discovered they were harvesting users’ browser […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 06, 2018
International clothing chain C&A in Brazil suffered a data breach

The clothing chain C&A in Brazil suffered a cyber attack on its gift card/exchange system last week, hackers leaked data on Pastebin. The International fashion retail clothing chain C&A in Brazil suffered a data breach, the company confirmed hackers hit its gift card platform. Hackers accessed to records belonging to customers who purchased gift cards, exposed data includes ID […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 29, 2018
Data of 130 Million hotel chain guests offered for 8 BTC on Dark Web

A hacker is offering for sale the personal details of over 130 million hotel chain guests on a Chinese Dark Web forum. The news was reported by Bleeping computers, a hacker is selling the personal details of over 130 million hotel guests for 8 Bitcoin on a Chinese Dark Web forum. “The breach was reported […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 08, 2018
Snapchat source Code leaked after an iOS update exposed it

Hackers leaked the Snapchat source code on GitHub, after they attempted to contact the company for a reward. Hackers gained access to the source code of the frontend of Snapchat instant messaging app for iOS and leaked it on GitHub. A GitHub account associated with a person with the name Khaled Alshehri who claimed to […]